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A memorable stage in the history of the Irish contro-

versy was reached on Wednesday when the Ulster Unionist Council decided to give a qualified support to the Home Rule Bill. The discussion turned mainly upon the question whether " Northern Ireland," with its own House of Commons, should comprise the six counties which are predominantly Unionist and Protestant, or should comprise the whole of the nine Ulster counties. Lord Farnham, representing Cavan, and Mr. Michael Knight, representing Monaghan, proposed that no Bill should be accepted by Ulster Unionists unless it provided for the whole of Ulster coming under the Northern Legislature. They were able to argue, of course, that their motion was only in accordance with the Ulster Covenant, but their motion waa rejected.

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