5 JUNE 1920, Page 1

We confess that such political cant produces in us a

feeling of physical nausea. The Ulstermen of the Six County Area arc faced with stern and terrible facts. Can any man blame them if they do not desire to be under the kind of men who are encourag- ing if not actually inspiring the present outrages in the South and West of Ireland I That there aro two Irelands may be a disagreeable circumstance for Sir Horace Plunkett, but it is one which cannot be got rid of by merely ignoring it. One has only to look at Ireland to realize it. In one part of the Island there is chaos and madness. In another part there is calm, prosperity and good sense. The partition of Ireland is no wicked political device. It is a hard ascertained fact. It is plain for all men to see. Yet the Ulstermen are condemned for recognizing this fact.