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LOUGH SWILLY

IRE

QUEENSTOWN

HE Prime Minister told THE

Parliament on November 5 that "the fact that we can- not use the south and west coasts of Ireland to refuel our flotillas and aircraft and thus protect the trade by which Ireland as well as Great Britain lives, is a most

cations Ordinances 2f the Telecommuni- heavy and grievous burden

1936, Such bewa as bears the Indiestión “UP” is received in Hongkong on the date of publication by the United Press Associations, who re- serve all rights and forbid republications, elther wholly or in part without previous arrangement.

RICE STORAGE AMONGST the many emergency

problems which Government has

been striving to anticipate and pro-

vide for during recent months, the most vexatious and complicated has been the necumulation and successful storage of rice for the Colony's tens of thousands of Chinese Inhabitants, First move was to secure necess to rice imports and simultaneously to

and one which should never have been placed on our shoulders, broad though they may be."

CAN

Eire:

EIRE maintain

QUEEN

LOUGH SWILLY!

What Price Neutrality?

its

neutrality in the face of pressure from all sides to aban-- don it? The future alone can answer that question. Each day the demand in the English press becomes more insistent for the use of the bases which were re- turned to Eire in 1938. These. bases, located at Berehaven, Lough Swilly, and Cobh, are claimed to be vital to the British Navy in its task of dealing with the growing menace to its sca

lanes from U-boats, raiders, and

planes.

In the Inst war, the convoy system proved a suflicient answer to the U-boat. Since then things have changed. The coast of France is now In the hands of the Germans, and

Nazi machines and ships, are able to operate from Brest, Bordeaux, and Lorient, thus seriously hampering. not virtually closing, one of the most important approaches to the British Isles. Moreover, Italy is uniting its

forces in the attack upon the British

blockade, convoy, and patrol arrange- ments.

on DתוEn

In view of this multiple threat, the question of Eire's neutrality has come to the forefront. Eire, through its Valera, has warned the world that it will resist belligerent. It is invasion by any not unsympathetic to the British use, except in the case of an ex- tremely small minority, but

Later in the debate Mr Lees-Smith, leader of the t Labour Onnosition said "at the early stage of the war we had ports on the west of fuses to jeopardise its peace for the

Germany, Plymouth and Portsmouth, and then as a

re-

sake of democracy, or any other ideo- logy. It has suffered from wars for 700 years and has no desire to take part in another, particularly where

control exports, the latter depending result of the French collapse England is concerned.

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cn whether import shipments remain- ed harmad." The Indo-China trouble Germany obtained ports on seriously upset rice exports from the French colony to Hongkong, and the

the west of us. Obviously necessity for maintaining the fullest the remedy would be for us possible rice reserves became im-to have ports on the west of mediately apparent.

Germany, and those ports Yesterday Mr F. C. Barry, Con- troller of Riez, nalnied an encourag-

are there on the west coast ing picture of the rice situation at

of Ireland." the moment; nevertheless one hesitates to regard it with compicte equanimity. Two impressive polats emerged from his statement. One, that deterioration in stored rice Is Inevitable, and that this deterioration could be expected after five to six months of storage; the other, that experiments had demonstrated that rice could be stored without suffering

tioning system.

It would appear that the uir con- ditioning experiments, although car- ried out on a final scate, have been successful, and therefore worthy of closer consideration. If the authori. tles are satisfied that, under air conditioning, the life of rice can be retained for something like two years without deterioration, the practicabl lity of storing all the rice required for an emergency in air conditioned granaries deserves to be explored.

* When on April 25, 1938, Great Britain signed an agreement with the Govern- ment of Eire, she renounced all rights, which had been kept under the earlier

By

Walter W.

Cunningham

MR DE VALERA, the enigma of Western Europe, Where is his policy leading Eire?

In the South, Roman Catholicism has been recognised by the Constitution as the predominant religion. This has resulted in the North declaring itself, through one of its statesmen. n Prò testant state, although this spokesman was careful to say that the Roman Catholic minority had and would al- ways have the same rights and - privileges as other religious cecis.

