10 AUGUST 1929, Page 3

The Permanent Court has come before our notice at home

in another way. We mentioned last week the dispute that has arisen between Northern Ireland and the Free State over the fishing rights in Lough Foyle, which washes part of the coast of Donegal, though the greater part of its shores are the land of Londonderry and Ulster. The Treaty of 1921 is obscure or silent in the matter, and the dispute has been brought into the Ulster Courts. Meanwhile, there are threats of armed protection for the Donegal fishermen, and a notion that the Free State will appeal to the Permanent Court at The Hague. This would be intolerable.