* * * * On Tuesday the Times published a
most important letter from several Members of Parliament, representing all parties, who have visited Ireland to- study the boundary question. It represents a unanimous opinion. There is no hesitation anywhere.. The signatories . say that feeling in Ireland, " except among a few extremists," is strongly in favour eof a settlement that a settlement can best be arrived at by " direct mutual agreement "-; and that negotiations would have the best chance if entered into before the Boundary Commission was set up. One of the signatories is Dr. Haden Guest, the well-known Socialist Member. , We have now a suggestion to make. Why should not these men of good sense and good will intervene unofficially and urge Mr. Cosgrave with all the earnestness at their command to meet Sir James Craig ?. The willingness of Sir James Craig for such a Meeting has been stated over and over again. They might draw up a tentative map of a rectified boundary and offer it as: a starting point for discussion. As a group they cannot be suspected of prejudice, for the Liberals are not likely to have any passion- for .Inster. It is useless to raise the objection that unofficial action cannot be allowed: -The present Government have wel- comed unofficial intervention on several occasions, and notably in the case of the Russian Treaty.
