The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02


nis letter. If indeed, the suggestion did
not come from them In the first place.
To understand the panic which has
'Vertaken the commercial men of Ulster
I Is necessary to understand the 'onom-
position of Belfast The capital of
Il lister Is one of the richest towns of Its
size In the world. Everyone knows that
contains the largest ship building
Yards. the largest linen industry and the
largest single tobacco factory In the
GRID, but II Is not generally known
that 1t is the wholesale distributing CEN
er and the banking center for the whole
of Ireland. Practically every pound OF
;roceries, every yard of dry goods and
I'll other supplies used from Cork to
onegal and from Galway to Dublin are
old by wholesale merchants In Belfast.
With Belfast In REBEL on and iso a ed
from the rest of ireland II would be a
simple matter to transfer that trade to
dublin, Cork or Galway, all of which
rave excellent ports. Wholesale trade
not like manufacturing. recurring an
Intensive fixed plant which could not
re easily moved The four walls of a
arehouse are all that Is necessary
Then the banking situation Is even
,ore important Most of the big joint
.ock banks of ireland have their hea
fices In Belfast and branches in towns
u y CT tHc COUNTRY. Inc nal OfallS'
armers of Ireland deposit Their money
these branches. from which It is SEM
Belfast and lent to finan nee the line
AYERS and the ship builders and the
'bacco ma nueactnrers and others. )
IN on the Belfast banks by nationalist
reland would cripple the Industries Of
'rlfast In double quick time.
These facts explain the anxiety of tire
'minent commercial rebels for confer
nee at which formula may be devise
which they may he abe to save thei
aces. but the indications now are tina
hey will have to find some other way
here are two stubborn facts In the we,
conference and they are John Red
'ond and Sir Edward Carson. Johr
,edmond's reply to I ord Lorebnrns let
er was I'VE will confer If the un'onist'
ONE In on the basis of recognizing the
'ecessity of self government for Ire
md Sir Edward Carson's reply was
We won't confer on any basis but q
rcognition of the inviolability of the
Mon"
Then the frightened rebela change6
Ner ground and began to talk about the
eht of nationalist ireland" to govern
erse'f. provided Ulster were allowed
amain> In the union. At one time SIR
dward Carson was persuaded to give
grudgin eassenf TO this plan. but John
NbHoHn Fcf'SN1 10 leave donegal am
'avar and Fermanagh and other nation
list counties to the tender mer les o.
re Belfast Orangemen Again the for
'uia was changed to the four counties
md F. f Smith. the English porticia.
ho has been ACCOMMODATING Sir Edward
arson on his inspection OF the Ulster
o'unteers he"an to talk about the ey
l"s'on from the home @rnie hill of 1.-The
,oroeene"us portion of Ulster" Sir
" xrn r-6 Hrvr
'ethat by declaring at Raphce that he
knew no more about four counties tina
We or SIX and finally asserting flatlv
y won't have It,"
There the matter rests Redmond wi,
ut compromise and neither will Carson
7he ENGLISH tories and the Pc fast bus
'ess men are still searching for anothe
'ormula.
Vow there "a another point to he con-
'dered In rerlv'ng to the rnest'on: "wi'I
lister fieht?" and that is listers fight
'rg power Sir Edward Carson saws he
'as I0o.oo' nen moments considera
>'on or the realities will show how far
his statement Is wide of the mark I'd
ter has nopu'at'on ROUGHLY Of little
? er Inn nm and more than hair Of these
we nat'onalists. That leaves about 5nn :
~ un'onsts, Nclrd'ng women and chill,
'ren. In. the province. The usual pro-
WV 'fo'' VI 60'it H'bieS III tne DOnHia ffnn
g ore In FIVE, so that II Sir Edwards
coast he true he has every adult male
n unionfst Ulster In his armv. Every
me knows that this Is not the fact. How
he claims of the unionist leaders are
'vae~erated Us shown by what harpene9
It Belfast during Sir Edwards tour
when he reviewed TIE four Pe,east reg
EVENTS. The tory. papers, both In Ene-
and and Ireland. rave the number Of
ION, on 4 A
bowed that It was actually less than
mo and reliable observer who was
present tells ire that It included men
With gray boards and boys in knee
breeches.
"Tt was ivst an ordinary lot of wors-
ing men," this man said. .'taken without
-eeard to age or. fitness OF course. there
we're lot OF fine. upstand'ne fellows.
hit raiso raw cr'rples, mon with humps
md men who were evidently M,
The, armv Of 500 men had IA riees-of
an old rattern-and I ord Mavnr MrMor-
7'e Of Relfast. one Of the leading COM
''ercial rebels. raiH sperlai licence fee
of $3.50 each for permission to carry
them It Is said that there are stores
~ rites in Ulster which will he produced
when they are needed but n this Is true
and It is orer to doubt-Dublin casti,
hos de~enera'ed much from the stand
y ~ W titC WV '-tfSs ~ " QOeS moi know
where most of them are
There are, lust two factors that mako
For an Affirmative answer to the cues
ton, "u'i'l Ulster fighto" and thew are
SIR Edward Carson and the honest rank
and file If the volunteers The voIun-
'eers are ready e2ou~h tn ~hght. but a
Few re@'ments Of trained troops would
'rate short work of them Sir rdrard
CARSON IL fanatic who has persraded
himself that he has MISSION Tie il
real'v a tragic figure Vie is alone IN tho
world. His wife to whom he wa. ~reat-
" attached. died recen'lv III. only son
has heer bitter disappointment to him
and he II In Door health He has sac
: Need great practice at the English
har to lead ire Ulster irreconc,,a hes
= M he has led them 50 far that he Is now
feared by the men who hored to use him
as tool Prt ne Is certainly not a SOL
Her and prohahlv not a s'atesman.
There II one other factor that pro~n.
ses to cut clean across the lines OF a.
vision not only IN lister. hut ell over
lnnd ard that factor IL what has crme
% re called "I>srk'r'sm." but - really
Hshtsn@ trades un'or'sm. great light
ing leader Tim T.artin. has pr'sen IN
nr-nn ard he 'e almost as strone In
7eIfast as IN Duh',n We Is a grandson
~ or@ ~ the '-Ts urh ester r,artrrs,"
~ -'h,e ne e home ruler Re tod h's
followers in nub''n the other dav that