Finally Mr. Kenworthy pressed his pertinent question again : "
No legislation will be required ?" Whereupon Mr. Thomas said, " I cannot go further into the matter.", What does all this mean ? We take leave to hope that it means that the Government will nominally hold by the Treaty, as in form they are bound to do, well knowing that the Treaty provides no machinery with regard to the Boundary Question. In other words, the Govern- ment hope to-solve the matter by Fabian tactics, avoiding the special legislation that would be necessary and trusting that sooner or later the much desired internal agreement will be achieved in Ireland. We suspect that this policy would not be displeasing to Mr. Cosgrave, though he may not be able to admit it. To attempt to enforce a settle- ment by British legislation would be to ignore all the teachings of Irish history. Whatever British ruling there might. be would not be accepted in both parts of Ireland. An agreement among Irishmen_ themselves is- the only possible way of peace. The danger- has become great, and we can only hope that the Free State will see where its path of safety- lies.
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