Mr. Boner Law went on to point out that since
Mr. Churchill had said that Ulster should be treated with con- sideration Mr. Runciman had poured contempt on the whole idea of exclusion, but Mr. Bonar Law refused to believe that Mr. Runciman's declaration was the considered deter- mination of the Government. As for Mr. Redmond's speeches they were almost more than flesh and blood could bear. It was untrue that the whole Empire was in favour of Home Rule. Canadians were in favour of devolution, but they would know what to think of a proposal, for instance, that Ontario should be put under the heel of Quebec, yet an exactly similar proposal was made by the Government. Irish Roman Catholic soldiers had fought magnificently for England, but the Irish Nationalist politicians had looked on and had spoken of "England's coward Army." If they thought now that English soldiers would shoot down Ulster Protestants they were vastly mistaken.
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