The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
TALK FOR FIGHT;
PLEAD FOR PEACE
Shout for Armed Resistance, but
Still Insist That Pending Re
bellion Government Should
Quell Cutbrcaks-Labcr Gen
orally DeprecaJcs Dock
Strike Cutrages.

LONDON August -Jle Ulster people
seem to have sone A st,n too rar and
placed Bonar Lew arl the Unionist
-"f'a generally ir ta ridiculous po-
s''l'n or cundcmnius .oolshed in BEL
l"sl wniie trying 10 keep up the shout
ms ABOUT armed resisteuce ana home
'ule- NE Whole suayect was threshed
o"' ln The louise OF Commons Wcdu,s-
ga. night IN d.hAle In which the
/ In'onlsis were decidedly worstcd Tie
SITUATION was cleyer,y stunned up by
ramsay Macdonald o the clo>e WHOM
ne said. Here is Hlnur 1.1w pro-
canning that Ulster viii be Justified
in lighting. but pending the rebellion
l"e government must Qgel! disorder
~ Uis,er even by meAas OF soldiers
II need be"
This reduc;re ad absurdum doesn't
silence the Tory press 1gt has Obliged
il TO DO some lively s!aesteppins in The
!ast couple of days The situation is
made all the worse Tor tho Umionists
because they have been denouncint;
Asquitn and Company foi their failure
10 put down the dock strike and riot
ms IN London by military force.
nc;'rccHtcd hs Labor.
II is GIdcniablc that however serious
ana lamcntahle IN their consequences
tue lock- strike riots may hc thov ara
spasmodic exhibitions Of tho fury Of
defeated ana desperate men without
plan Or purpose and arc in tho maiu
deDr' ntod by ianoI leaders ON tho
other hand the attacks ON the homo
rule workmen. both protestant and
Catholic. IN the iiarlaad and Woln
and other sh'pyards of Belfast. display
rhinful signs or d=ihc-ation and or.
Eanization. They ere prompted by mo-
lmmec' tc crisis and ale nos provoked
~.
rule element. so they appear as the
Ilrect products II thr reckless dos
rines e. violence and disorder preach
81 hy Jnionist lenders In point -
atrocity Their outragcs have seldom
been equailcd in this country I'M
one cas-. .i'c1 In th4 House az COM
ln2nr r-orp 90 orensenen actually
nr!o home rule wor,man. h' lad
been divested II mis- clothing. above -
blazing furnace until a glolp OF more
sensible wqgkmen armed with sledee|
hammei S. rescued hlu Jre group o.
home rulers who were on q vessel
Were found hy 2 mob THAT vas ciasuur
ms for their lives and rad 20 Jump
into rhe water and swim away 10 save
themselves Another msr vas plunged
into barrel OF tar and was saved
from an unspeakable fate anly after
desperate light
These acts and many o'hors Of
slmiiar sort We're cited hv the speak-
ers not from the newspapers OF their
party. but from Tory oreans. such as
tAe Morning Post ana thu Daily Tele-
graph
Advocates Armed Resistance
Tie debate arose over a spec b hy
Bonar law maze July q at tho
Duke of ib9rauehs unionist rally
IN whieh the leader Of the British
conserva tiNe party unblush!ngly pro
oiai'ued The io'trines OF armed resist
ance "a the operation OF an act OF
Parliament Mr Devlin home rule-
Hohded MIN into repetition of tho
declaration on the floor OF the House.
ana then 20 adding that he would re
sian t0e leadership Of tho Conserva-
'ives 81 De did not believe that tn
ncmhcrs behind him did not believe
and agree w!th HIM. This attitude
causes tne most painful impression.
especially uiaoug his own allies The
i-ea q tAe ttular head of a great
hu-iish pa-.N, lboye all. conse1ya-
tive party preaching armed rebellion.
nor against the act OF tyrannical
stuart. brat against q decree OF Par
han.eft tsei. that BODY which ac-
cordine % scored traditions voices the
VIII OF the British peoples obvi-
ously tepuruant 10 every tradition Of
BRITISH history and cvery conception
of thc BRITISH Constitution.
Coupled with irrefragible proofs Of
wnrton violence and cruelty in Belfast.
these BoHar law outbreaks have IN
gncstinuaaly injured rho cause of
nnionism beyond repair Whatever
wavcrns there was in tho prospects
OF morn, rlic weeks ago. u now seems
for gone conclusion that the bill
Viii tri1luphantlv pass the Commons
az tac earliest moment Even the pre-
test tH1t j. was not approved by the
people at the last election was eH
pioHca in the Commons debate by Mr.
PRIMROSE. 81 D. who pointed out that
fari tarslovne. on the eve of the
Poll emphasized to the electors the
meaning NJ the ssue--namely, that the
rhine Aiinistcr had made 1t perfectly
plain That aftor tho act had been
paF5ed by Parliament he would i'm
Wcdlately use IT 10 secure home rule
shows value of Courage.
Nj Asluith in his speech. once
agl.n showed The value or courage IN
Hrltl-' politics lie cmphatically de-
eiar,l that The whole United X ingdom
nest accept the authority OF the King
t1r l.Nrls ana the Commous-tiat the
citizens uust even submit 10 a law
t1at was a-stAstcful. He declared the
Wh.lu iorrne oc the Crown would be
tiIotnl arHnst the Crsngemen IL they
ru.s1sf t.e present lamentablc course
Tine duality Of the tone OF his speech
coupled with obvious logic, dampencd
aeiio t4Iy tle rebellious tones ana had
-rcat effect
Nl VINO are in the social swim aye
turniua % Dr. eyes this week towards
trWts whore the regatta next week
will bring together i great number OF
yachts. k.ns Georges Britannia and
several other yachts arc already II
the hAi9or Frankiyn SINGER is al
tAe Marine View Hotel and his 275
ton. motor Katchls at anchor near by
( having been finished in haste by III.
builders for this occasion Alison
Armunr's Utowpa is expected and the
/ Mrdnsa haa been chartered by Almaric
+ Page, for ih. regatta Mrs. Maldwyr
f hrWmmond. VINO has just recovered
from an operation for appendicitis
has rented house at Cowes and VIII
4 en''rinin frieuds during regatta week
Ih. Inn1on season just closed was
notable for tine participancy or mem