17 MARCH 1925
Mr Austen Chamberlain discussed the security question with M. Herriot, the French Premier, in Paris.
The chief topic discussed on the Army Estimates in the House of Commons was the obstacle raised to recruiting for the Supplementary Reserve by two large Trade Unions apprehensive of the use to which the Reserve might be put in the event of industrial disputes.
The War Office announces that it has been decided to reintroduce forthwith Section A of the Army Reserve.
The King and Queen are leaving London on Thursday morning for Genoa, where they will embark on the Royal yacht.
It is officially announced that Prince George underwent an operation for enucleation of tonsils. The condition of His Royal Highness is satisfactory.
Mr Cosgrave, in a St Patrick’s Day message to the Irish peoples in America, says the Government of the Irish Free State recently received from the people a further endorsement of their satisfaction with the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.