On the whole we desire to see Mr. Cosg,rave attempt
to win in the Dail the trustworthy working majority that he has failed to win at the polls. With the Fianna Fail party inside the House, with the oath behind them again (consciences resist more feebly each time that they are violated), we shall expect to see a change in the general interests and the subjects that assume import- ance. Anti-English, anti-Treaty feelings will not appear to be matters of the moment or of such immediate concern as when half the House was absent on that account. Internal Irish questions of great importance will make the old subjects of dispute seem distant. The loan, protective tariffs, and other economic questions will then loom larger. Mr. De Valera has already begun to pose as a champion of high tariffs and to make his bid for support from the Labour Party, who will scarcely be so rash as to give it to him just yet. In the Dail, then, we believe, will lie Mr. Cosgrave's opportunities of increasing the support on which he can rely, and in his difficult search for it we wish him well.
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