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majority of Irish Unionists desire, though they may 
hesitate for the moment to give public expression to 
their views. 
On the kindred question of inclusion or exclusion 
of Dublin University and Trinity College from the 
jurisdiction of a Home Rule Parliament, there was 
afforded a singular illustration of what an able and 
courageous newspaper can accomplish. 
Mr. Campbell, Member for Dublin University, 
moved its exclusion, the amendment was reluctantly 
accepted by Mr. Redmond, and was adopted by the 
Committee of the House of Commons. 
But it was strenuously opposed by the Unionist 
fresh Times. 
“The future of the Dublin University |it wrote] is fixed 
in Ireland. Its essential asset thust be the respect, confi- 
dence, and goodwill of the whole Irish people. It has 
always enjoyed the respect, and is beginning to enjoy the 
confidence and goodwill. The amendment would be fatal 
to Trinity’s educational interests. It sets up a barrier of 
distrust between the Protestant and Catholic youth of 
[reland. It divides the youngest and most generous ele- 
ments of our democracy into hostile camps.” 
The protest was effective. Mr. Campbell’s amend- 
ment was withdrawn, and Dublin University cast its 
lot in with the rest of Ireland under a Home Rule 
Parliament. It is about time the /7is/z Times should, 
with the courage of its convictions, make the same 
emphatic protest against the exclusion of the six 
counties from a self-governed Ireland. 
Now that the clear issue is raised, Home Rule 
without the six counties or with them, its duty seems 
plain. It has declared its conviction that the policy 
of exclusion would be “the least desirable of all 
possible Irish settlements of the Irish question.” It 
should endeavour to give effect to that conviction. 
The concluding paragraph in a recent editorial goes 
to prove that it appreciates the present position.