Mr. Baldwin pointed out that nobody wanted to upset the
Treaty, but the Commission proposed by the- Govern- ment in which Ulster would in a sense be represented, but not by a delegate of her own choosing, was not the Commission contemplated in the Treaty. In view of all the evidence that had been submitted there was no doubt whatever that a mere rectification of the boundary, and not a substantial alteration of it, had been intended. The " debt of honour " of which Mr. MacDonald had spoken should be paid in the spirit and not in the letter. He would not oppose the second reading of the Bill but amendments would be moved in the Committee stage. If the amendments were not accepted, or if it were ruled that amendments were out of order, the Unionists would accept no responsibility whatever for the Bill. The onus must rest on the Government alone. We have written on the whole subject in our first leading article. * * *
