Were only slight adjustments to be made with any other Government in power in Great Britain than Conservative, the difficulty would be del Should this Tand (quite sufficient to make important electoral changes) will rightly or wrongly come to the conclusion that the responsibility mus: be laid at the door of the new British Government, having regard to the views expressed by the spokesmen of that Government, when it. was in opposition. Clearly, therefore, the difficulties inherent jin the situation have been imeasurably increased by the change of Government in Great Britain. The way of settlement has become harder, not easier, to find.
What then is the real difficulty of this question that lies between both Governments? I have already, in callier articles, indicated that there is a considerable section of the population in the Six Counties, now within the jurisdiction of the Northern Government, that desires the territories in which they reside to be transferred to the Free State.
T have also pointed -out that' this section is to be found in blocks and wedges along the boundary, interjspersed with other blocks and wedges that wish to remain as they are. According to the "wishes of the inhabitants", therefore, Northern Ireland stands to lose, and the Free State to gain, quite a copsiderfable amount of territory.
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