AFFAIRS IN IRELAND.
FREE STATE TROUBLES.
LONDON, June 3
Though current eyents in the Irish Free State are now reported to be running smoothly, .still waters are deep and black, and it is feared that ugly rapids are ahead, says the Dublin correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian."
The cost of living threatens to rise all round while the standards of living fall. The Minister of Agriculture rejoices because the country's wheat acreage has increased from 21,000 to 00,000, but critics complain that wheat is going to cost locally nearly double the world price. Farmers are being precariously propped up by raising the price of butter to Irish consumers to is 4d a Hi. Bankers, followers of Mr. Cosgrave and Mr de Valera's Labour allies are alike growing restive about the future.
The abolition of the oath has not removed the menace of the Irish Republican Army, which is preparing a great demonstration of strength for the Wolfe Tone .commemoration at Bodenstown on June 16. Mr de Valera's followers are organising a coun-ter-demonstration on June 25.
The Republican Army is credited with enrolling upwards of 100,000 men, with considerable stores and arms.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 210, 17 June 1933, Page 5
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