Had the assurance given to Sir Edward Carson been conveyed to Redmond, either the negotiations must have been resumed or they must have been rendered abortive.
On June 13th the Ulster Council accepted the terms, no doubt with great reluctance.

The signatories to the Covenant in the three western counties felt themselves betrayed.

The whole body found itself committed to acceptance of Home Rule in principle for twenty-six counties.

But the war necessity was pressed upon them and they submitted.
The Nationalist Convention met ten days later in Belfast.

Mr.Devlin had been strenuous in his exertions throughout the province, but the whole force of the ecclesiastical power was thrown against him.