Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12
THE BRITISH CRISIS.
xxvII.-UIster's Loyalty.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

BELFAST. May 31.-'sUlster will fight
and Ulster will be right That breathes
the spirit Of Ulster and of its greet CAPT
tai. Belfast. Even a casual observer
walking through the streets Of the city
IS impressed by the fact that at least
half of the persons he sees are wearing
button that display the bare red hand
OF Ulster and the legend, I'VE Stand for
God and Ulster
The bare red hand is the armorial de-
vice OF the province Of Ulster The leg
end For God and Ulster is the epitome
OF the solemn covenant signed by a quar-
ter Of a million FISHERMEN swearing
themselves never to submit to the gov
eminent of an Irish parliament The
slogan. Ulster will fight and lister will
be right Is an Inheritance from the first
home rule fight Of Gladstone's day. when
the phrase fell from the lips of Lord
Randolph Churchill. 1t is today hurled
in the teeth of Lord Randolph's son,
Winston Churchill, who is the Rupert of
radicalism, even as his father was the
Beau Sabeur Of toryism. Lord Randolph
is patron saint in Ulster politics, Win
ston Is a member of the British cabinet,
and last year he was scheduled to make
a speech in Belfast town hall on the
subject of home rule Ulster swore it
would not permit the dissertation of that
sacred building BY permitting such a
creature as Churchill to step foot within
it He didn't. He spoke at q foot ball
ground. Not that Winston is a coward,
but that the government wasn't ready to
precipitate a civil war.
Before taking up the subject o the
plot against Ulster 1t Is necessary. for
the sake OF
Quarrels Character clarity, to ex-
Must Be Explained. present British
Irish political crisis differs from the or
binary run Of such quarrels.
Most complicated politics Is distinguish
ed by two radically differing points OF
view. both Of which are cut across by
minor currents Of differing opinions on
characteristic views.
For instance in the United States in
1881 there were two chief parties. north
and south-union and secession. The
union party was a unit in its desire to
preserve the union. but 1t was divided
by many minor issues. as was also, in
lesser degree, the secession party But
north or south secession meant the same
thing-the destruction Of the Union that
was still dear to the north and that for
the time had become hateful to the south.
That is the usual order of great political
crises, SO that for a general survey the
observer has but to describe two oppos-
ing ideas-two contrasting points Of view.
The situation here differs from the
usual because there are four. and not
two. mutually antagonistic ideas involved.
The usual cross-currents become, there
fore, more potent to create complications,
and they have done their work. Home
rule means one thing in southern Ire
land, another thing in the north; it means
one thing to a British radical and an
other thing to British tory. Not one
Of the four will even in private converse
ton. so much as admit for the sake of
argument that any other view than his
is tenable or even within the range of
reasonable possibility. The only people
who can see the thing In it's broad as
poets are the wings. and there are only
a bakers dozen Of them. albeit one OF
them Is named Herbert Henry Asquith.
Home rule in the south of Ireland. as
has been said. means the right of Irish
men to gov