12 NOVEMBER 1921, Page 1
There is nb use in blinking the fact that North-East
Ulster is, after all, being blandly coerced by the pickets to hand over the essential conditions of her security. Under the Home Rule Act she has complete immunity from interference by the South a. rid West. Under any scheme of Dominion Home Rule with
no partition " this security must necessarily disappear. Pos- sibly the Shin Fein majority might have to make two bites at the cherry, but if the first bite is allowed under the pretence that it is a tiny one and leaves the cherry virtually intact the second bite would not be very long delayed.
