RING OUT THE OLD

Shannon News, 29 December 1925, Page 2

RING OUT THE OLD

ring in kew. LONDON, December 26. . In the ‘■Observer,” Mr. J. .L. Garvin reviewing 1925, says: “There are encouraging' signs of a definite recovery ol ! trade. The Government owes the firmness of its position more to the weakness of Labour and Liberal opposition than to its own virtues and performances. The British Empire as a whole has shown progress everywhere. Preference has been established here as a principle past reversal. Australia and New Zealand, like. ; Britain a year previously have voted for stability and in the Commonwealth violent labour troubles have been overcome in d manner promising more settled conditions.” 1 Mr. Garvin recalls the fact; that the posilion in India and Ireland has improved and states: “The greatest single achievement is the Locarno pact but there is one weak spot. Lot none suppose Mosul will be as easily managed in future as the Minister and a facile majority supposfe. We are creating a little Ulster in that region by insisting on calling it part of Iraq The test will come in 1928 when our part was to have been regarded as complelo. It looks as though om issue in the next general election has already been decided upon.’’ Mr. Cosgrave, in a message to the “Sunday Express.” states: “All goes well with Ireland. The outlook is brighter than since the 1921 treaty. The recent agreement with Northern Ireland has finally removed latent possibilities of further differences. The forces of goodwill have now an opportunity for free play. North and South have no hesitation in saying treland stands on the threshold of a new era of material progress.”