17 MAY 1924, Page 11

There seems little doubt that Professor Thomas Smiddy, of Cork

University, will be appointed the First Minister of the Irish Free State at Washington. The Minister- designate was chairman of the recent Fiscal Commission in the Irish Free State, and has had much experience in the United States, in which country he has been for some months, and where he has represented the Irish Free State's interests unofficially.

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