EIRE'S DIFFICULTIES
FACING BREAD SHORTAGE ISOLATION INCREASING (Rec. 9.45 p.m.) DUBLIN. Feb. 3'. "Eire will face a considerable shortage of bread before next harvest," said the Prime Minister, Mr E. de Valera, in a speech. He urged farmers to increase production so that the country would not be held up to ransom because of acute scarcity. It appeared that the real war struggle was only beginning. " He would be a fool who planned for less than four years as far as the emergency facing Eire is concerned," Mr de Valera continued. "Eire is becoming more and more cut off from the world. If one belligerent attacked Eire, others would almost certainly join in. and we ourselves would also take a hand." Eire required 250,000 fully-trained soldiers. Mr de Valera concluded.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24833, 5 February 1942, Page 5
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