We have noticed elsewhere certain aspects of the condition of
Ireland to-day, but may mention here the manifesto put forth on their return to Northern Ireland by the " Ulster Association for Peace with Honour." It is in the following excellent language that they state their convictions :— " To fail to appreciate Ulster's position now may be fraught with grave danger, not only to Ulster herself but to the Empire of which she is an integral part. Ulster is not Ireland any more than London is England. She is part of the United Kingdom, and, having been given a Parliament of her own, she wants to be left alone to carry on the work entrusted to her by the Imperial Parliament without difficulties being placed in her way. That is all she asks."
Note that here, as always, there is not the slightest suggestion of any right on the part of Northern Ireland to veto self-determination in the rest of Ireland.
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