The Irish standard., 1914-12-05
ULSTER DEFIANT EVEN
IN TINE OF war
Leader Of Anti-Home Rule Bigot
Forces Endangers Recruiting
Of Irish Nationalist to
Bolster Selfish Cause.
(From Liverpool Catholic Times.)

From Liverpool Catholic Times.)
If the extraordinary Carsonite out
bursts prior to the war did not justify
the assumption that any extravaganza
may yet be expected from the same
quarter, it would not be easy to believe
that General Richardson uttered the
language attributed to him in report
of an address which he delivered at a
recruiting meeting of the Ulster Volun-
teers. According to the Freeman's
Journal, he said: IF any man found
himself wavering, let him try and rec
ollect the events of March last and
what the army and navy did for Ul-
ster. They came to listers help in
the day of trouble, and they would
come again. 1t was now the Volun-
teers' opportunity to show them their
gratitude, and support them to the
last man." The Dublin paper states
that this new divisional commander
went on to add that when war was
over and their ranks reinforced by
some twelve thousand men, thorough
ly we'll trained, and with vast field
experience, they would return to the
attack and relegate Home Rule to the
devil" 1t would seem as if Sir George
Richardson wished to discourage re-
cruiting amongst the Nationalist, for
in effect he says to them: "The army
and navy are against you, and though
Home Rule is nominally the law of
the land, it is, a mere mockery, for
they will enable us to prevent the
act from being put into operation"
1t would be hard to imagine speech
more calculated to check the recruit
ing movement in the south, east or
west, or one more difficult to recon-
cile with sense of patriotic duty.
Lord Kitchener and Gen. Richardson.
The war office has entrusted the
command of the Ulster division to
General Richardson, and the Daily
News, having called attention to the
speech this gentleman delivered at a
recruiting meeting of the Ulster vol
unteers, says:
What action does Lord Kitchener
propose to take in regard to the afro.
cious claim that the army and navy
have been, and are to be, the instru.
ment of Ulster in regard to it's politi-
cal aims in Ireland? If this thing is
not dealt with at once, and severely,
it will, amongst other things, be dis
astrous to recruiting in Nationalist
Ireland"
1t is we'll known that the tolerance
which has been extended to the Car
sonites has aroused amongst the Ma.
tionalists the feeling that, though the
government is professedly liberal and
fair-dealing, the old ascendaney spirit
is as rampant as ever. In the worst
days of Tory coercion the Ulster
unionists did not enjoy more latitude
IN regard to exhibitions of CONTEMPT
for the law than they have availed
OF during the time the present gov
eminent has been in power. General
richardson's latest utterance is but
one of many indications from which
1t may be inferred that the followers
OF Sir Edward Carson think them.
selves entitled to receive partial treat.
ment from the government, and even
10 set the government and the law at
denance according to their wishes or
caprices. There is not a single Ma.
tionalist who is not convinced that If
ne claimed equal latitude he would
soon be within prison walls.