Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-02
HOME Rule BASIS
Of ORAhGEHENS
WILD RIOT
Belfast Unionists Pinned for
Conflict in Observing the
Battle of Boyne
TWO HOURS OF FIGHTING
Resolutions Reaffirm Pledge of
Opposition to Proposed
Dublin Parliament
fBy Latest Mani

BELFAST.AThe bitter feeling en-.
rendered by the Home Rule dispute
| had more to do with the rioting that
| took place here last Saturday than the
memories of the battle of the Boyne,
which was being celebrated by the
| Orangemen when the turbulence be-
gan. Many were injured when the
Nationalists attempted to break up
the parade of the Orangemen, scores
Of heads being cracked with clubs,
revolver shots fired and heavy prop
erty damage inflicted.
Owing to the imminence of the en-
aetment of the Home Rule bill. both
| factions were in lighting mood before
the celebration started in common
Grafton of the battle of the Boyne,
which, fought on July LIST (old calen'
dar), 1890, resulted in the overthrow
| OF James II, the last Catholic British
monarch.
Precautions Inadequate.
Fearing trouble, the military auth
critics had taken stringent precau.
fions for the preservation Of order.
General Count Gleichen, the Kings
cousing commander of the troops in
Belfast, had his men under arms in
| the barracks.
Strong detachments of local police
and the Royal Irish Constabulary,
imuch hated by Belfast Orangemen,
camped all night at strategic points.
In the rioting the Nationalists and
Unionists fought with clubs and hurl.
ed rocks and bottles. They fought
for two hours, many were injured and
windows in the neighborhood were
smashed Repeated charges by the
| police dispersed the rioters.
The principal Ulster demonstration
was held here, and thousands of the
| irreconcilables gathered at Ulster hall
| to hear the Orange leader, Sir Edward
Carson, again, declare his undying hos
tility to home rule The Marquis Of
Landsdowne and the Marquis of Lon.
donderry and other former Conserva-
tive Ministers were among the speak
ers At the conclusion Of the meet
ing the demonstrators reafirmed the
pledge Of September SOth last:
Never, under any circumstances,
will we submit to home rule. with the
establishment of an Irish parliament
at Dublin.
During the previous week Carson
and other Ulster Conservatives. had
been holding meetings all over the
province.
Old Threat Revamped.
While protesting the utmost loyalty
to King George, the 0rangemen are
in just the mood to modernize the old
Ulster threat to kick the Queens
crown into the Boyne" If home rule
is thrust upon them.
Following the battle of the Boyne
the Irish Catholics began to form
various seinfrevolutionary societies on
account Of the oppression by the Eng
lish. In opposition the Irish Protest
ants formed the Loyal Orange Insti-
tuition the object of which was to
maintain the union OF England and
Ireland, as well as the Protestant sue
cession to the crown. Il was first es-
tabhshed in Ulster in 1895. The move
lhent extended rapidly and even had
lodges IN England and Canada.
Parliament was compelled to check
the turbulence of the organization on
several occasions, and from 1913 to
1928 it was suspended in Ireland. It
had a complex organization, and the
grand lodge had meeting twice d
year, in May and on November 5thl
In Ireland the society has for long.
time exeFted no influence but there
are numerous lodges still existing in
the United States.