IRISH FREE STATE
DISPUTE WITH ENGLAND DESIRE FOR SETTLEMENT A HINT FROM DUBLIN h —— BASIS FOR NEGOTIATION E'y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyiiglit (Received July 20, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 26 A message from Dublin says it is i mnourcd there that- negotiations arc to ho resumed for a settlement of the Anglo-Irish dispute. The Minister of Commerce, Mr. Sean Lemass, speaking in the Senate, said tho Irish Free State was not anxious to maintain the tariff barriers. She would remove her emergency duties if Britain would .do the same. ''ln fact," said Mr. Lemass, "we will go further. We will immediately remove our duties if Britain removes hers within a reasonably short time." In tho House of Commons to-day, Sir N. Grattan-Doylc (Conservative, Newcastle) asked if tho Government would accept a lump sum in settlement of tho dispute with the Irish Free State. The Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, said tho Government was always prepared to consider any suggestion that might lead to a comprehensive settlement, but a statement at present would not be conducive to the end it desired to attain.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21554, 27 July 1933, Page 9
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