24 DECEMBER 1921, Page 2

In the House of Commons on Thursday, December 15th, the

Die-Hard amendment repudiating the Irish Settlement was introduced by Colonel Gretton. It deplored the fact that the Settlement surrendered the rights of the Crown in Ireland, permitted an independent Irish Army and Navy, violated the pledges to Ulster, and failed to• safeguard the Southern loyalists.. Much the most important incident in the debate was the speech by Mr. Bones Law. He explained that his only reason for emerging from his temporary retirement to take part in the debate was that ho felt that it would be cowardly to keep silence. "Let me say at the outset that I am in favour of this agreement." He then explained the train of thought which had brought him to this decision.