Ireland

Owing to the cessation of hostilities on the part of the Irregular troops, the news from Ireland is not, as has been usual, impregnated with sanguinary reports. Thus far the Republicans have kept faithfully their promise, contained in their recent note to the Free State Government.

Although the Government made no reference to the de Valera peace proposals and has declined to recognize them, the tenor of public opinion is that peace is in sight. Sceptics, however, are asking themselves: " How long will peace be maintained?"

Governor-General Healy, replying to an address of greeting from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, said their address came at a time "when it seems possible tranquility may be reestablished in their own borders."