The Irish Imbroglio The Dail has, at Mr. de Valera's
instance, refused to accept the Senate's amendments to the Oath Bill, which accordingly stands over for eighteen months till it can become law without the Senate's approval. Publication of the correspondence between the Governor-General and the President of the Council regarding deliberate slights on the former, who is the King's representative in Southern Ireland, by members of the Government, has put Mr. de Valera in a position in which he shows to little advantage, mainly, so it would appear, through the necessity under which he finds himself to defend the inde- fensible pettinesses of his colleagues. The British Treasury has, within an hour or two of the passage into law of the Irish Free State (Special Duties) Act, issued an Order imposing as from July 15th ad valorem duties of 20 per cent. on all the principal imports into this country from Ireland, notably livestock, butter, eggs and bacon. And as we go to press a Bill providing for retaliation against British imports into Ireland is being rushed through the Dail.
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