El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-06
HOME RULE
QUESTIONS
ARE LEGION
Factions in Ireland Have
Four Interpretations
For the Bill.
ULSTER CAN SEE
ONLY BASE PLOT
d. FREpERIC LHAsKIN.

II ELFAST, Ireland, June 6.-"Ulster
X will Highland Ulster viii be right"
That breathes the spirit Of Ulster
and Of its great capital Belfast. Even
q casual observer walking through the
streets OF the city is impressed by the
1act that al least half Of the persons
he sees are wearing buttons that us
play the bare red hand Of Ulster and
the legend, We stand for God and u
sJer."
usual because there are four. and not
two. mutually antagOnistic ideas in
VOlved. The usual cross currents be-
come, therefore, more potent to create
complications and they have done their
work Home rule means one thing in
southern Ireland, another thing in the
north; it means one thing to a British
Radical and another TO q British Tory.
What Home Rule Mems
Home rule in the south OF ireland
means the right Of 1rishmen TO govern
Home rule among British Radicals
means a desire TO get rid OF the Irish
question so that the party can 60 on
with its program Of social and political
reforms in Great Britain
Home rule among British Tories
means the loss Of the only issue that
has won for them in half century;
means the breaking. up Of the Union ana
therefore a crack in the heart OF the
empire, means a dangerous concession
TO the raw principle Of majority rule
which IS as dangerous 10 arlstocracy as
# is necessary to democracy
Home rule in the north OF Ireland
means Rome rule
Home rule means Rome rule to u
ster- The FISHERMAN is convinced that
his province, his faith, his industry,
have been sold 10 the pope by cor
rupt British government that would
stop at nothing to secure the Irish Ma
tiOnalist vote and thereby keep itself
in power. He will not listen for
fraction Of a second to any suggestion
that the other three provinces OF Ire
land want home rule becarse they wish
TO govern themselves--he believes the
other Irish want home rule in order
that thew may prosecute ana exIernain-
ate the Protzsuants Of north Ireland
F1Ot, Thinks Ulster.
II is a plot against Ulster that three
provinces in four in ireland should be
considered as representing Irish opin-
ion in the imperial parliament Is
plot against JlsteI tnal the recon
stirutfOn Of the Dublin parliament
should be considered
Ulstermen say, IN their newspapers
and from their platforms, that Ulster
has always dominated Ireland and that
she always viii They no longer assert
the Protestant ascendancy' thar pre-
vailed before the days OF 1Cathonc
emancipation, but they do assert an
economic and social superiority in
manner quite frank and naive
There is one more factor It IS 10y
atty The FISHERMAN claims TO have
more loyalty per capita than any other
people on earth, not even excepting his
cousin, the United Empire LOyanSt OF
Canada He always speaks Of his kind
as Loyal Ulstermen-" He protests that
the most heinous crime in the whole
criminal category Of the plot Of home
rule is that is forces out Of the British
nation the most lOyaI subjects the king
has in all his far flung dominiOns from
pine TO palm
Believes Government DislOyaL
The FISHERMAN believes il is the gov
eminent and the parliament that is dis
loyal, not he. On this firm belief he
bases his fond hone that even yet the
king will assert his long disused pre-
rOEative and dismiss the Asquith min
istry before the reasonable act Is con-
summated.
Al Of which would be exceedingly
bad for the king. and possibly a little
uncomfortable for Ulster. But Ulster
does not see il So She believes that the
king can do no wrong, and she believes
that he VIII reassert tie actual power OF
the monarchy before ne will take the
reasonable advice Of a cabinet COM
posed OF traitors in the pay Of the pope.
It may be silly, IL may be absurd, il
may not nave any support in fact or
even in reasonable fancy. You are en-
titled 10 think any OF all Of these
things. But the fact IS that Ulstermen.
whether justified or not. have made up
their minds. That is why in the name
Of loyalty to the king they are snug
Cling arms against the kings laws
Wherewith to defy the kings authority
and shoot the kings soldiers.
And they believe in their hearts that
king George approves Of everything
they are doing
Many Sign Pledge.
More than 100000 men and women
Of Ulster have signed the Solemn
League and Covenant Of Ulster. This
is the pledge they took:
Being convinced in our consciences
that home rule would be disastrous to
the material well being Of Ulster as well
as the whole Of Ireland, subversive OF