The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-11
ULSTER HOME RULE
FIGHT ~AMERCANIZED

Frederic Haskin In Washington Star.
When tens Of thousands of armed vol
unteers are drilling in Ulster with the
avowed purpose of resisting with force
any attempt to make Irish home rule eff
ae s II is but natural that ono would
GSk' where is the British aNmy?''
There is but one apparent answer to that
question.
Inc british army is In sullen and skulk-
1t has not openly rebelled against it's
government but many of its officers have
refused TO obey orders, have attempted to
o oad promises from the government as
condltlons OF their obeying. orders. and
nave allied themselves clearly and GER
tainly with the unionist party. According
70 unlonlst testimony this rebellious at
ntude Is shared by the men in the ranks,
VINO also swear that they will mutiny
pefore they will draw a trigger in the CO.
erc1on of Ulster.
This language all too mildly States. +bo
situatlon. For army officers have not
only gone SO far as to decline to take
STEPS TO uphold the DEGREES Of parliament
IN Ulster, but they nave also shared in
the declaration that the government (be-
cause 1t undertook to protect arms and
STORES p IN Ulster by dtsposing government
at s ~ TIE province was guilty of an
ACT OF outrageous treachey amounting to
q provocation Of massacre.
In order that the situation may be clear
Zane, me american reader in all it's tragic
IuolcrousnessA let us ~transfes the cfrcum-
Hances to American soil. Suppose, for
instance, when 1t was proposed to admit
etatha to the union as a state and
cIouae 1t with home rule, that a portion Of
the people of. the terEitory had raised OBJ
9ect1ons and had said that thew preferred
70 g remain under the. direct control of the
that three general elections had been held
WITH the Oklahoma question at issue. and
M,at three congresses had been elected on
should have statehood. Suppose, further-
more that the Senate ignored these cleo
btl o andsthat at last its power had to
mandate Of the people might be obeyed.
Supposs then, that the bill had passed
bne Heuse three times and was ready to
Now. all this time the anti-bome ruler.
IN Oklahoma have been organizing and
s aaThn Hs,n ana drilltng an army, whicha they
conf oner @5a' mag ops0 dc. h Rna 80 rule the whatey yer
come more violent. the government orders
ssVeral regiments of regular soldiers to
.ne uorts In Oklahoma to protect the am
mutton and army stores from seizure by
the Oklahoma volunteers.
T~hereupon, the chief of staff Of the
army and the other officers decline to
nome TO protect the stores. might cause
tle oklahoma volunteers to shoot and
thaI would mean bloodshed. Not only do
.ley dlsobey, but ask the government o.
Eli .henl Written guarantees that they
VIII not be called upon to serve in Okla
nnp n at least on the side of home rule.
Ihen they go secretly to the president and
a IeW cabinet officers and get sl1ch n
of congress. oso
,n And, after ta all that, the army officers
count OF what went on as the basis Of a
snarse against the government of a foul
pro. 70 drench Oklahoma in blood.
ina is not really as strong as the real
situation in Ulster stands. but trs anal.
Is substantially correct. The army
mas sulleniy defed the parliament, and the
It Is forced into inaction, BECAUSE it does
not Enow how far is can go without bring
ing the army into open rebellion,