The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-14
THE ULSTER SITUATION
The Row Over Home Rule Finds Two Armies OF Civilian
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Soldiers In Protestant Ireland orbg IL

lle War CHEST Tie pfcScEt government
measures to suppress gun running in
all ports would tEcckmatc thcp,.
I'VE have two :cars start In the
matter of arming and we mean tu
keep It," an official of the us sr Tn
ionist council said to The Associated
Press.
In many Ulster villages the Nation
alist bands are being drilled by re-
tired army se-saarts near the halls
and parade grounds of the UlB = bat :
i talions and the townspeople are ablo
to watch the preparations OF both for
ces.
There we're $500 Nationalist volun-
teers In Belfast about the middle of
June and many more In LoAdondeFp3
city where Catholics and Pedestrians.
are much more evenly balaiSAa liz,
numbers. nnS
In the Covenanter movement thicire
are two distinct factions at present.
One Is a militant section which ad-
vocates immediate provocative action
with the belief that bloodshed would
shock the English non-N onformists and
force Asquith to grant Ulster's dG@
mand for permanent exclusion from
the Irish government. The other fac
ton which includes important busi-
ness men fought successfully to pre-
vent the declaration of provisional
government for Ulster when the Home
Rule bill passed the third reading in
| the house Of commons. The first fac
tion no clamors to have the provision
al government set up when the king
signs the bill, while the more conser-
vative business interests : counsel
daily until the Irish parliament in
Dublin is launched. Sir edward Car
son sided viii lile latter faction at
the last conference OF lrndnrs here.
Meantime the volunteers, saturat-
ed with the military spirit. are bec0m-
ing impatient. Seize battalions lave
even sent deputatlone c. officers 20
headquarters to a5l: wien the cam
paign would begin and the work Of
keeping the bold spirits quiet is iu-
creasiEzly difficult.
The headquarters staff has worked
out plan OF campaisn for hosiilitics
1t Is not likely that they will attemp.
to use this citizen force against
trained regulars wiz. Ii i:avy guns, for
as one officer remarked, them they
could expect would be to put up one
good fight and be cut to pieces. The
present plans are to keep the Ulster
Nationalists in check Wien tile pro-
visional government Is set. up.
Most OF the Belfast volunteers are
being formed into four regiments
will act as a police force. A flying.
column known as Belfast division;
composed of $500 picked and paid
volunteers majority of whom are old
soldiers has been organized as q first
line striking force with motor. trans
port. capable Of conveying It to any
psrt OF Ulster In less tp;a3. four Loasrs.
This force Is armed Throughout With
new Mausers and POSSESSES ten. Max
inns OF the latest pattern. -'Cortain
county regiments. especially those OF
Antrim and Armagh, would 20 on ac-
tive service with this column, while
other county regiments including
Londonderry must remain at home to
suppress Nationalists.
II the provisional government wert
established the flying column would
be sent to Londonderry where rhe Ns-
tionalists are strongest while the east
and west Belfast regiments woulo
form double cordons around the two
Nationalist districts of this ,ity. with,
Max1ms covering the principal strent1.
Information that the Natiouhiists
are bringing in,carboys, Of yitriol
which women would pour on, slls,
troops from windows as they poured!
boiling water during the rtoting some:
years ago has reached Carson's s head
quarters. H"If there is:.a single act. ,afj
that kind2 said q stafr officer, s,:the
building where. 1t is. done will he en-;
tered. wrecked and every officer
killed 10 Al
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