Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-09
CHURCHILL SPEAKS
ON IRISH HOME RULE.
Continued from Page One.)

of Liberals and Nationalist. There
was no disturbance and the large
force of police on duty in the station
had a very easy task to perform.
There was no marked excitement
among the workers of the city, today.
The tens of thousands OF men and
women engaged in the shipyaris and
the linen factories proceeded to work
as though the question OF home role
had NOT been mootcd. 4 few small
crowds, however. were scattered mere
and there, anxious to see the first lord
of the admiralty, ANA watching the
movements of the military.
Rain fell the whole morning The
football grounds. where the meeting
was to be held. is g swamp, and the
saturated canvass marquee in which
Mr.. Churchill was 20 speak sagged
tiHeatingly several times.
Arrangements for preserving the
peace were made on the most 'elab-
crate scale ever witnessed in this city.
Detaehments Of police were posted
everywhere. and the troops We're held
IN readiness in their quarters.
Matters looked ugly for a moment
WITCH NIL anu EIES. = illA NIllti 0teii ttI
for the place where the meeting was
TO he held. A great crowd which had
gathered outside the, hotel appeared
inclined to rush the first lords motor
car and tried to block its passage, but
a l)9tilla of eseorting meteor ears pack
ed with detectives succeeded in worm
ing way throush the grQaning
throng and got The first lord safely
away.
In the course Of The morning
crowd Of Unionists paraded the streets
carrying am eifigg of SIR. Churchill 70
which vas attached q plaeard bearing
the words Down With Churchill"
NO Home Rulet.'
They proceeded to the hotel where
Nil and Mrs. Churchill are staying
and sang the National anthem. Then
|. they dispersed without disorder.
The first lord of the admiralty and
John E. Redmond, the Nationalist
leader, reached the marquee safely
Their journey through the streets was
marked by nothing more serious than
outoursts of groans and Kisses.
The football grounds was surround
ed from an early hour by troops SO
as to guard against invasion by the
Unicnists. Only ticket holders We're
admitted.
The surroundings of the football
ground, which is known locally as
| PARADISE" were forbidding. The de-
luge was incessant and the approaches
To the marquee were a sea of black
o0ze. The supports and ropes holding
up the marquee were strained with the
weight of the sodden canvas through
which the water dripped like a shower
bath.
Efigies bearing the labels Carson
: and Londonderry Turneoats and
Traitors swayed from poles inside the
marquee. looking fer all the world like
eorpses hanging from the gallows
Bodies of infantry and dragons were
stationed a short distance from the
marquee in readiness for emergencies
The police challenged everyone who
tried to pass through the entry into
the grounds Occasional bands Of
rowdy youths marched by with ban
ners bearing words No Home RuIe.9
Down with Churchill"
Mr. Churchill was greeted with a
rcusing reception from the 6000 people
gathered within the tent 4 steady
shower bath poured through the cam
was roof, making the floor an incipient
marsh.
band played popular airs inter-
mingled with the irish melodies The
Wearing of the Green" and THE Bows
OF Wexford"
Mr. Churchill Immediately got ON
good terms with his audience, promis-
ing them that the government intend
ed 10 pass home rule bill which
would be harmonious with imperial in
terests; smooth the path - the British
Empire, liberate new forces for its
service, and forever Go away with the
accused machinery by which hatred
had been manufactured in the past.
The governments home rule bill, con-
tinued Mr.. Churchill, would fit into a
general scheme of parliamentary reyoIu-
ton leading ultimately to the federation
of the empire. That was the only way 10
free the House of Commons from Its
present congestion.
Look at our great rivals, the United
States of America and Germany Both
| of those great Powers conduct their bus
mess through separate parliaments."
Mr.. Churchill contended that the set
tlement of the long quarrel between the
| British government and the Irish people
would be a boon to the empire beyond
compare, as the Irish throughout the
world We're power for good or i'll who
| had in the past mostly worked counter
to British interests.
Without closely particularizing the
| terms of the home rule bill to be brought
| in by the government, Mr. Churchill said
| that the Irish parliament and Senate
| would fairly represent the minority as
we'll as the majority of the people of Ire
| land The crowd will be in a position 70
refuse its assent to any unjust law and
| the imperial parliament will be able to
| repeal any such law
Religious freedom will be secured
The privy council will be able to de-
clare void any law which goes beyond
the limits of the home rule bill.
4 The military will remain under the con
troll of the imperial government.
The financial proposals of the bill viii
give fair start to the Irish government
and insidious taxes will not be able to be
placed upon Ulster.
The Irish parliament will have rea