Carson invited Crawford to relate all he had done, and to explain how he proposed to proceed.

The latter did not mince matters in saying what he thought of the Lundy instructions, which he again declared angrily he intended to disobey.
When he had finished his narrative and his protestations against what he considered a cowardly policy--a policy that would deprive Ulster of succour as sorely needed as Derry needed the _Mountjoy_ to break the boom--Carson put a few questions to him in regard to the feasibility of his plans.

Crawford explained the advantage it would be to transfer the cargo from the _Fanny_ to a local steamer, which he felt confident he could bring into Larne, and after the transhipment he would send the _Fanny_ straight back to the Baltic, where she could settle her account with the Danish authorities and recover her papers.
Some members of the Council were sceptical about the possibility of transhipping the cargo at sea, but Crawford, who had fully discussed it with Agnew, believed that if favoured by calm weather it could be done.
When Carson, after hearing all that was to be said on both sides in the long debate between Fabius and Hotspur, finally supported the latter, the question was decided.

There was no split--there never was in these deliberations in Ulster; those whose judgment was overruled always supported loyally the policy decided upon.
Immediate measures were then taken to give effect to the decision.

Kelly knew of a suitable craft, the s.s._Clydevalley_, for sale at that moment in Glasgow, which would be in Belfast next morning with a cargo of coal.