British and American soldiers as "overrunning our country without the   
consent of the Nation." On the 7th of October, I addressed him a letter   
calling attention to the probable consequences of his utterance on   
Irish-American friendship and requesting a meeting in order to seek for at   
the least a modus vi vendi for the duration of the crisis. In spite  
of the attitude of the Eire Government and of the Cardinal Primate toward   
our troops, the Nationalist Catholics as individuals in the main receive   
them with friendliness. The danger is from Irish Republican Army groups   
                  under German direction.                   
 
                                                            
 
                      IRISH CENSORSHIP                      
 
                                                            
 
 
The nucleus of anti-American and anti-British influence in Eire is the   
censorship group controlled by Frank Aiken, Minister for the Coordination   
of Defensive Measures. The Censorship was originally  
inaugurated and consented to by the Opposition on the understanding that   
it was to have control over local news but only to prevent publication of   
what might compromise Irish neutrality. That is to say, tt was designed to   
prevent publication of editorial opinion favorable to either of the   
combatants. In practice, this group, under Mr. Aiken, have not only   
prevented editorial utterance as to the merits of the combatants, but also   
much editorial comment unfavorable to the Government and put into effect a   
stic suppression and coloration of the daily news in the int