New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
oppoNENIs OF HOME RULE ACTIVE AND
ENERGETIC.

IIsM-BRITISH PRAISE OF MIR. CLEVE-
LAND - THE POPE AND THE
BRITISH PILGNMs-MR.
IEsEN's PLAY.
(BY oARLE TO TIE TRBuxEN
n.ryyoht: 1898; BY The Tribune Assoc,ation
london. March 4-Mr. Gladstone's theory that
. minority. an Irish minority, has no rights
-h;ch he is bound to protect, does not commend
,...t 70 the minority His theory that Ulster
49,, he IGNORED finds no favor in Ulster 1t is
70, cry vet 20 Home Rule. but the voice of
rr.,.r is already making itself heard. meet
-. ~ the citizens of Belfast was held on Tues
Ar fifteen thousand strong The Lord Mayor of
penast convened it and presided over it and
.ddressed it, They who composed it were the
r,erchants, manufacturers and artisans Of Bel
fast the backbone of the city, and of the
,rovince. They believe, said the Lord Mayor,
tha, the passage of Home Rule would mean the
,rir Of Belfast Why? Because confidence will
n. gone property will be insecure, capital will
withdraw and civil war will come, may come.
These fifteen thousand loyal, law-abiding Prot
,stants of tho chief Protestant city of Ireland
declare their unaltcrable attachment to the Con-
s,itution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland as at present established. They pro-
test against being deprived of their political in
heritance. the protection of the Imperial Legsla-
ture under which they have prospcrcd. They
nrotest against bring handed over to their
enemies. enemies by race and religion.
I'VE hereby pledge ourselves say the fifteen
thousand, ito Use every means in our power TO
,Yeyent this iniquitous bill from becoming n law,
and 70 resist it, operation. if it does Do You
do YOU not think them in earnest? ? Do YOU or
do YOU not think that they are likely to know
whether their liberties are in danger or not ?
The snirt of hostility 10 Mr.. Gladstone's bill is.
said the speaker who moved the resolutions, in
creasinr hour by hour in Belfast. He who af-
firms that is leading Liberal, Mr. Thomas Sin
clair which is only another way of saying that
IN the presence of the peril which threatens
lister political distinctions are cflaccd. There
are no Liberals and no Tories: there are only
J1s.crmen: only Protcstants in imminent danger,
a. they think. of cgalizcd Roman Catholic
prrsecution. The speaker who most strongly ad~
yised resistance was the Rev. Dr. McCutcheon.
nrcsidont Of the Methodist College. That is what
Mr. Gladstone's policy has brought about. an cmi-
non, Irish divine preaching on the text familiar
70 American ears, that rebellion TO tyrants Is
obedience to God. 1t is the echo of Jefferson
voice which rcsounds through Ulster
The Belfast Orangemen also nave hclu "''''
ing 10 protest against this bill. The word orange
man may or may not he in America syhohl 'hc
fer extreme Professionalism and extreme poii'lcai
views | do not know, and IT docs not "uch
matter They may he wise or unwise IN 'heir
attitude toward Roman Catholicism on 'he one
A.nd and TO Home Rule on the other The poino
i that whoever else is lukcwarm, they. at least
an in earnest Nobody disputes that but 70
Ax,it
0raureisn~ and -Oraneemcn play srrat part
IN Ulster The British public is told ny Irish
Nationalsts when they wish 70 disparage Ulster
that Ulster is under Orange influence. Whether
that be a reproach is matter of opinion Re-
proach or not the Nationalists cannot have 1t both
WAYS They cannot say that Orangcmcn control
Ulster and deny that province controlled oy
Crancemen is in deadly earnest against Dill
which would put Orangemcn under the 1cct OF
their bitterest enemies
1T is the braggadocio of lIelfast.' cries one
Gladstonan organ That is the best answer 'hc
organ can make. II it be braeeadoclo there are
900 900 OranEe bracgarts i'll Ulster SIohet
They like Clstcrmen who are not orahsc'iich'
publicly commit themselves to an extreme course
and 20 pledges of resistance TO llome Rue. III Is
hardly wise to call them braggarts IL gives
them another motive 10 prove that ulcV are ho''
There are Members Of Parliament among them,
Mr. William Johnston for one. man wei known
in the Houss. There has been no Crisis IN ire
land 90 grave as this since James the Sccohu'
said Mr.. Johnston. He invited his hearers 70
take a solemn oath on the Bible to stand by the
Union, should they have TO fight over again
The Battle of the Boync.' The audience rose ana
soemnly took the prohcred oath. linen, sun
standing, they sang Rule Britannia ana "od
Save the Queen" Finally the Grand Master
tore up the bill and the national anthem was
srro ar.;n q. tho meeting dispersed These
proceedings perhaps seem TO YOU emotional.
think they are. and that the emotions are very
deep.
Nor is il in Ulster alone that this Home Rule
bill is denounced. Wherever in Ireland there Is
4 Lovalst or q Protestant you hear the cry OF
oppo.,tion If not of resistance. The Protestant
and Upionist minoritics scattered throughout the
other three provinces may not be strong enough
TO resist should the yoke once be placed on their
necks; but they are strong enough 10 protest
large meeting was held in Cork, rebel CorK'
on Thursday. The opposition in Cork is not
wholly, perhaps not mainly, religious. honah
Catholics and Presbyterans stood sidc oy slue On
the Loyalst platform. They agreed 'ha' 'he
Home Rule bill would bring disaster. ruin anu
bankruptcy on Ireland. They opposed u lor tha'
reason They use as strong language III 'Irk aS
IN Belfast
The Lord Lieutenant Of the county SAID tnat
Be would rather die than accept Home Ruic' lie
b landlord, and probably thinks II comes u
much the same thing. II Home Ruie doe" ho'
mean death TO the landlord it means pees'rS'
he landlord has under Mr.. Gladstone's Dill 'nre
sears' respite from contiscation At the eno VI
kfee years the Land League, reorgahizeo uh'',,
Ae name Of Dublin Parliament, Is 10 nave '''i'
legal right to deah with land and Landlord as i.
hkes What does Land League supremacy mean
1t Means said Mr. Gladstone. before he "au
surrendered his legislative conscience 10 ''ie h''p