The daily Gate City., 1912-02-08
Not One Head Cracked
at the Belfast Meeting

" ~ S@AA1AAt3AAAOAA aAAN WOAAOA WAObc iuuCli
hour it was, and whose ieering, cat
calling and booing was terrific at |
times. The police guard were CON-
PEELED TO charge time and again to |
extricate the car from the crowd. No |
violence was offered, the crowd being
content with verbally expressing their
opinion OF the cabinet minister who
tried to maintain an air of unconcern
throughout.
Churchill, accompanied by number
OF the liberal leaders, proceeded to
the park, being jeered by the unionist
crowds that lined the route and
cheered after he entered the national
list quarter. 1t was plain from Church
ills attitude that he fully realized the
significance Of the meeting In view OF
the famous utterance of his father,
Lord Randolph Churchill, who re-
linauished place in Gladstone's cab
met saying: "ulster will fight and
Ulster vii! be right"
The crowd at the park was chiefly
nationalist in character and Churchill.
at the outset of his speech, caught
them by appealing to both the loyalty
and the self interest of the Irish peo-
pie to support the government policy.
He criticised the present parliament
ary methods of Great Britain, saying
that it was not sufficiently representa-
tive of the local and principal life of
the nation. He commented on the
fact that England's two rivals for CON-
mercial supremacy, the United States
and Germany, are administered re-
spectively by 46 and 23 separate legis-
lative bodies.
In order to keep pace with the world
movement, he said, he considered it
vitally necessary for England to learn
how to combine the fullest expression
of national and local aspirations and
activities with the strongest frame
work of imperial unity. Home rule for
| Ireland he said, he regarded as the
first milestone along the road to the
eventual unity of the English speak
ing races.
| Before the cabinet minister depart
ed for the park to make his speech, a
/ band of workmen, carrying clubs, pa
4 --aded tits straete carrying an efflgy
| of Churchill on pole. They were
not molested by the police who haG
orders to make no arrests unless fol
actual rioting.
While the park meeting was in prog
Iress, delegation of nationalists hung
effigies of Lori Londonderry and Sii
Edward Carsen, the unionist leaders
to wires strung across the street II
! the nationalist section.
4 The police held the crowd outside Of
the park in check and refused to per
nit known Orange agitators to enter
-iTnere we're frequent minor clashes.
During his speech, Churchill was in
terrupted by delegation Of suffra
gettes who tried to put him on record
on the question:
: Eve can safely leave the Irish par
lament to decide the question Of votes
for women spared Churchill and th'
clever sidestepping was greeted Will
; round OF cheers. Churchill referred
: to the fear of the protestant north
} that home rule will mean Catholic ag
| gression. in the following terms:
3 ~ am now looking forward to th
t time when the accursed machiner,
D whereby hatred is manufactured vii
!. be broken forever. can assure al
0 Ulster residents that the fears tina
j. their liberty will be assailed and thei
e faith prosecuted are aDsolutel
d groundless.
S Churchill complained that the hos
= file attitude of Irishmen across tn
seas had on more than one occasio
it been responsible for DETECTING po
e icv favorable to Irish self-governmen
e by other governments, referenc
It Ito the Gladstone plans which wa
d wildly applauded.
d "At the present time he contir
d ned. "the greatest opposition to al
glo-American friendship comes fror
g the Irish now residents of the Uni
rorA ~