Mr. Cosgrave's visit to the United States is a wise
stroke.
He is resourceful as well as honest, and the reports show that he is making a SUCCe% of his speeches in American cities. , The truth about the Free State has not pene- trated far into America, and it is notorious that Mr. De Valera has been able to collect large stuns for the Republican cause in Ireland by assuring Irishmen in America that the Free State is under the British yoke and that there can be no hope for her until her betrayers are removed. From what we know of Mr. Cosgrave we should say that he is much too proud to compete with Mr. De Valera in passing round the hat, but it would be a very satisfactory outcome of his visit if contributions which have hitherto been sent to the wrong address were in future sent to Mr. Cosgrave's party, or if, at least, they were no longer sent to Mr. De Valera. When Irish- Americans learn that Mr. De Valera is the bane of the Free State there may be a considerable change in the financial positions of the Free State parties.
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