AGREEMENT WITH SWEDEN.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 18 December 1916, Page 5

AGREEMENT WITH SWEDEN.

TO RESTRICT GERMAN SUPPLIES LONDON, Dee. 14. The Foreign Office has concluded a commercial agreement with a Swedish delegation further restricting German supplies. The agreement awaits Stockholm's ratification. A NEW IRELAND. BORN IN THE TRENCHES. NO TALK OF SEPARATION THERE. LONDON, Dec 15. In the House of Commons Major Win. Redmond, supporting the Credit Vote, mentioned it as remarkable that the kindliest relations existed under all circumstances between the troops of Ulster and the rest of Ireland, who were in close contact. He declared that he had come to the conclusion that an understanding between Northern and Southern Ireland Avas quite possible. There was no talk of separation in the trenches, such talk only existed in Ireland. Let them suppress memories and hope for a brighter future. Major McCalmont (Antrim) said that if recruits were not forthcoming from Ireland in the next few weeks, the Irish regiments would cease to exist in the spring time.

Mr. Bonar Law re-echoed Major Redmond's sentiments, and declared that the desire for a new Ireland was not confined to Irishmen. It was a great thing that, despite the rebellion, the official Nationalists' party supported the Empire in toe war.