Triumphal Return

Following the admission of the Irish Free State to membership in the League of Nations (TIME, Sept. 17), President Cosgrave returned to Dublin from the assembly in Geneva. Scenes of indescribable enthusiasm took place at Kingstown Harbor. The mail boat on which Mr. Cosgrave traveled was escorted by two Free State craft, four aeroplanes. In the Harbor every ship was gaily decorated with bunting and sounded its siren as the mail steamer hove in sight.

The President's arrival at Dublin was even more imposing. Thousands of Irish crowded the streets to welcome him home. Military, police and civilian bands, an escort of 100 automobiles and a large force of military police formed themselves into a great procession which wended its way through the beflagged capital to the cheers of the populace.