Evening star., 1933-02-04

American observers Of the election in
Ireland. with its triumph for Eamon de
Valera. see strong Endorsement for the
uncompromising policies Of that leader
and evidence Of large personal follow
ing, due to confidence in his ability as
an executive. It is believed that the
economic separation from Britain will
bring difficulties.
The national ideal conquered over q
regaining of the British market" says
the Providence Bulletin, pointing out
that "the farming areas, hardest hit by
the Anglo-Irish tariff war, supported
the candidates Of Mr.. De Valera" The
Scranton Times emphasizes the point
that 'he has revived as a national ideal
a self-SuppOrting ireland, consoling the
Irish farmers with the thought that
eventually England would turn to other
markets, anyhow" The Rockford Reg
ister- Republic concludes that the re-
suits serve further notice on England
that Ireland is determined to go the
full route for complete economic tnde-
pendence."
Reviewing the issues Of the election,
the Atlanta Journal offers the explana-
ton: Last June the De Valera gov
ernment withheld the semi-annual pay
ment Of the so-called land purchase
annuities. amounting to some one and
a half million pounds, then due to
Great Britain under agreements made
by the preceding administration from
1921 through 1926. After fruitless at
tempts to arbitrate, the British Parlia-
ment passed a bill empowering the
treasury to impose tariffs up to 100 per
cent on imports from the Irish Free
State as means Of recovering the un-
paid annuities. A duty of 20 per cent
was put into effect on July Is. Five
days later the De Valera party in the
Dahl retorted by authorizing retalia-
tory tariff on British imports into the
Free State and appropriating an emer-
gency fund of two million pounds for
| economic war"
1.-THE really interesting thing about
the election" thinks the Rochester
Times Union, "is the evidence it affords
Of the strength Of political motives
when weighed in the balance against
economic interests" That paper Is
convinced that "the effort to build up
new markets is likely to be long and
painful" The Chicago Daily News
adds that viewed from abroad, the
task of making economically self-sufh-
cient a country with such limited re-
sources appears extremely dimcult:: u
ships during the earlier years."
THE tariff war has been and still
IS" In the judgment Of the Butte Mon
tana Standard. lone Of the strangest
episodes In contemporary history" A
to its details, that paper says: 'The
effects have not been evenly distrib-
1fn ho hi "A
farmer, the shopkeeper and the middle
class almost exclusively. It has not hit
the Irish peasant, the small farmer and
the farm laborer, who make up the
bulk of the Free States population
The Nationalists, under the leadership
of former President William T. Cos
grave, believed in seeking q solution OF
Irelands troubles on the floor of the
English House of Commons, while De
| Valera's policies are best characterized
by the name Of his supporting party
| Sim Fein, q Gaelic term, translates
roughly into we ourselves alone 1r
the presence of old-fashioned national
ism Mr.. De Valera and Mr.. Cosgravt
were both Sim Feiners. But under thu
Free State the difference between then
lies In the one word, negotiation Mr.
Cosgrave Is willing to seek q solution
by friendly negotiation with the Eng:
lish. Mr.. De Valera, On the other hand
still adheres to we ourselves alone"
| De Valera's success, as interpreted b!
| the Schenectady Gazette, promises I
more stable government than has beer
possible In the past" since "in recen
years the division between the majo
parties has been SO small that othe
uol,ps have hG2A the balance Of power.