East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-06-17

joke 10 England.
(By Ed L. Keen, London correspon-
dent of the United Press.)
London, June l7.--That England
today faces bloody civil strife in u
ster can no longer be denied.
The orangemea are preparing. lust
as quietly, seriously, and thoroughly
as Dom Paul did, to "stagger human
ity." II there has been any doubts
as to the deadly determination of the
North of Ireland TO resist by force of
arms the establishment of Home
Rule, these have been removed by the
reports reaching Dublin Castle in the
past few days from its agents in the
disaffected province 1t has been de-
finitely established that well-organ-
lied and well-drilled army of approx
imately 100000 men has been formed
the members OF which are pledged to
obey their officers to the limit. and
that great quantities of arms and
ammunition have been privately
cached in strategic localities through
out the province. Moreover, it is
ting up a provisional government of
Ulstermen in Belfast. to begin busi-
ness the day Home Rules goes into
effect. has been secretly prepared by
Sir Edward Carson. the Marques of
Londonderry. the Duke of Abercorn
and other leaders who constitute the
Inner Circle of the Ulster Unionist
Council
The facts are so patent that Eng
land has at last awakened to reli-
zation that the oft-repeated threat,
Ulster will fight" is no joke. I'm
prejudiced investigators who have
been going over the ground recently
are absolutely convinced that the first
attempt to enforce in Ulster the au-
thority of a Dublin parliament will be
the signal for open rebellion. On
September 2S, last 21S,206 male in
habitants of the northern province
over II years of age affixed their
names to what is known as the Ulster
Covenant in which they pledged them
selves ito use all means that may be
found necessary to defeat Che present
conspiracy to set up Home Rule in
ther that lin the event of such parlia-
ment being forced upon us we SOL
EMMY and mutually pledge ourselves
to refuse to recognize it's authority
Practically all of these men are now
enrolled as members of the Unionist
clubs which have been organized
throughout the province and which
are really ill-disguised recruiting and
drilling station for the army of u
ster." The membership has been
steadily increasing since the passage
OF the Home Rule bill by the house
of commons last January, and new
clubs are constanaly being formed
In the counties af Antrim, Down
Derry and Tyrone there are clubs in
every village and small rural district
Even in Donegal. the most National
ist county of Ulster, it is reported
that 10000 men have been enrolled
In many of the clubs five nights q
week are devoted to drill, and in the
larger communities special service
sections have been organized of mem
bers available for active duty at {
moments notice. The drill-master
are for the most part former soldier
or sailors of the regular establish
ments 1t is estimated that Ulste
will be prepared to throw into thu
field quarter of a million men
whose military training VIII have beel
more thorough than even that of Eng
lands territorial army-as the militi;
force is called. Nor will the Ulste
IL
Der of applica cations for commission
have already been received from re
tired officers of the British army.
Meantime. the British governmen
Is doing nothing with the situation
except collect facts. Carson. who be
sides being an astute politician is al
exceedingly clever lawyer. feels tina
ne and his associates are perfectl
safe from prosecution personally, AM
he is equally confident that the gov
ernment would not dare prescrib
the political clubs" of Ulster. Their
is one difference in law between tn
Carsonan and Pankhurstian brand o
incitment The Ulster chieftain ha
been quite as violent in his publi
speeches and doubtless in his pri
vate counsels as the leaders of the W
S p. L. but the militancy of the VI
sterites thus far has been contingent
whereas that Of the suffragettes is ac
tual Carson has been urging his fol
lowers 10 fioht-if Home Rule i
thrust uron them. IT is the eff" tina
keeps Carson out Of Jail.
Moreover. the government woul'
have considerable difficulty provin;
that the orga nization and drilling o
Ulster Unionist clubs Of itself consti
tutes scdition or treason But it il
to motives Of expediency rather thai
70 purely legal reasons that the gov
ernments inaction must be ascribed
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