The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-27

had our daily
ioke. when we met. about bis bluu
being good enough 10 scare tho
Engiishman,
Notwithstanding the fright into
which England and the newspapers
are thrown. can assure you with
llrst.hHnd knowledge that the III
ster orangcman. In the bulk. has no
more idea of fighting than OF flying
over the moon-or over tho Allan.
tic for tho nftythouaand-dollsr
prize.
There viii be rows. ructions and
ahindlga In plenty II the homo rule
bin passes-but they'll be In Bel
fast and few Of tho other larger
towns Of Ulster. where tho side
streets afford good cover for stoti.
ing tho police.
THEY'LL riot n the btu passes or
n Il does not pass--if anything hap.
pens. or II nothing happens.
Because Carson twho n genuine
demagoguel has so wrought upon
their iInaginatious. and because the
English government has had the
weakness to try wheedling. aud cud.
ding, and bribing. ! shouldn't be
surprised. however. n handful Of
hot.heads here and there went out
with guns and fired Mt everything
Ia sight and brought down n rhcu.
matte crow: got cinematographed
and failed and pardoned. and. rs
martyrs. died os old age.
The shortness of the English
memory In q marvel
They already seem 20 have for
gotten that the Ulster Orarsenan
threatened war every time that Ire
end was on tho brink of winning
a remedial measure--land act. local
government act, or church disestab-
llshment act
The Ulster orangemsn. II you
would believe the demsgogues. IL al.
ways getting his gun"
when we were wringing from n
fearful England tho Cladstonian
land act OF Sian act that should
give the frishman the right 10 I'm
prove his land without having bis
rent raised therefor--the venerable
and noted William Johnston OF Bal
~ Kirby. the Orange leader fwho
with sweet plcty. hated the world,
the fesh, the devil and tho popel
told the trembling British pariia.
ment that n Irish agitators we're TO
be pandered TO In this why he
would call the Orangemen 10 come
forth and Zine tho bitches OF VI
ster. a gun IN their right hand and
a Bible In their ieft"-and. n my
memory serves me right. ! think
their lunch In the other hand-and
for their God and their country"
make the mill wheels turn with
blood
And when the act was made law
they rose out, az prorlsed--wlth
their lunches TO a Twelfth-of-July
picnic.
In their excitement they forgot
their guns and Bibles.
The attitude OF tho Ulster Orange
man before and after past crises
land what will have been HIS atti.
tude before and after the present
crisis) always reminds me OF Jimmy
Donlan AT the fair Of Dunloe Jimmy
had earned for himself the name
Of being a mortal great fighter
without ever going into battle
At the fair Of Dunloe he was
gathering fresh glory marching
contlcss up and down between two
lines Of terrified men. demanding,
belllgerentiy:
who sthruck Johnnie Dowd7 I
shy. who sthruck Johnnie Dowd7"
TIL NJ length. n brawny biz noun.
taineor. who (though he probably
never before had heard ~ Johnnie)
desiring 10 obllge. stepped square
ly IN front Of Jimmy saying:
az was me sihruck Johnnie
Dowd, What have We got 10 say
about NJ"
For n moment the warlike Jimmy
was staggered only for q moment.
/ though Then he announced:
- only want to say that II was
mighty nate knock ye gave hint"