At the resumed sitting of the Ulster Parliament on Monday,
Sir James Craig, the Prime Minister, made a statement which was worthy of the part which the Ulster leaders have always played. It was direct, sincere, manly, and perfectly straight. forward. What a contrast to Sinn Fein statements ! Sir James Craig explained that he much regretted the delay in completing the Act creating the Ulster Parliament, but he was continually pressing for the issue of the Orders in Council transferring all the promised powers to the Ulster Parliament. The reasons of the delay were obvious, but he had no responsi- bility for it, as the opening of negotiations between the British Government and Sinn Fein had been as little expected by him as by anybody else. When he was invited to enter the conference, he decided, after much anxious thought, that the invitation ought to be accepted.
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