Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-12
ULSTER COVENANTERS
 BELITTLE EFFORTS
 OF NATlONALlSTS
Declares That Volunteers Must Fail Wrought the lmposslbi-
 lity of Getting Arms.

BELFAST July 11.-Tho leaders of
 Che Covenanters in Ulster profess to
 consider the Nationalist volunteer
 movement as something not Co be ta- ken seriously. These Nationalist
 bands in the Ulster counties drill spas
 medically and are not connected with any central organization An Che lo-
 cal leaders act entirely on their own
 initiative In some districts the vol- unteers are split up into factions un- der opposing leaders, who carry on a newspaper warfare.
 The Ulster leaders say that the Nationalist volunteers must fail through the impossibihty of getting arms. They claim to have many let ters from America showing that Che Irish there are tired of contributing to Home Rule. and now that they cOu- slider an Irish parliament assured, they propose Co let those in Ireland settle their internal questions without help. Even 1T American sympathizers should refill the war chest the present government measures to suppress gun running in all ports would checkmate them
 "We have two years start in the mattero arming and we mean to keep it," an official of the Ulster Unionist Council said to the Associated Press.
 In many Ulster villages the Nation alist bands are being drilled by re- tired army sergeants near the halls and parade grounds of the Ulster bat talions and the townspeople are able to watch the preparations of both for ces. There were 25O0 Nationalist vol unteers in Belfast about the middle of June and many more in Londonderry city where Catholics and protestants are much more evenly balanced in numbers
 In the COvenanter movement there are two distinct factions at present One is militant section which adyo- cates immediate provocative action, with the belief that bloodshed would shock the English nonconformists and force Asquith to grant Listers de- mand for permanent exclusion from an Irish government The other fac
 ton which includes important busi- ness men, fought successfully to pre- vent the declaration of a provisional government for Ulster when the Home Rule bill passed the third read ing in the House of Commons The first faction now clamors to have the provisional government set up when the King signs the bill. while the more conservative business interests coun- sel delay until the Irish parliament in Dublin is launched Sir Edward Car son sided with the latter faction at the last conference Of leaders here
 Meantime the volunteers. saturated with the military spirit are becoming impatient Some battalions have even sent deputauons of officers to head quarters 10 ask when the campaign would begin, and the work of keeping the bold spirits quiet is increasingly difficult
 The headquarters staff has worked out a plan of campaign for hosuutes It is moi likely that they will attempt to use this citizen force against reeu- lars with heavy guns. for as one off. l cer remarked the most they could ex- pect would be to put up one good fight and be cut to pieces. The present l plans are to keep the Ulster National ! ists in check when the provisionaII government is set mp.
 Most Of the Belfast volunteers are l being formed into four regiments ! known as the Belfast Division which | will act as a police force. A flying | column composed of $500 picked and l paid volunteers, a majojity of whom | are old soldiers. has been organized 1 as a first line striking force with mo- | tor transport capable Of conveying it | to any part of Ulster in less than four hours. This force is armed through | out with new Mausers and possesses ! ten Maxims of the latest pattern. Ger l tain county regiments especially | those of Antrim and Armagh. would | go on active service with this column. ] while other county regiments includ ! ing Londonderry must remain at home . to suppress the Nauonalists.
 lf the provisional government were the flying column would ! be sent to Londonderry where the Nat ] ionalists are strongest, while the East . and West Belfast regiments would l form double cordons around the two ! Nationalist districts of this city with l MaXims covering the principal streets !
 Information that the Nationalists 1 are bringing in carboys of vitriol l which women would pour on Che 5 troops from windows as they poured {, boiling water during the riotne some | years ago. has reached Carson's head !
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