Apart from the religious question. there are economic and political prob tems of a formidable character. There are no tariff and custom restrictions in the trade between Northern Ireland und England, and there are political advantages which accrue to Ulster as n result of its identifying itself with the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Unity, therefore, seems out of the question at this time. The issue of the moment is the Irish naval and atr bases, which figure so vitally in the subject of Elre's neutrality. It would be wrong to assume, however, that naval and air bases alone in the hands of England would end the U-boat menace. The alluation in too serious and complex for that. The heartfelt gratitude expressed upon nouncement that 50 United States de-. stroyers were being transferred to Britain was evidence enough of the crylig need for something other than bases. Likewise, the constant demand for acroplanes and war material. Yot the recurrent and insistent uppeal through the press and in public for the Irish bases is significant, and in-. dicative of England's plight.

the

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SAY that the situation in Ireland Tis anomalies to put ly. Even if the geographic position is considered, it is not clear. Ulster isn't really Ulster. The alx counties of which it is composed are actually only two thirds of the province, for there are nine counties in Ulster. Yet in Parliament and out af i Northem come into the war on the side of Ireland invariably referred to as Uister. The other 2 counties in Tre- What of huvasion. by Germany? the forces opposed to negression. and are known as Fire Now Elre. The possibility, it claims, has been This theors would be difficult to means Ireland. Yet Eire is only part taken into full consideration. It dis- counts the argument that the Nazis in intronsiderati factors to be of Ireland. Moreover, Ulster is trc- taken consideration. In the first quently referred to as the North, and may try to use Eire as a back door place, Mr De Valera has repeatedly it is no more the North than Eire is Into England, asserting that it has asserted that he will never surrender the South. Ulster is in the northeast forces suficient to deal with any his long-cherished independence, and

this point, eventuality. On

the his opponents hold that it is this in- neighbours of Eire are less sanguine, dependence which has proved the They argue, and with good reason, that Eire's protective fleet is neglig Principal barrier to unity. In the ble, and that while Eire is reputed to second place, Elre wants peace at all

costs. have organised land forces estimated at 250,000 men, its real safely de- So much for the South. What of of the threat to Western civilisation. pends upon the British fleet and air the North? forces.

hf the country,

Then again, in the South, English is

the schools.

largely spoken but Gaelic is obligatory

But all this, although enlightening,

is Inektentat. Issues which in the past have loomad large upon the horizon have now almost vanished In the face Paramount above all other considera- tions is what is the best course to take. Ulster has never been opposed to Compromises of various kinds have union with the South. But It has been suggester, and none of them has come to anything. The outlook, how- DIRE wants to be free. It wants no always made unity contingent upon ever, is not as bleak as it would seem

three conditions:

for circumstances have a way of alter persuasion or coercion from any

ing cases, and circumstances which are 1. That the German and Italian approaching in the present war may other state. It wants to keep clear of n war that was not of its own malting, ambassadors should be asked to leave solve the problem of air and naval and for whose outbreak it inker not the country. secure in the hope that it neutrality

Its secure in the hope

bases, without the immediate or direct Interference of either belligerent.

1. Thai Eire should abandon neu- From the "Christian Science Monitor.

for committing some overt act. Its "or we are against her along the Silk Stockings

111

From Seaweed

will serve as a shield, and will pre- trality. "We have either to fight for up to two years under an air condi-treaty, to use the naval bases vent one or other of the combatants Britain in every way," said the late Craigavon in f speech, from finding an excase or a motive Lord in Eire. The most import-

statesmen want to go on with the horrible dirty path of neutrality," ant of these are in Bantry orderly development of its resources.

