19 JANUARY 1924, Page 3

We arc sure that Mr. Gwynn speaks with knowledge and

conviction of what Ulster would do. We are also quite as strongly convinced that those Irishmen who are now precipitating the Boundary question will by doing so defeat their own object, i.e., the unity of Ireland. If that unity is won by wisdom, tolerance, statesmanship, and justice, as we believe it may yet be won, then no Englishman, and certainly no friend of the North, will say a word to forbid the banns. If, however, an appeal is made to physical force, or if an attempt is made to goad a Labour Government into unwise action, Ireland will lose, and probably for ever, the chance of rescinding partition. The road—the only road--to that goal is to obtain the confidence of the North, and to obtain it by deeds, not words. * * * *