Other minds were on the same trail.

In the Dublin papers of that morning were two letters of moment--one of them from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
"The chief point which has divided Protestant Ulster from the rest of Ireland," he wrote, "is that Nationalists were not loyal to the Empire." Then, recalling briefly the extent to which Irish Nationalists had helped in creating that Empire, he went on: "There is no possible reason why a man should not be a loyal Irishman and a loyal Imperialist also....

A whole-hearted declaration of loyalty to the common ideal would at the present moment do much to allay the natural fears of Ulster and to strengthen the position of Ireland.

Such a chance is unlikely to recur.

I pray that the Irish leaders may understand its significance and put themselves in a position to take advantage of it." The other letter, written from a different standpoint, was signed by Mr.
M.J.Judge, a most active Irish Volunteer who had been wounded in the scuffle on the way back from Howth.