Foreign News: Irish Election

The elections for the next Bail Eireann held in Ireland were said to be the most un-Irish in history. With few exceptions, there was no violence, no laughter on Election Day; the Emerald Isle was plunged into a strange and incomprehensible peace, which seems to have staggered the Irish themselves. It was a "model election."

In the absence of reliable figures, final results are not known. But it seems certain that the Government Party will capture about half the seats, which number 153.

Before the election the Republican Party published its platform. They would:...

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