Perhaps it is as well so. The result of the
vote shows clearly that the Union is destroyed by the Bill and that what
Parliament has been doing is this, and not merely setting up a harmless subordinate legislature within the Union. It cer- tainly gives the people of Ulster, who do care for the flag, yet another reason for declaring that they will not assent to be placed under a Dublin Parliament. Here is a visible proof that they are being turned out of the Union. We presume that after this, when Imperial troops are camped outside Belfast in order to force the people of North-East Ulster under the Irish Parliament, the Union flag will not be flown at headquarters. It would be too ridiculous to fly that flag over men who will be employed in forcing its abandonment upon those who have hitherto lived under it, and who still desire to do so. Unless we are mistaken, this flag incident will bring home to the people of Britain what this Bill really means in a way that nothing else could have done.
