The Irish standard., 1914-07-25

speech from the personal point OF view
Of Privy Councillor, and, for all it's
blood and thunder, would puzzle a
lawyer to found an indictment for
illegality on. Sir Edward is skilled
lawyer, and it is not unusual for lead
ing counsel to affect the greatest show
of fight befo<e the terms of settle.
ment are agreed upon. But in Sandy
Row and on the Shankhill Road, and
amongst the ignorant members of the
Orange Lodges in Derry and Tyrone,
Sir Edwards speech will be taken at
its face value, and may have serious
consequences before the Twelfth of
July celebrations are over. AS usual
he said he had grown weary of talk.
ing, and was longing for something
Il am going on to a finish.
If Ministers were honest, they would
tell the King that if he signed the
Home Rule Bill, there would be "ser
ious civil commotion in Ulster" The
King would sign the Bill because he
was a constitutional Sovereign. He
approved of the Peers giving the
Amending Bill Second Reading, and
putting their demands in black and
white.
HE believed that on the first
day the Government began hostili-
ties they would march as one man
and demand of these slim Minis
ters that they should answer to
them for every hair of the head
of every covenanter.
If they were going to exclude
Ulster, then he told them that
they did not want any artificial
and fantastic proposal. They
wanted to settle the question once
and for all, not for six or for ten
years. If Ulster ever went with
an Irish Government they would
not do so at the point of the bayo-
net, but of their own free will.
The sooner the Government real
lied the loyalty of Ulster, the
sooner they would enter upon the
road to peace.
"Ulster had been making ready
for two years, and they were now
ready. They wanted no makeshift
Government, no six years limit,
and no county limit. Any proposal
that might be submitted he should
take to the people of Ulster. He
should never settle anything behind
their backs. The sands were run
ing out. He was being pressed for
ward, and was prepared to go
forward. He was going to Ulster
next week, and hoped still to have
tokens of peace. If not, they must
rely upon themselves, and they
would"
No Civil War.
Mr.. Steel Maitland, M. r., one of the
Tory Whips, is not so pessimistic as
Sir Edward Carson. He told a Tory
meeting on Saturday that che did not
believe there was much chance of civil
war. The chance of civil war, in his
opinion, had become very small"
A Word to Ulster Nationalist.
The self-control and restraint Of
the Nationalists of Ulster under the
provocation of the past two years have
been simply marvellous, and have com
manded the admiration of all friends
and not a few opponents, of Home
Rule. Their patience is likely to be
put to even more severe test durins
the Twelfth of July celebrations. Il
is current opinion in Home Rule cir
cles in London that the Carsonite.
and the Unionists have got the ides
that an outbreak of disorder, will
bloodshed, in Ulster, would help then
just now, provided the blame coult
be put on the Nationalists. Close oh
servers think they see in the report,
of alleged "outrages" in Ulster an at
tempt, on Castledawson lines, to JUST
fy an attack upon the Nationalist
One hundred armed Carsonite "Volun
teers" accompanied an Episcopalial
Sunday school excursion at Innisrush
Co. Derry, on Friday, June 26th, on tn,
lying pretense that the Nationalist,
had arranged to attack the excursion
lists. Then on Tuesday, June 30th, tn,
Tory papers reported that the Nation
alists at Omagh had attacked soldie
of the Bedford Regiment, the fact be
ing, according to a local press CORES
pondent, that there was a quarrel be
tween a Nationalist and a soldier, who
it was alleged, made an offensive re
mark to girl, and, in scuffle which
ensued, Nationalist was seriousl,
wounded on the head. Then there wa
the story of an attack by Irish Volun
teers on a Carsonite motor-cyclist il
Derry. A question was asked in tn,
House of Commons about this, and tn,
Chief Secretary replied that the cyclis
was assaulted whilst riding through
Derry on the night of June 10th, wa
taken to the police station, and es
corted outside the city. 1.-THE crowd
said the Chief Secretary, attempted
to follow him, but were kept back b.
the police and some Irish Volunteers