SINN FEIN: HOW IRISH SHIPPING IS BEING FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.

New Zealand Tablet, 26 May 1921, Page 23

SINN FEIN: HOW IRISH SHIPPING IS BEING FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.

Previous to 1916 Ireland had, as it were, fallen into a British slumberland. The members of the Irish National Party “talked” much in the House of Commons on Irish grievances, but if no heed was taken of them— they had done their best. Ireland could not then think of having a commercial fleet of her own. Had she not the British merchant service at her disposal—the-greatest in the world? and besides, nothing could be done that might threaten “our Empire.” Such a state could not go on for ever. If R had, Ireland would soon have become Ulster, and Ulster would have become Ireland. Ever since Sinn Fein secured the destinies of the Irish nation the country has rapidly recovered its sense of being absolutely independent of England, It is thus that great strides have been made in the establishing of Irish shipping routes to the principal European countries and to America. Dublin is now being made a regular port of call for vessels of the Holland Steamship Company of Amsterdam. The American trade is increasing rapidly. And the key-note to all this is “Sinn Fein.” Another Shipping Service. Another direct service of shipping between the United States and Ireland has been promoted by the North American Steamship Company, which announces that it will run a service from Boston to Cork and Dublin. An exGerman cargo steamer, the Osage, is scheduled for the sailing, which was to take place towards the end of March. The company has appointed Messrs. Dowdall and Co., Cork, agents for the whole of Ireland The Irish Industrial Development Associations in Dublin and Cork are actively participating in the arrangements with a view to securing patronage in order to further the interests of shipping, both' in connection with this new service and that already running between New York and cork, Dublin, and Belfast.