TRADE WAR
BRITAIN AND IRELAND FREE STATE’S HEAVY LOSS NEW NATIONAL PARTY (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 9.20 p.m.) Dublin, August 30. While the stage is set for the formation of a National Party uniting the opponents of Mr de Valera, trade statistics reveal that trade to Britain declined over £6,500,000 up to September 1, 1933, compared with the corresponding period of 1932. Agricultural exports declined over £4,000,000, while for the twelve months ending July 31, the total volume of trade fell by £28,000,000, imports declining from £49,000,000 to £35,000,000 and exports from £33,000,000 to £19,000,000. One result of the economic war has been the intensification of smuggling through Northern Ireland. The authorities have prepared extensive plans to eliminate this.
An example of what the new National Party is out to destroy was given today when companies of the Irish Republican Army paraded the streets of Mallow, North Cork, during a meeting of the British Boycott League where speeches urged a policy of demanding Continental goods where Irish manufactures are not obtainable. A large squad of armed police raided the Blue Shirts’ headquarters at midnight. A search disclosed only an aged caretaker, but no documents,
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Southland Times, Issue 22108, 31 August 1933, Page 7
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195TRADE WAR Southland Times, Issue 22108, 31 August 1933, Page 7
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