Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-29
Mostly Manufacturers.

listers people are mostly engaged
in manufacturing, because Ulster is
the great manufacturing section of
the country. And when England
cruelty killed off Irish manufacture
and industry in the early days of the
century, Ulster was less hurt than
either of the other provinces, because
Ulster had manufactures that did not
compete with England. And Ulster
is largely Protestant in its religion.
But remember that Robert Emmett,
Wolf Tone, Stephen Grattan and
Charles Stewart Parnell-all of them
Irish patriots. all of them sacred
names on the list of Irish heroes
We're all of them Protestants
The Unionists are opposed to home
rule. first and foremost, because it
will mean the elimination of the
IFnionist party from Irish political
life. While they might continue to
control the county local government
boards in some parts of Ulster, they
cannot hope to exercise much of an
influence i'll the Irish Parliament that
is to be organized. They will be a
real minority in the management of
national Irish affairs. whereas they
have been all along the controllers
of the destinies of the people, despite
their small numbers.
Lastly, they claim that home rule
Is but step toward national indie
pendence, and they do not want ma
tional independence. They do not
want to free Ireland. They believe
that the best interests of Ireland lie
in being a closely-knit part of the
United Kingdom.
And that is what they are fighting
for. That Is why they are raising
large sums of money and armies.
That is the situation in nutshell.
Would Fight England.
The Ulster Unionists intend to have
British domination and influence in
all their doings-even If they have to
fight the whole British army to get it.
OF course. it would be a simple
matter for England to put down the
Ulster rebels in case there is any
thing like a rebellion started. A war
ship anchored off Belfast would eff
fectually block that harbor and result
in the absolute paralyzation of all
business in Ulster. The mail from all
the world would be stopped. also the
telegraph; no customs could be col !
lected. 1t would be simple. And it
is probably because of its simplicity
that England has paid no attention
to the vehement utterances of Sir
Edward Carson and his followerS-the |
same kind of talk, by the way. which
resulted in the hanging of Robert |
Emmett as a rebel.
The establishment of an Irish par
lament subject to the complicated |
restrictions of the home rule bill
could only provide fresh opportunity |
for obstruction by the Nationalist
members retained at Westminster.
THE only means of arriving at a
permanent settlement of the Irish |
question is through the growing con-
of the Irish people that
Ireland's interests are bound up with
those of Great Britain.
Under the imperial parl' .ment |
alone can those interests be protect |
ed and developed, whereas govern
ment by an Irish parliament can have
no other issue but discord, corruption
and violent faetional struggles,
'It is necessary TO lay stress on the
hollowness of the pretense til home
rule means nothing more than pro-
vincial legislature similar to the pro-
vincial legislatures of Canada.
THE people of Ulster bitterly re-
sent the attempt to deprive them of |
their birthright as citizens of the |
United Kingdom under the protection /
of the imperial parliament; they re- /
gard with dismay the proposal to
sever the union which they believe
to be the foundation of Irish pros
perity.' From the speeches and writ
ings of Sir Edward Henry Carson. the
leader OF the Belfast rebels against
home rule.