18 MARCH 1922, Page 2

Lord Lansdowne explained that he was, in theory, an ea.

'repentant Unionist, but he admitted that it had become necessary to accept the Irish Settlement and he hoped that everyone would try to make it work. He regarded the failure to protect the rights of minorities as a blot upon the Bill. This ought to be changed, as Messrs. Collins and Griffith, even though inspired by good faith, might not be able "to deliver the goods." The way in which the Government had handled the Boundary ques-, Lion seemed to him "like midsummer madness." Nobody pretended that the Ulster Boundary was perfect, but, after all, it was not desirable that Ireland should be arranged in abso- lutely watertight compartments. If that were done the eventual corning together of all pasties would be delayed.