22 JANUARY 1916, Page 2

All things considered, we hold that exclusion was the only

tight policy. Logically, no doubt, Sir Edward Carson would have been justified—and it must have been somewhat of a temptation—in demanding that Protestant Ulster, i.e., the six counties, should be included in the operation of the Bill, but we are glad that he refrained from making a party score. If Ireland has not sent as many men as she could and ought to have sent, at any rate we may feel that those she has sent have been of excellent quality. Ultimately tho motion to include Ireland was negatived without a division, the Liberal Members objecting to its being withdrawn.