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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE prospects for the Irish Treaty are darker than ever. Mr. Collins and Mr. De Valera have come to an unex- pected agreement whioh looks much more like a surrender of Mr. Collins to Mr. De Valera than vice versa. If this be so, there is clearly no hope left for the Treaty. In any case, the coming elections under the arrangement will be a mockery. The announcement of this " National Coalition," as Messrs. Collins and De Valera call their plan, was made in the Dail last Saturday. We have written about the terms of the astonishing compact elsewhere. Here we want to deal with affairs in Ulster.

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