THE ULSTER PROBLEM.
[To THE EDITOR OE TER " SPECTATOR:1 SIE,—In a note appended to a letter in the Spectator of July 18th you say: "Three months ago we do not doubt that if the Government had offered the sir counties compromise to Sir Edward Carson he would have succeeded in inducing his supporters to accept it." In saying this you are doing a great wrong to Sir Edward and to his supporters. Since the signing. of the Ulster Covenant nothing less than the esclusion of all Ulster could in honour be accepted by them. To accept less would involve a violation of our compact with loyal minorities in the other three counties, who pledged themselves not to submit to a Dublin Parliament, relying on our support and co-operation. This conviction, universal here, has been constantly expressed by our leaders and by our Unionist Press. For example, in a leader in to- day's Northern Whig it is said that "On September 28th, 1912, was signed the memorable Covenant, and since that day there can be no possible separation or division of men and women who pledged themselves each to the other, and are resolved to stand by their pledge." We would be indeed sorry to have it said on your authority that we could have been at any time induced to break faith with our fellow-covenanters of the three counties in debate.—I am, Sir, &c., RICHA.RD G. S. KING.
The Rectory, Limavady.
[We cannot agree that the Covenant necessarily binds those who signed it in the manner described by our correspondent. ED. Spectator.]
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