Though the Conference does not in any way represent what
we regard as the ideal Irish policy, we realize that our duty is now to do nothing which may interfere with a solution, even if it is a solution on wrong lines. Provided that certain acts of RI-faith and cruelty and wrong are avoided, no good citizen should do anything which can prove obstructive or, again, which can stir up feelings that would prevent a settle- ment. The Northern Parliament must be protected in its right not only to remain a free community but to remain incorporated with Great Britain and within the United Kingdom. Next to the protection of the rights of Northern Ireland comes the condition that the material interests of those who have been loyal to us in the South must be fully protected, and that the Protec- tion of their persons must also be secured at all costs. If those two conditions are observed strictly and loyally, we shall be more than content to have no concern with the South of Ireland.
