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We did not dream that rights so solemnly pledged to

Ulster and guaranteed by Act of Parliament in 1920 were really regarded as legitimate matters for discussion. We trusted to the Prime Minister, and we have to admit sorrowfully that we were wrong to do so. In Parliament on Tuesday the Prime Minister had an opportunity of making the facts clear, but all he said was to the effect that the Collins-Craig dispute must not be taken too seriously, and that the best course was to wait a little longer and see if the principals could agree. This, surely, was a very ominous treatment of the matter, since everything depends upon knowing exactly what Ministers of the Crown said during the negotiations.

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