The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
SITUATION BECOMES SERIOUS
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AUTHOR
izEs RAILROADS TO BE PRE-
PARED TO MOVE 10000 TROOPS
ON SHORT NOTICE-ULSTER-
TIES WILL MOBILIZE.

lONbo.N, MAI Gil Ls.-NI III LdI pI t.
parations that have been started
since the threatened insurrection
in Ulster, in northern Ireland, are
on such great scale, that serious
crisis is imminent. 1t is arreserted in
the press reports here that the situa-
ton is without parallel since the
days of the American Revolution,
and the attitude of the government
to enforce subordination is creating
apprehension.
The wholesale resignation of Off
GERS of the British army has pre-
vented the movement of troops, and
it is announced from military head
quarters that the resigning officers
will probably be courtmartialed for
refusing to respond to duty.
Railroads have been authorized to
prepare to move 10000 troops upon
short notice. In other ways prepara-
tons are being made to send large
forces of men into Ireland to pre-
vent further hostility from the peo
pie who are determined to prevent
home rule for that country.
King George has had a private
conference with Lord Roberts, who
is accused by the liberals of having
anpnnrapai tho nffirprS Of tho Rri-
tish army to resign their posts rath
er than to take up arms against
the Ulsterites. The result of the
conference is not announced.
The hope Of the revolutionists
seems to be in the friendship of the
soldiers, and it is believed that
even though many Of the officers are
forced to serve against the Ulster
ties, the officers and soldiers can
not be made to put strength in the
contest and that there is strong prob
ability that wholesale desertion to
the revolutionary ranks will follow
Premier Asquith is confined to his
home, and it is reported that al
though he is still determined to
force the passage of the Irish Home
rule bill in the house Of commons,
he is worried by the serious cond1-
tions that have been reported from
Ireland as a result OF the propos-
ed passage of the bill.
DUBLIN, Ireland, March %
The resignation of General Cough
from the British army has caused
a sensation here, where the general
is we'll known.
BELFAST, Ireland, March 22.-At
the shooting of a rocket as a signal,
5000 Ulsterites will Immediately mob
ilize to resist the approach Of Brit
ish regulars. The volunteers are
holding themselves in readiness for
immediate action, and it IS feared
that if the rocket is fired, it will
be the sgnal of the beginning of a
serious revolution.
From reliable authority it is stat
ed that the Ulsterites have been able
to secure arms for only 10000 men
and there is a feeling in some quart
ers that they will not be in position
to hold out long against deter
mined attack from the regular sol
diers
There Is a hope here among many
people that some way will be found
of settling the difficulty without the
shedding of blood. The fact that
Ulsterites will be in both the regu
lar army and the volunteer forces
that will resist the former, is believ
ed by some to insure safety, as II
is not believed that they will Shoot
each other
Those opposed to the revolution
declare that 1t will be impossible
for the nine counties of Ulster te
Withstand the overwhelming army Of
Great Britain that will probably b:
sent here to stop the trouble.