The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12
ULSTER ARMY
READY FOR WAR
with HONOR"
Sir Edward Carson Tells Vol
unteers at Larme to
BE Prepared.
BIRRELL OPTIMISTIC
ON IRISH SITUATION
The Government Secretary
Thinks Reasonable Set
tlement" Probable.
ARMED POLICE BEING
RUSHED TO THE SCENE
Forces Of the Home Rule and
Anti-HOme Rule Adhcr-
cnts Compared.
ARMED POLICE BEING
RUSHED TO THE SCENE
speciGi Cable Dispatches 20 TBE suN.

HpsCiGt tUOic bcspulCHfs 10 I'VE Sun
LONDON Sunday. July 1.-THE week
opens with a situation in Ireland which
is full of tragic possibilities.
Ulster has now become an armed camp.
Practically every battalion OF the Ulster
Volunteers was engaged yesterday in
| field operations of one sort or another.
II is calculated that more than $4,000 men
were engaged in manpuvres. parades.
drills and sham fights.
Belfast Is calm but II is the calmness
Of confidence. Early this Sunday morn
( ing another large supply OF ammunition
reached Belfast. It included 80. 900 Mauscr
cartridges and a large quantity OF machine
gun ammunition.
| Augustine Birrcll. the Chief Secretary
| for Ireland. In a speech Mt Bristol yes
( to-day said that although the situation In
/ Ireland w1s grave he was never more
sanguine than now that reasonable and
I proper settlement would be reached.
J SIR Edward Carson. the Ulster Unionist
/ leader, is not so optimistic. Addressing
/ 1000 fully armed Ulster Volunteers at
Larne yesterday he urged them to be pre-
pared FOR any cventuality. lie said he
would welcome peace IL II were peace with
honor 10 not II must be war with honor
There was no alternative. Sir Edward
/ continued:
"In my opinion great climax and a
I'll 81 In AZ fata ~
our country cannot he delayed for many
weeks The time cannot he far delayed
when we shall have to show the Govern
ment and all others whom II may con-
Germ that we are unconquerable and that
we will never submit to home rule"
Another thousand Ulster Volunteer.
were inspected by the Right Hon. Walter
Long. who was Chief Secretary for Ire
land under the Unionist Government. at
Ballymena. in County Antrim, yesterday.
Every train from Drogheda. In the
province Of Leinster. on both sides OF tho
Boyne. yesterday conveyed armed police
for the north in view Of the expected
disturbances In connection with the
Twelfth OF July celebrations.
In an interview before the review OF
the Ulster Volunteers Sir Edward Carson
said things were as serious as they could
possibly be. Later in his speech he con-
tinued his pesslmistic tone, his utterances
being solemn and his predictions gloomy
There was one dramatic moment during
his speech when he displayed a piece OF
tarpaulin on which was printed the name
"Mountjoy" This was the Identical GOV.
ering which hid the real name OF the
steamer Fanny when she landed a great
cargo Of arms for the Ulster Volunteer.
some time ago.
The Fanny got the arms from a German
vessel at a point in the North Sea ant
then disappeared for some time. Sh,
suddenly reappeared of the Ulster coas
one night and the volunteers got their
arms and ammunition.
BELFAST, July 1.-THE city is gay with
bunting and banners bearing such in
scriptions as Death before dishonor.
! ULSTER does not crave mercy, but de
mands Justice" Remember the deeds o.
your forefathers' and God saves all wh'
dare be true
According to the latest advlces from
Ireland the volunteer armies" for ant
against home rule are composed about al