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Show CHAMBERLAIN PRAISES IRISH. Arthur Chamberlain, a brother of Joseph Chamberlain, Cham-berlain, and chairman of Kynochs Limited, the explosive manufacturers at Arklow, Ireland, passed through Dublin the other day and again declared his faith in the industrial future of Ireland. "I am astonished," he said, "at the- extent to .which Irishmen allow themselves to depend on England Eng-land for goods that could be manufactured at home. What is wanted is a combined movement for the revival of Irish -industries, and that movement should receive the support from the Irish members in the house of commons which it has not received in the past. It is ridiculous that Irish industries, Irish agriculture and Irish interests of various kinds, should be under the control of an alien race. The ideas of English officials, however qualified they may be for ruling their own countrymen, are wholly out of touch with the needs and aspirations aspira-tions of Irishmen. The present system simply means that Ireland is being pauperized instead of being enriched." I |