But should the circumstances ever arise under which Great Britain is resolved, in spite of the wishes of the Irish people or a large portion thereof, to abolish Home Rule and exercise the right of reserved sovereignty, there is no reason to expect that Irishmen who oppose British policy will admit that her use of sovereign power is morally justifiable.

By force, or the threat of force, the controversy will, we must expect, in the last instance, be decided.

However this may be, we must now realise what the supremacy of Parliament, at any rate to the Irish leaders who accept it, really means.

It means nothing but the right of the Imperial Parliament of its own authority to repeal the Home Rule Bill and destroy the new constitution.

The right may be worth having.