The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19

green uniforms and peaked caps directing
tho traffic at every corner Double
decked' street cars push their way through
"A maze Of automobiles and motorcycles
The sound prosperity OF this northern
capital ~ emphasized by the number OF
costly llmousines and high powered tour
inS cars that can be seen every day.
IT'S like an American city" eXclaim
many tourists who have entered Belfast
by way OF Dublin. Compared with the
latter picturesque, easy going capital II
does suggest an American city in its
cleanliness. livelines and organized In
dustry. The men look more Ike American
business men than the traders OF tho
South, or even those OF England. The
names on the shop signs have a familiar
look. The massive city hail. planted in
the centre Of great square. Is remn-
iscent OF the more than one prosperous
American MANUFACTURING town.
Belfast lies on HAT ground. part OF Il
reclaimed from the sea. at the upper
end OF a sausage shaped stretch OF salt
water called Belfast Tough that connects
Il with the Irish Sea. 1t is not bcaut!-
full city. but II IL wealthy. Great fac
tories. mills and shipyards are jumbled
up without regard for artistic effect. The
people have no time for artistic effects nor
much time for recreation. There Is only
one theatre (utilized as a music hail
since the destruction OF the most impor-
tant music hall by fire a few weeks ago.,
and i've or six picture palaces furnish
the rest OF the diversion required by the
100000 inhabitants when they rest from
their labors.
Angry Looking wnrships Near by.
II the tourist who looks for signs of
rebellion enters Belfast by water instead
of by railway he receives unexpected proof
OF the sincerity of the anti-home rule
movement. As his steamship comes up
Belfast Tough he sees live or six black.
low hulled torpedo gunboats. the swiftest
vessels In the British navy. swinging at
anchor at the harbor gateway In such n
position that every vessel coming In from
sea passes under close scrutiny They are
the "watchdogs of the Government" the
patrol set to check gun running. Many
an innocent looking pleasure yacht is
hailed and boarded by keen eyed Lieu
tenant and half a dozen seamen in the
course OF n days surveillance.
Then as the steamship gains the wiper
reaches of the Tough, where the great
implanted hull OF the unfinished Britain
mic. sister OF the Olympic, is lashed 10
dock. with one funnel in position, the pill
grim In search of civil war sees the battle
cry OF the Ulster men writ large in chalk
and paint. There It is on the rusty brown
plates OF the Britannia In awkward Ave
foot letters: I'VE Won't Have Home
Rule" Higher up tho Tough II is
scrawled on the hull OF the new Holland
American liner Statendam: mo Popery,
God Save the King" And on the broad
TANKS OF half a dozen other embryo lin
ers---some OF them no more than incom-
prehensble masses OF sheet iron-In the
shpyard OF Harland & Wolff are the
same defiant messages from the ship
wrlghts 10 the people who travel up and
down the waterway.
A casual walk througH The streets OF
Belfast Yields little evidence that Ulster
is busy making history. You may notice
that five out of every six men you meet
are wearing a little oval badge of bronze
In the buttonhole OF their coat. II Is the
official emblem OF the Ulster Volunteers
You may pass n group of young women
attlred exactly alike In tailor made cos
tunes of brownish gray and taunty broad
brimfned hats that suggest tropical he'll
NETS. Some OF them carry long, slender
sticks tightly wrapped with white cloth.
They are gnalers--members OF tho
corps OF women who have undertaken
mems work in order TO help maintain
the lines OF communication In the field
while every available man Is on the firing
line
The squad OF Despatch Riders.
Often motorcycle will whrl nolsily
through the traffic. ridden by man In
khaki colored trousers and belted tunlc,
who might be any ordinary JOY rider of
for the afternoon He is an Ulster despatch
carrier-a most important factor In the
organization. There are 1875 cx-
pert couriers In the despatch riders corps,
and their business Is TO transmit all Of
hcial orders from army headquarters In
Belfast TO the regmental and battalion
throughout the province.
In the event Of civil war the ordinary