The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
ENGLAND FEARS ::!.s
IRISH OUTBREAK
Women Likely to Begin Demon
= stration = Open Air Meeting
Believed to Be Best Way to
Insure Order - Taking
Every Precaution.


BELFAST. Special.-With nearly 5,
o0V esoOps on Jne scene TO prevent
rioting tomorrow during tl> s.ca
demonstration which is to be addrcsesu
by Winston Churchill and John Req
mond, this city took on an aspect o.
war today. Although LORD Mayor
Robert J. McMordi hoped that the
presence or so large a body of sol
diers would prevent blOOoshed, new
ertheless, new element of danger has
entered the situation in the shape OF
threats by the mill girls here TO pre-
vent the meeting If possible.
Although the Ulster UniOnists have
given half-hearted promise to make
no attempt 10 break up the Home Rule
meeting, the authorities did not relax
their vigilance today nor lessen the
preparations which are being made Tor
tomorrow. In addition to the soldiers
hundreds OF special deputies are be-
ing sworn in and special police will
patrol the streets.
The trouble expected from the wo-
men is not taken as a demonstration
against home rule. but as an outbreak
of turbulent natures that love vio-
lence and see an opportunity to graf
ify this extraordinary passion. Ac-
cording to the Lord Mayor the women
know no fear.
Never has the feeling between the
opposing factions been as bitter. The
indignation that arose throughout W.
ster Province upon the announcement
several months past that the Home
Rule Champions would invade their
enemies stronghold, has grown by
leaps and bounds until today II has
reached the proportions OF hatred.
The local authorities in taking every
precaution to prevent serious trouble,
even insisted that the meeting be held
out OF doors. Accordingly the plans
were changed and the gathering, In
stead of being in Ulster Hail. as orig
fnally arranged. will be held in the
Celtic Club football grounds. which is
In the Nationalist quarter of the city
and therefore less accessible to any
would-be Unionist disturbers.
Although II is regarded as a GER
tafnty that the UniOnists, even with
the most rabid members of the
Orangemen. will be unable to cause
IN important hitch in the program
OF the meeting, il is looked upon as
inevitable that clashes between the
rival camps will occur after the as
senblage adjourns.
Resolution Adopted.
An Indication of the eXtremities TO
which the Unionists may be expected
10 resort is seen in the resolution re-
ster Unlonist Council: THAT the
standing committee of the Ulster
Unionist Council observes with aston
fshment the deliberate challenge
7.
Churchill, MIR. John Redmond and
others in announcing their intention
to hold a Home Rule meeting in the
center of this loyal city Of Belfast,
and resolves to take steps to prevent
1t being held"
The standing committee of the
Unfonist Council is composed of some
of the most prominent leaders of the
anti-Home Rule campaigners, includ-
ing Lord Londonderry, Lord Dun
leath. the Right Hon. Thomas Sin
clair, the Right Hon. John Young,
Captain Craig. M. p; Mr.. Hugh Bar
RE. n. p; Mr.. G. G. Craig, NJ. p,
and Colonel Wallace, grand master of
the Orangemen. IT was these men
who affixed their signatures to the
resolution.
The Unionists will hold several
counter- demonstrations Simultaneous
~ with the National-Liberalm meeting
In the football grounds. They also
have made preparations. IL is said,
to practically get possession of the
streets surrounding the athletic field,
and they will attempt to pack" the
meeting with Unionists who will hiss
hoot and jeer at the speakers, II not
much moro.
VIII Not Try to Pacify.
Winston Churchill let IT be known
In q general way today that he will
not strive in tomorrow's speech to be
paCluCdLOIy 10 the ODlOQlStS ana Dy
the force OF plain argument win over
some OF them to the cause OF Home
Rule so that they will instruct their
representatives to vote for the bill
that Premier AsQuith is expected to
Introduce into Parliament next month
along the lines of Lord Gladstone's
famous Home Rule bill.
An interesting fact in connection
with the championship OF the Home
Rule by the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty is that his father, Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, was just as vehement
in his opposition to Home Rule as
the son is in it's favor. 1t was on
the same spot, in Belfast, that Lord
Churchill denounced Gladstone's bill
and delivered the historic utterance:
''Ulster will fight and Ulster will be
right
But now the north of Ireland is by
no means solidly opposed to Home
Rule. in fact. there is a fairly large
sprinkling of Nationalist throughout
the province of Ulster. In many cases
the UnioDist members of Parliament
were returned in the last elections by
narrow majorities, the Marquis of
Hamilton, for instance, winning by
only 100 votes in Londonderry. One
division of Belfast itself is represent
ed by Joseph Devlin, one of the Ma
tionalist leaders.