QUESTION OF PARTITION.
FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING. (British Official AVireless.) Received January 18, 12.0 noon. RUGBY, Jan. 18. It is understood that, m the course of a four hours’ discussion between the Eire delegation and the United Kingdom Ministers, the question of the partition was raised by Mr de Valera, who made it clear that the restoration of the unity of treaties was, in his view, an essential foundation for the establishment of real understanding and friendship between the peoples of Great Britain and Eire. From the United Kingdom side the point was made that there could be no alterations in the relations between Eire and the North of Ireland which had not the consent of the latter. The meeting adjourned soon after 6.30 p.m. and is to resume at noon to-morrow. In addition to the principal Ministers on the .Irish and British' sides Sir Thomas Inskip (Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence), Mr Oliver Stanley (President of the Board of Trade), and Mr AV. S. Morrison (Minister of Agriculture) participated in to-day’s discussions.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 42, 18 January 1938, Page 7
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173QUESTION OF PARTITION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 42, 18 January 1938, Page 7
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