The Ulstermen merely speak for themselves. They have never said
a word or moved a finger to prevent the disloyalists from wringing all the concessions they can in their own area from the British Government-. Sir James Craig went on to say that if in a week's time the Government had not gained Sinn Fein's conditional assent to some alternative proposal which Ulster could be asked to consider, then, so far as Ulster was col- cerned, the negotiations must be regarded as at an end. That alternative proposal must safeguard Ulster's rights. The week's grace for further consideration had been arranged between the Government and Sir James Craig in London. Sir James Craig declared that nobody was more in need of peace than Ulster was. Nothing could have been better than the com- bination of force and reasonableness with which he spoke. He has prevented the Government from carrying out the pro- posed betrayal, and we heartily congratulate him. It is as wonderful as it is encouraging to know what a few men who are strong in the rightness of their cause can do. Much was done at 'Liverpool. And we must say again that special gratitude is due to Mr. Boner Law, whose influence, though not much noticed, was very real.
