He said at once that Redmond had convinced him that all the difficulties as to maintaining the Imperial connection and providing safeguards for minorities could and would be met.

The fiscal difficulty remained.

He pressed the Ulster group to come to our assistance and depart from their attitude of silence.

This speech went further towards our desire than any Unionist had previously gone.
In a later debate Mr.Pollock outlined two essentials of the Ulster demand.

The United Kingdom must remain a fiscal unit; and Ireland must be represented at Westminster.