NON-PARTY
THE IRISH CONGRESS.
DE VALERA'S PRESIDENCY.
A COMMENDABLE ST ACT.
(Received 11.15 a.m.)
LONDON, Jan. 28.
The Irish Congress, amidst cheers, unanimously elected Mr De Valera President after the latter liad stated that he would only accept the appointment provided it did not carry any political significance. He added that he wanted the Congress to forget that there were two political parties in Ireland and to insist that the organisation should not be used for the purposes of any political party.—Times.
ETHICS OF COMMERCE
NATIONALITY EXCLUDED
PARIS, Jan. 27.
A New Zealand delegate at the PanIrish Congress described as claptrap the suggestion that Ireland should boycott British goods. He added that it would ■pay Irishmen to remember that commerce knew no nationality. Irish trade must aim at the best markets wherever they were to be found. For a long time Ireland must be dependent on British shipping. Ireland was still in the "spade and potato" stage, and her development and welfare depended on getting out of it as soon as possible.
Her water-power was sufficient to support a population of 10,000,000, and must be pressed into service as was being done in New Zealand. — and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 30 January 1922, Page 5
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