St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-18
AN ARMY FOR ULSTER.
Three Thousand Volunteers Offer to
Go Into the Field Against
Irish Home Rule.
Gladstone Reported to Have Insisted
on a Dissolution of Parliament in
Case of Defeat.
Personnel OF the Probable New
Cabinet as Given by the Pres
ent Minister.
Queen Christina of Spain Afford.
Her Rulers and People Cause
for Congratulation.
Ready for Trouble.

LONDON, May 17.-Three thousand men
belonging to the London volunteers and Of
ticerS of the same force have offered to join
any army put in the field by Ulster in re-
bellion against Irish home rule. The vol
unteerS, ii is stated, offer to equip them
selves and TO fight in the Ulster cause with
out pay or reward, so long as their services
may be needed. British Orangemen are
called upon to hold amaSS meeting in Lon
don tonight under the auspices of the
Primrose club for the purpose of inaugural
ing a league for the protection of the Unity
OF the Empire" The meeting will be de-
voted to affecting a preliminary 0rganiza-
ton. adopting title and agreeing upon OBJ
iectS to which the mission of the organiZa-
ton is to be devoted. Catholic as well as
Protestant LoyaliStS are invited to join.
One of the purposes of the league, it is de-
clared, is to secure the enrolment OF men
accustomed to service" The Standard
contains an advertisement for an adjutant
for the league. The debate on
THE HoME-RULE BILL
was continued in the house of commons
tonight. Sir Richard ASheton Cross Con-
sentative, was the first speaker, He said
that the bill would not secure good gov
eminent for Ireland, if it were passed.
Ireland. One set would administer
justice in revenue cases and the
other would administer justice in
criminal cases. The former would be
protected by the imperial parliament, and
the other would be left to the tender
mercies of the Irish people. Mr.. Gladstone
had said that the union was effected
by bribery, but the premier himself was
offering the large bride of ESQ.,
00O, 900 to Ireland, and this was not the
first time that he had offered bride.
Parliament, the speaker continued, would
cease to be imperial if the Irish members
We're not retained. He believed that by a
firm and judcious administration OF
the law and by the government showing its
readiness to consider just grievances, the
Irish would in time see, as the Scotch
had already seen in their case, that it was
to the interest of Ireland to remain united
with England and to maintain the SUI
premacy of the imperial parliament. Mr..
James Stanfield, president of the local gov
eminent board, said that the Conservatives
had propounded policy for governing Ire
land ''resolutely," and, he continued, 1--WE
all know what 'resolutely' means"
Cheers. He believed in Irish nationality
and he thought that to satisfy the Irish was
tue only way to affect lasting moral union
of England and Ireland. Cheers. Mr..
John IL. A. Macdonald. member for the
Edinburgh and St. Andrews university,
presented a petition against granting home
rule to Ireland. The petition was signed
by 106.694 Scotchmen. 1t was one and
one-quarter miles long and weighed 274
pounds and was borne into the house ON
the shoulders of stalWart attendants