ULSTER POLITICIAN WANTS BOUNDARY RETAINED

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1949, Page 7

ULSTER POLITICIAN WANTS BOUNDARY RETAINED

WELLINGTON, February 25.

“Let each part of Ireland do its utmost to prove worthy of the authority with which it has been entrusted to manage its own affairs, to develop its own ideals and to work out its destiny. That is all we ask. Let the position rest where it is.”

In these words, Sir John Milne Barbour, former Minister of Finance, Northern Ireland, speaking at a civic welcome to-day, summed uo his views on the existing situation between Eire and Northern Ireland. Eire, he said, had decided to dissolve the last link with the Sovereign and Northern Ireland had made its decision, “which has shown to the world that we honour our British citizenship.” Sir John leaves to-morrow on his return to Northern Ireland.