The latest proof of Sir James Craig's unceasing endeavour to
obtain peace, if peace still be possible, was given by the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords on Wednesday. The Lord Chancellor raid that there bad been considerable discussion with Mr. Collins in London that day, and that Mr. Collins was hopeful that all the persons who had been kidnapped last week from the Northern area would be immediately released. As regards the Clones incident Mr. Collins desired " an impartial and judicial inquiry." Then turning to the boundary disputes Lord Birkenhead raid that Mr. Collins was strongly in favour of the appointment of British liaison cfficers on each side of the most disturbed district of the boundary line. The views of Mr. Collins on these and other matters had been conveyed to Sir James Craig, and Sir James Craig, " with- that-reasonable- ness which had characterized his actions," had• assented.
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