In the final paisage of his speech on Tuesday Mr.
Churchill, who followed Mr. Austen Chamberlain, made-a direct and personal appeal to Sir Edward Carson:..". Why could not Sir Edward Carson say boldly, 'Give me the amendments to the Bill which I ask for to safeguard the dignity and interests of Protestant Ulster, and I in return will use all my influence and goodwill to make Ireland an integral unit in a Federal system' P" The extreme importance of Mr. Churchill's over- ture was proved by the concluding portion of Mr. Balfour's speech on Wednesday. Mr. Churchill's suggestion seemed to him to have the potency and promise of a settlement which would avoid the final catastrophe of civil war. He added, however, that there was nothing the House could do which could prevent the horrors of civil war except the total Exclusion of North-East Ulster, with the future left to take care of itself.
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