The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-22
THE TROUBLE IN ULSTER

inc lSSnc III the north of ireland
is so acute and the press dispatches
are so likely TO be full OF the Ulster
news the next few weeks, we suggest
to our readers to follow closely the
following sketch Of conditions, pre-.
pared by the Associated Press:
ireland has strivcn for home rule
without moments cessation ever
since the Irish parliament was abb
olishcd and the legislative union of
Great Britain aud Ireland was pro-
claimed on January l, 1901. In the
i13 yeilrs that have passed since that
date, the agitation has gone under va
rlouS forms, pacific and violent. led
ny 'ach patriots as Daniel O'CoEDcn,
william Smith OBricn, Charles Ste
wart Parnell, 0'Donovan Rosga and
Michael Davitt. to mention only few
OF the more prominent These were
succeeded by the Redmonds and the
Healeys who are in the forefront of
the movement today.
The patriotic movement was SUD-
pressed time after time by coercive
acts passed by the British Parliament.
only to take another FORM The Mol
iy MaBuires, the Young Irish party.
the Land. League band, the Nation
al League, all were Irish political So
cieties which had their day
Thousands OF Irish nationalists
served terms OF Imprisonment for
their participation in the fight for
Legislative independence from Great
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 to extraordinary scenes In
the usually staid British parliament.
often bringing about the expulsion of
members ond the stoppage of busi-
ness.
T!P first effort of the British gov
ernmcpt to meet the demand for Irish
home rule was made by the late VIII
liam Ewart Gladstone, when premier
In 1886. The bill was rejected after
'ts introduction had been brought
about against a 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-
ent act, under the provisions OF which
any bill not an appropriation bill re-
ieet' by the house OF lords becoIn es
automatically law on passage by the
house of commons at three successive
sessions
The present agitation has been
mainly brought about by the practi-
cal certainty OF Premier Asluith's
Irish home rule bill becoming law
without the consent of the house of
inrda. Sir Edward Carson is at the
head os the agitation against hone
fuic among the unionists of Ulster.
He and several other leading men
took the initiative In organizing an ar
my of Ulster volunteers to resist the
Identification OF home rule for
ireland in it's entirety. They insist
that Ulster should be left out of the
operation.
The chief point in Ireland is the re-
ligious one. Out of total population
Of about 100000 approximately 5Oo,-
600 are protestapts OF various 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
predoniinently Catholic.
There is a 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.
cendnnts Of the English settlers sent
there by Cromwell to foster the; agri-
culture and industries of Ireland AZ
ter he had subdued the country,
Others are descendants of Scottish
coyenanters. Not all the protestants
of Ireland are against home rule, Par
nell himself was protestant.
ANDERSON COII,EGE