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CHINA MAIL MARCH 14 1938.

The China Mail

Ninety-Third

PublicationE

State, and not the prosper-

Article #wo the

the nationa

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whole

and territor-

ial seas, and the preamble, In Wyndham Street, Hong Kong the Name of the Most Holy Trin-

Telephone 20022.

London Office:

ity, from Whom is all authority, plainly declares that the whole conception is that of an "United Ireland of a Catholic Irish na- tore

7, Garrick Street, London, W.C.2 To the loyal Protestants of

Notice To Contributors.

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6 Months

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Ulster this claim and Catholic supererogation of authority is insuficient and provocative, and All communications intended for to be resisted to the last inch and publication should be addressed to the last man. On the face of the Editor, and be accompanied by things, the task appears insuper- the Writer's Name and Address, able, but the informed are al- not necessarily for insertion but ready hinting that Mr. Lloyd as a guarantee of good faith. George's declaration in 1921,

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"Any effort to induce Ulster to anite with the rest of Ireland will have our benevolent neutrality," will be the policy of the Secre tary of State for Dominion Af- fairs, in return for a quid pro quo assurance from Mr. De Va- lera on the subject of coast de- fences Bearing these factors in mind, the visit of the Finance Minister of Northern Ireland, his third in a fortnight to London, may be found to have a wider Significance than the reported tripartite discussions on trade agreements.

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ENGAGEMENT

The engagement is announced of Miss Norah Didsbury, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Didsbury, of Stanley, and Mr. Leslie D. Skinner, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Skinner, of Erith, Kent, England

Hong Kong, Monday, March 14, 1938.

Nations.

EIRE

Austrian Coup

:

Facts remain facts, however reprehensible may seem the means of their accomplishment, and it is patently clear to day The temporary breakdown in that nothing now is likely to oc- the parleys in London between cur to disturb the consolidation Mr. Eamon De Valera's delega- of the Nazi coup in Austria and tion and British Ministers, led by the amalgamation of that coun the Secretary of State for Do-try with the Third Reich for all minion Affairs, Mr. Malcolm Mac-practical purposes. The fine con- Donald, have once more focussed struction which Germany has public attention on the vexed placed upon the motives and ori- question of Eire's relations with gins of her action in despatching the British Commonwealth of troops across the border will con

vince few. Austro-German rela- Since 1982 the 1 United King-tions have for so long been in an dom and Fire have been waging uncertam state, with the possi Herr bitter tariff war; each having bility of direct action by determined to inflict the deepest Hitler always a cogent factor in economic wounds possible, each all developments, that when di- succeeding to a degree resulting rect action comes about, it de- in an almost complete disruption mands too great a strain to inter- What hap- of trade between the two coun pret it otherwise. tries. The start of this running pened seems to be quite simple. sore was, of course, the refusal The Austrian Nazis chose a cri- of Mr. De Valera to endorse the tical moment to stage a putsch, Treaty ratified by his predeces-on the inspiration of Herr Hit- sor in office, Mr. Cosgrave, who,ler, and with full guarantees of while he was in power, faithfully military backing. On this basis, abided by its provisions. The the best the critic can say for irritant that has kept the sore the coup is that it was executed open, inflamed, and resisted all with masterly judgment and pre-

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