The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-24
THE TROUBLE IN ULSTER

The issue in the north Of ireland
Is 30 acute and the press dispatches
are so likely 10 -bc full Of the Ulster
news the next few weeks. we suggest
40 our readers to follow closely the
following sketch of conditions. pr..
pared by the Associated Press:
ireland has striyrn for home rule
without moments cessation ever
since the Irish parliament was alb
oiished aud Ill" legislative union of
hreat Britain and ireland was pre-
claimed on Jahuary !. 1901 III the
II" years thatshave passed since that
Hhe' the agitatiOn has gone unde" va
r7ous forms. pacific and violent. led
( ny such patriots as Daniel O'CorHr!l.
william Smith O'Bricn. Charles Ste
wart PaFneIl, O'Donovaa Rossa and
michael Dayitt, TO mention only a few
of the more prominent These were
[ succeeded by tiIe Redmonds and the
ifeaicys who are in the forefront of
the movement today
The patriotic movement was sup
pressed time after time by coercive
acts passed by the British Parliament.
only to take another form. The Mol
~ MaBnires. the Young Irish party.
the Land. League band. the Nation
al League, all were Irish political So
tieties which had their day
I Thousands of Irish nationalists
served terms OF imprisonment for
l'their participation in the fight for
Legislative independence from Crest
[ Britain. hundreds were exiled. many
OF them protesting, to the United
States.
/ The parliamentary fight for home
rule was waged for many decades and
gave rise 10 extraordinary scenes in
the usually staid British parliament,
"f,"n bringing aaS;;: tie expulsion uf
members ond the stoppage OF busi-
hess.
TIE firsta effort OF the British gov
ernmcnt 4f hndet pie demand for Irish
home rufe wassmade by the late Will
liam Ewart Gladstone. when premier
in 1886. The bill was rejected after
Its introduction had been brought
about against split in the liberal
party Since then several Irish home
rule bills have been introduced by
| liberal governments and one passed
the. house, but was rejected by the
| house of lords. This led to the pas
sage three year ago of the parliam-
snt act. under the provisions of which
lany bill not an appropriatton;6lll re-
Feet blythe house s0fEE i oEds bkcor'e es
automatically alaY 6nlp seiby the
house of eomin6nslak three AacSessiye
sesionsssl Il GE$ 3fd5 M "a @ g
The present agitation has been
mainly brought about by the practi-
cal certainty OF Premier Asguith's
Irish home rule bill becoming a law
without the consent of the house OF
| lords. Sir Edward Carson is at the
head of the agitation against hoIie
rule among the unionists of Ulster.
| He and several other leading men
| took the initiative In organizing an ar
my OF Ulster volunteers 10 resist the
Identification of home rule for
Ireland IN Its entirety They insist
that Ulster should be left out of the
operation.
The chief point In Ireland is the re-
ligious one. Ont of Il total population
of about 100000 approximately 5OO,-
600 are protestants of vario0s demo-
limitations. Most OF them are found
in the four Ulster counties OF London
deryy, Antrim. Armagh and Down.
The other five counties of Ulster are
predominentiy Catholic.
There is n considerable difference
between the people of the eastern part
OF lister an dtose of the rest of ire
land. Many OF the Ulsterites are des.
cendants of the English settlers sent
there by Cromwell TO foster the agri-
culture and industries OF ireland ar
ter he had subdued the country.
Others are descendants OF Scottish
covenanters. Not all the. protestants
OF Ireland are against home rule Par
nell himself was a protestant.