11 FEBRUARY 1922, Page 2

Mr. Chamberlain, in answering Captain Craig's speech, de- fended the

Prime Minister and said that if he was dishonoured all the members of the Cabinet were also dishonoured, because their action had been common. He declared that the rights and privileges of Ulster had been left intact and that they would not be altered without her consent. Mr. Chamberlain then quoted at length promises and pledges which had been made by the Prime Minister. But when all has been said we are still left in doubt. How much simpler and better it would have been if Mr. Chamberlain had stated either that there was to be nothing but a rectification of the frontier such as Sir James Craig expected, or that it was really the intention of the Government to try to persuade Ulster to consent to a large loss of territory.