IRISH BOUNDARY

Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1924, Page 3

IRISH BOUNDARY

’Pile lailore of the cuiilcremc may have a eolisideraf !e i-ll'i t oil the | osiv loii of the Irish Free State Government. wrote the liltititie eorTes•j undent of the “Daily Telegraph," when the recent conference failed to ivach au agreement. It is anticipated tHat the Government will now call upon the Imperial Government to appoint a representative on the Boiindarv Commission provided lor in tho Irish Treaty. That instillment arrange- fur a Commission consisting ol a iep resent ati ve nominated by each uf tiie Fl-ler nml Free State Governments. with a chairman to he appointed by the British Government, to eettie the question of boundaries. The Free State Government have already ,se!e. ted their nominee, l’roles-or Al' Nelli, but t lie lister Government havi' all along resolutely relu.-ed to have anything to do with such a commission. nr to appoint a representative to it. No provision exists in the treaty to meet such a contingency, and already there are demands from certain sections in the Free State that the British Government should pass the, jnl legislation, taking powers to a*i] dint a Boundary Commission irrespective of l ister representation. The ililiieiilties of such a course are nbv. oils, and .strenuous clfnrts have been made hv the British Government to arrive at a settlement by agreement. Si taking on Kebiuarv -B last. Mr J. 11. Tin: i as -aid: 1 am one of those who hole, yea nl erav, this one outstanding • inestioii. will not he settled in- no lO't'ide authority with bitterness of looting and dilferem e.s. hut will lx* settle l l.v Irishmen themselves sitting round a table and saying: "We are the best judges of our own ditfictiltics: we can best solve our own problem."

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