Irish Boundary

To London went President Cosgrave of the Irish Free State Cabinet and Home Minister Kevin O'Higgins, there to meet Premier Sir "Jimmy" Craig of Ulster and his confreres in conference on the Irish boundary dispute.

Under the Presidency of J. H. Thomas, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the deliberations started. At 5:30 the same evening the conference "broke down," an agreement having been found to be impossible.

Said President Cosgrave: "The conference to which we were invited in London has not been productive of any results. All...

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