RELATIONS WITH EIRE

Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 11

RELATIONS WITH EIRE

BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTED LONDON, September 27. (Received September 28, at 11.30 a.m.)l Sir John Maffey has been appointed British representative in Eire. Mr De Valera announced the appointment to supplement the existing system ’of communications owing to problems of political and economic,relations. SETTLING SPECIAL PROBLEMS SATISFACTION IK LONDON (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Scpember 27. (Received September 28, at noon.) . The Dominions Secretary announced in the House of Commons that Sir John. Maffey’s appointment was made in view of the special problems arising out of the war in the mutual trade, economic, and political relations of the United Kingdom and Eire Governments. The appointment is a natural development of similar appointments made during the last 10 years in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.Satisfaction is felt in London at th» agreement reached with the Eire Government on this appointment. After experience on the north-west frontier and in India, Sir John Maffey was appointe.d Governor-General of the Sudan in 1926, and in 1933 became Permanent Under-secretary at the Colonial Office. On retiring he joined the boards of Imperial Airways and the Rio Tin to Company. EIRE VITALLY AFFECTED TRADE AND COMMERCE PROBLEMS LONDON, September 27. (Received September 28, at 1 p m.) Mr de Valera, speaking in the Dail, said that England being at war vitally affected Eire, whose trade and cou»merce would be completely disrupted. He added that the Government would do- its utmost to try to increase agricultural production for home and export use. FRENCH DECREE NO CRITICISM OF BRITAIN OR POLAND PARIS, September 27. (Received September 28, at 10 a.m.) A decree forbids criticism, either printed or spoken, of either Britain or Poland. This is the .first time such » law affecting another country has been applied in France. ITEMS BY WIRELESS DAVENTRY, September 28. The Turkish Foreign Minister, who ia now in Moscow, continued conversations with Soviet officials to-day. Thor® is a great deal of speculation about tli® outcome of his visit. It is generally believed .that he, acting as the plenipotentiary of the leading Balkan Powers, is discussing Balkan problems as a whole. . , Two German submarines stopped tn» Swedish ship Grand Princess Marguerite off the , Swedish coast and ordered that the men from a British trawler which she had rescued be handed over. The captain of the ship gave up the 11 survivors. A Swedish torpedo boat appeared and the two submarines made off in a north-westerly direction at full speed. 1 ’ ~ The King and Queen drove through six miles of troops “ somewhere in England ” to-day. It was - the first occasion on which the Queen had accompanied the King on such an inspection., The Japanese Ambassador called upon the Soviet Prime Minuter and Foreign Minister to-night. It is believed” that he sought information concerning the visit to Moscow of the German Foreign Minister.