Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03

Americans give much attention to
the prospects OF change Of policy in
the Irish Free State as a result of the
election of Eamonn de Valera as Pres
ident. The man who has been the ex-
tremist in Ireland throughout the ad-
ministration of President CosgraVe is
placed in a position of responsibility,
but is expected to follow a more eau
tious policy while holding office. One
factor is the Labor party, on which
he is partly dependent, and which Is
influenced by economic considerations,
and opposes radical moves in the di-
rection Of indeDendence.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
observes that Mr.. de Valera himself
has indicated that his program for eco
nomic independence does not mean
that he is not DESTROYS of negotiating
with Great Britain a trade agreement
favorable to the Free State. and that
for that purpose he may consent to
send a delegation to the Ottawa I'm
perial Conference in the coming Sum-
mer." The Rutland Herald believes
that the extreme de Valera wing prob
ably will not be allowed to disrupt the
Free State government"
DE valera and his colleagues" says
the New Orleans Item have a par
liamentary margin over Ccsgrave's Free
Staters, with some Independents and
Lsborites in the midf1eld. They will
naturally have to go through a lot o.
the motions of asserting Their old
principles. but that does not neceS-
sGrily mean a reverSion to the bitter.
bloody and destructive manifestations
that for centuries kept the Green Isle
poor and depleted it of many Of its
best sons"
we may expect orderly progress and
development to continue as years pass, !"
recording to the Schenectady Gazette.
DE Valera's success at the polls is a
tribute to his determination, to his
rnWilIingness to admit defeat. A mem
Der of the minority or opposition for
wears, beaten time and again at the
polls. he has continued its fight until
success has crowned his efforts" The
Baltimore Sun forecasts that Ireland
lis in for a period of delicate and elab-
crate political maneuvering, but for no
especially sensational developments :"
That paper recognizes that by holding
the exact balance of power, Labor con-
trolls the situation, and De Valera finds
his hands tightly bound in so far as
any radical republican measures are
concerned"
Labor has let 1t be definitely
known. records the Hamilton (Ontario)
Spectator, that it will support the
Anglo-Irsh treaty. and De Valera can
not get along without Labor but he
counters with a suggestion that aboli-
ton of the oath could be brought
about by a change in the constitution,
without affecting the Irish treaty.
This is a precarious maneuver and it
is evident that the President is going
to have a very difficult time of 1t
maintaining himself in ONCE"
Small doubt that Mr.. de Valera and
the Fianna Fail were aided materially
by Ireland's reaction to the contagion
of nationalism that is sweeping Eu-
rope" is seen by the Nashville Banner.
but that paper finds it unlikely that
the course of the Irish Free State will
be Immediately or fundamentally
changed" since DE Valera and the
Fianna Fail appear to have been con-
siderably taught and modified by the
years, and there is small question, If
any, of their sincerity"
There is certainty" in the opinion
of the Scranton Times, that there will
not be any return to the distressing
times which preceded the setting up of
the Free Stete government, and gen.
eral belief that De Valera will, for all
his republican declarations, proceed
along constitutional lines" The Hart
ford Times holds that there is little
reason to believe that the new Parlia-
rent will contribute anything serious
10 the unrest of tho world" The Lowell
Evening Leader believes at Is not clear
hat 10 sever all relations with Great
Britain would be to their advantage"
Emphasis Is placed on the restraining
influence OF labor by the Rock Island