The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-14
NO FIGHTS, NOT
EVEN A DISPUTE
IN ALL ULSTER
2o5th Anniversary of Battle
of Boyne Unusually
Quiet.
armies" OF BOTH
SIDES KEEP ORDER
Some Observers See in This
Fact Seriousness Of the
Situation.
10000 MEN MARCH
PARADE AT BELFAST
100000 Gather to Cheer
Speeches by Sir Edward
Carson and Others.
GIVES TWO ALTERNATIVES
Exclude Ulster or Come and
Fight II Out" He
Says.
'r,c,o, ocbb Despatch 10 Tue srx.

fF'Nf "oiS DSspn'rN N THF Sun,
BtLrAsr. July is.--The 225th ceiehra-
ton NJ the anniversary Of the Battle Of the |
eovne today passed of without any un- |
tovsrd event
In Belfast. as throughout the Province |
- ulster II was tho greatest and most |
enthusiastic celebration ~ the Twelfth u |
July ever held In the north Of ireland |
ct UP to a late hour reports from all |
PARTS NJ the province tell how :he day |
passcd IN quietly, more quietly even |
man an ordinary Boyno day. although It
Asd been feared and freely predicted that
here would be serious trouble on account
~ he existence Of the two volunteer ar |
mics and tho feeling OF the Ulster men
against the home rule measure.
Sir Edward Carson made a speech AT
t~umbeg, which was one OF the mo sur
-ender' type throughout we will go 10
he bitter end" he declared. and con-
'nued.
You ask nc to take a forward stop Il
t'l tn" Government that unless they are
"-.pared 10 leave US alone W will recog-
otaer ono. | am not going to tell the
members NJ the press or any one else what
We arc going to d. but say this. that An
Assemhdg" representative Of the whole of
!ster has given mo authority. acting
With our other leaders and In any way
10. 'n assert Your authority So As to pre-
ent homo rulc from being put on the
"a'uto book. rhoy have given me that
powe- and ! mean to exercise IT,"
Speaking of the Government Sir Ed
7.rd said
They seem to he IN great difficulties.
viz help them out win give them
The alternatives of giving ~ clear cut
for Ulster or come and fight II out. as
there are no other alternatives possible"
Credit for the preservation Of order to-day
must he given to Unionsts and Nation
asts alike. The self-restraint shown by
10Th In such an electrical atmosphere has
been marvellous, and while it Is a matter
= oongratulatlon for men Of all par
lies that the day passed without blool-
med and without even riot. IN that very
fact may be seen the true seriousness OF
The situation
The day Of the more or less light
scrtrmage and the shilleIaghs are over
A. one commentator remarked tonight:
The Twelfth is no longer an excuse
FOR excesses Armies now march where
rsheles once r'oted"
AZ may readily be imagined, there was
nothing lacking to provoke an outbreak
On a huge scale of riots and disorders.
which on a smaller scale have so often
marked the celebrations OF the Boyne an
n!versary that they have recently not even
oesn reported outside OF the local papers,
100000 Gather Near Belfast.
One hundred thousand persons gathered
IN the fields OF Drumbeg, Ave miles out
slde OF Belfast, and 10000 men marched
under a brollng sun and through choking
dust behind the carriage in which rode Sir
Edward Carson, the Ulster unionIst
leader.
From o'clock in the morning all Of
these men had been assembling with
drums and flies and bands in order to
leave Carlisle place, the starting point OF
the parade. by 10 O'Clock. Other small
columns, composed OF country Orange
lodges. marched to the meeting place
"itnout giving or receiving inc ellBHtesl
provocaton FOR a row.
That this is accountable for by apathy
on either side cannot for a moment be
maintained. When the speeches began
Al prumheg at :3O p. NJ. Sir Edward
Carson who was the NTH speaker of the
ten who addressed the crowd was received
with wild enthusiasm as he stood with
hs hand on an anoent leather bound
B'bl" Of the Belfast grand lodge. which
vas on a velvet cushion before him.
Crack, crack crack went pistol shots on
all sides, and It was several minutes be-
Tore he could speak. Then followed a
speech which stirred the passions OF his
hearers to the depths. but the return OF
the procession To Belfast and through the
streets OF the city, with all the bands
playing Orange airs and mid cheers was
perfectly orderly.
Nationalist Keep Quiet.
The Nationalists were equally orderly.