3. That questions regarding the Bay, Cork Harbour and How realistic this objective is, it is abolition of partition should be post-

ani poned until after the war. not easy to fathom. Eira is Lough Swilly. The three agricultural country and virtually the

Seaweed, collected in peace "Was it an unfair thing to ask that maps above show what valu- in England. Before the present war, unture of this kind should be laid naide the tune of 400,000 tons a year, whole of its products and a market ail political questions of a disturbing time from the Hebrides alone to

able harbours these are and

followed a Elre

apolley based to a so as not to hamper us in our corta certain degree upon self-containment, to beat the enemy" asked the former is about to be used in Britain, on how easily they could be It encouraged home industries, and Premier. "in the task of beating that a commercial scale for the pro- sprinkled inctories for the manufac- enemy I hope that Ulster will be abduction of rayon for stockings, protected. At the present ture of much-needed goods all over to play her full part, sharing the sor

the country.

But the disorganisation rows and horrors as well as the re-underwear, and other knitted

and woven goods. opening of hostilities in Europe bad the whole of Ireland avail-serious effect upon this enterprise. As the days wore on, the situation able to Us Ulster.

Biggest obstacle will be expense,

It is doubtful whether any existing | time the only harbours in 1 of commerce consequent upon the joleings in the final triumph."

godowns could be converted to air conditioning except at considerable cost, and the same applies to the crection of specially constructed stere houses. Even so, unless costs aro absolutely prohibitive (and where Defence Measures are concerned, it is dimcult to know when this stage is reuched), this factor, should not be allowed to stand in the way, provid- Ing the method is guaranteed to he cffcctive.

Perhaps the private householder could he encouraged to have his own air conditioned store room, but clearly this suggestion is ruled out unless Government is willing and ready

market, or alternatively that house- holdern are subsidised.

In explaining the nature of the

are those in grew worse. And, quite recently, E burden of the Inte Lord Crafnew textile to the Bradford Society

The smaller map, that of the whole island, also shows how advantageously are these ports placed for rapid and constant protection of the Atlantic sea routes used

to see that chcup plant is out on the by our shipping, Mr de Valera on November 7 stated that so long as Eire remains neutral Britain will not be allowed the use of the ports which she freely surrender- ed in 1988.

The chict point seems to be for Government to calisty itself about the offency of air conditioning in respect to the storing of rice. If this has been fully demonstrated, future policy should be guided by this

nssurance.

How

of

Alginic Acid

Dyers und Colourists at Leeds gavon's thought was nid to Britain, Mr De Valers was forced to broad- and he put the question to his chal-inverslly, Professor J. B. Speakman soaked a piece of it in petrol and set east the news that Eire's supplies lengers:

It alight. The patrol simply burned were being rapidly exhausted, and

"Would. It strengthen and help tho away, leaving the fabrle quite un- that, if some means of replenishing defences of Great Britain if the whole altered. them were not found, a serious crisis of Ulster were neutral like the South? might ensue.

If the Army and the Navy and Air

Seoweed contains between 20 and were the supplies to be Force were told that this being a brought in? Hardly in British ships, neutral part of Ireland, they must re-

In England, unless in a limited degree. For the tire and go back to their own country. 30 per cent, of alginie acid, and the Scotland, and Wales, now rayon is the result of a dis- British people themselves have had would that help the British people?".covery for obtaining alginates which to forego many things to free vessels for service along the coast of Africa,

Lord Craigavon likened the two are realstant to alkalis. The rayon United States, which, too, were divided tains an inorganic material as and to carry much-needed planes parts of Ireland to Canada and the is non-inflammable because it con- and munitions from the United States by a boundary. Yet they never, sought essential part of its constitution. and the Dominions. In the face of the elimination of that border line.

Research work has been going on all this, how could shipping be "There is North America and there is diverted to help Elro, which hand re- South Amerien," he added. "We have for about two years, and, as the :- fused to throw in its lot with Great Northern Ireland and Southern Ire supply of seaweed is almost t..

Inne

exhaustible and there to be picked Britain?

It is true he omitted from con- up, the prerent discovery is expected The theory has been advanced by

religious differences soma writers that if an end to parti which have kept the two divisions of to have an important war time effect tion were offered to Eiro, It might Treland apart.

In the saving of shipping space.

sideration

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