2 AUGUST 1924, Page 9

The situation in Ireland seems to be this. The Free

State Government is engaged on the necessary if prosaic task of governing the country and enforcing economy, while the Republican leaders can indulge in the pastime dear to the hearts of most Irishmen of haranguing their fellow-countrymen from the platform and dilating on the iniquities of the Government. The next act in the Irish drama will be the publication of the findings of the Boundary Commission, which is anxiously awaited.

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