6 MARCH 1920, Page 1

Our readers know our opinion that the position of the

Unionists in the South and West of Ireland will actually be best safe- guarded by the creation of a separate Parliainent in North-East • Ulster, although we are well enough aware that a great many of them reject our reasoning, and are appalled at the possibilities which the prospect of Sinn Fein ascendancy in the South and West holds out for them. Whatever view may be taken of the degree of protection provided for Unionists in the South and West by the creation of a Northern Parliament, it ought to be one of the special objects of Parliament to think out safemards with anxious care.