At one time it had looked as though there were
to be an attempt to compel Ulster to come into an All-Ireland Parliament. He would have resisted that. But, fortunately, no such thing was proposed in the scheme before them. He observed with grief that a bitter feeling seemed to be growing up in Ulster on the ground that she had been betrayed. He regarded that as one of the most disastrous things that could happen. What maid be worse when you were trying to make peace with enemies than to find that you were snaking enemies of those who had always been your friends ? But he honestly, thought that the bitter- ness was not justified. In his opinion, it existed not so much because of what was in the agreement as because of the attitude of a large part of the. Press before the agreement had been published. Ulster had a perfect right to remain outside the agreement, and also a perfect right to demand that the Govern- ment should see that she should not be treated worse than other sections of the United Kingdom.
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