The Times of Tuesday published a letter from Lord Meath
which is one of the best statements we have ever seen of the reasons why the creation of a Parliament in Ulster, in addition to the proposed Parliament in Dublin, would safeguard the position of the Southern Unionists of Ireland. Lord Meath is a Southern Unionist himself, and views with deep apprehension the strong probability, indeed the certainty, that a single Irish Legislature would at once proclaim an Irish Republic. " H," writes Lord Meath, " Ulster possessed a separate Legislature and the Northern and Southern independent Legislatures were united, as is contemplated by the Government proposals, by a Council equally composed of Northern and Southern representa- tives, there would be less chance of the Southern Irish Legisla- ture declaring itself a Republic."
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