Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

IllS own capacity the less ne
cares for Observation-Disclosures
iii fancy trappings and the
OF the uniformed.
found they drank the most expensive
tea TO be had In the London market
And they ate nothing but white bread
Probably here again IL q fast holding
old-time revllsion against the black
bread Of their forefathers.
Inspiration to Leadership.
ireland, reborn, has felt It's new pulses
under the inspiring leadership Of PreSi-
dent Cosgrave. He sees and feels keenly
the tragedy of Anomaly Island, but moi
without hurnor-good hurnor, too. I,
will take time, he knows. to close ur
that tremendous gap between the Fore
works and the potato. The President
with Mr.. McGIligan. his Minister Of
Industry and Commerce, has carried
through the great Shannon scheme, thu
Barrow drainage works and other pro.
1ects Of state capital expenditure, Irish
| initiated, growing up rapidly alongside
the Ford plant and other foreign works
His policy is to use state funds to breai
down the worst of the psychology o.
despair which prevailed in Ireland II
| 1922.
At the same time, Mr.. Cosgrave doe!
not let 1t be forgotten for q n1omen
that each citizen must develop his ful
| opportunities on his own initiative.
Now we turn to the leader of the CD.
position party, Mr. De Valera. He and
his party hold almost as many seats ir
the lower house of the Legislature o.
His two principal policies concern the
land and the tariff. He pictures an
island in the far-away Pacifc--sounds
like Anomaly Island, tndeed--where the
| Inhabitants, far from civilization, live
an independent life OF Arcadian sim
plicity Anomaly Ireland he would free
by reducing it to this self-suficient,
medieval mplicity-homespun indus
tries sans foreign foreign influence; for
eign imports debarred, the same with
foreign capital; above all, things Brit
ish, past, present and future. to be re-
moved.
Irish land has been purchased by the
state from the old aristocracy at price
of about $500,000,000, which is being
paid by the farmers with interest
Something over 100000, 900 Of the capt.
tai amounts has been paid. The land
value was based on figures less than
those Of 1918, so that the Irish tenant
is really getting his land at rental
in part, purchase payment-lower
than anywhere else in Europe.
De Valera's Views Quoted.
De valeras contention Is that no
payments are justly due, mainly be-
cause the irish don't owe the English
the old land owners-anything, because
they, he holds, the old ascendancy.
drained Ireland Of her wealth for over
100 years.
what il Mr.. De Valera comes into
power? Will he smash the new founda-
ton, barely set. as some OF his speeches
suggest Many are anxious on this
point. But by putting two and two to-
gether It Is evident to expert observers
that the new state, Henry Ford and the
Belgian investors have no cause for con-
Germ. They hold that Mr.. De Valera
will never stay In power even II he
comes to 1t.
In the meantime, the discipline Of
actually graphing with legislation In
the making Is doing much for De Va
lera's followers. Responsibility Is NOV
ing the best minds of the group toward
the right politically, so that every
month that passes strengthens the leg
islative position Of the Cosgrave gov
eminent and the constructive forces In
Ireland. How far this tendency has
developed can be very nicely measured
by the vote Of confidence given MI
Cosgrave after his defeat few weeks
ago.
These are some Of the evidences Of
a new life in Ireland. Important, too,
is the fact that the governments f1nan-
cial position is unquestionably sound.
It's national loans stand high in the
finance markets Of the world. Annual
budgets are balanced, with the excep-
ton of capital expenditure on national
projects, such as the Shannon scheme,
drainage works, and so on. EXpendi-
ture for the nine months ended De-
cenlloer, 1929. shows q decline Of more
than $500 900 and the revenue an IN
crease Of more than 100000 as COM
pared with the corresponding period Of
1928.
Foreign Trade Improving.
The foreign trade position for the
new dominion Is improving. Exports
were greater last year than for the year
before, and the same was true for i'm
ports, although the country Is still
balance.
All I san say in conclusion is that
If YOU don't believe any or all Of this
rough sketch, don't argue: go over and
see for yourself. Before you 60 read
the Irish Statesman q weekly pub
lished In Dublin, in which you can see
the Summer lightning of George Rus
sells "a. E) delightful, humorous view
of ancient ireland and modern Ire
land. as they exist today side by side
in vivid contrast in the Emerald Isle.
whoever put the ire in Ireland, no one
knows. But very soon thereu be but
little left.