Evening star., 1932-11-16
1900 MEN GUARD
WALES IN BELFAST
Prince Cheered at Dedication
of Parliament Building.
NationaIiStS Silent.

BELFAST, Northern ireland. No
vember is e0.-The Prince of Wales,
welcomed by a fiag-waviag and cheer
ing populace and guarded by $4,000
men, came to Belfast today and dedi-
Gated the new Parliament Building for !
the government of Northern Ireland. (
Ulster Nationalist took no part In
the ceremony. They had protested
against the princes visit, contending it
tended to widen the breach between the
north counties and the Irish Free :
State. These protests, together with
the recent unemployment riots, in
which several lives were lost, were the
reason for the exceptional guard placed
on the prince
Five-Mile Route Lined.
Thousands of constables and volun-
teer Orangemen lined the Smile route
from the dock where the princes ship
was moored to the Parliament Building
1t Stormont, where, in his speech OF
dedication, the prince spoke of the
heroic part played by Ulster in the
World War
Roaring bonfires made giant torches
Of the SUBMITS Of the 20-mile range of
hills overlooking Belfast Lough as the
Princes ship slipped in.
Nine bombing planes few low over
head. sirens screamed and dockside
workmen waved flags and cheered. AS
the sSip nosed up against the quay,
two warships anchored in the harDor
drowned out the cheers with 21-gun
salute.
On the deck of the motorship Ulster
Prince stood trim and severely tai
lored man in the uniform of a colonel
Of the Irish Guards-Smiling
He was the Prince Of Wales who was
Immediately welcomed by the Duke Of
Abercorn, the Ulster governor, Lord
Craiga7on; the prime minister and Sir
Dawson Bates.
A few minutes later, these ceremonies
concluded, the heir to the throne
stepped ashore amid wild cheering and
the procession to Stormont, 5 miles
away, was started.
Twelve thousand men we're on guard,
including 1000 armed troops and police
and 5000 volunteer Orangemen. They
were especially on the alert after two
disturbing incidents last evening, one of
which occurred in Falls road and was
the destruction Of British Union Jack.
Two men were arrested while distrib-.
uting protest posters. The Irish Ma
tionaliSt group had prStested the visit
on the ground that Il tends to further
separate the two Irelands.
Human Defense Wall.
Stalwart Ulster constables with re-
volverS strapped to their hips, and SOL
diers with fixed bayonets thus formed
a living wall of defense between which
| the prince rode the 5 miles. At the
head of the royal procession was a car
hlled with armed detectives watching
for any signs of unrest, grim armored
cars rolled along at intervals In the
parade.
Extra police were held in reserve nd
! strategic centers, but the wild cheers
from the thousands massed behind the
police lines indicated they would not
be needed.
Arriving at Stormont, at the edge of
Belfast, the cars swept up the impressive
procsssional drive to the new building
cleaning in its coat Of white marble
against the hillside
In his dedication speech, the prince
recalled listers heroic part in the
World War and Great Brftain's prom
Use to provide building worthy Of
| the people of Northern Ireland" He
said this promise was today fulfilled.
| 1T is my fathers earnest prayer"
ne said, that you VIII meet all of
those difficulties which confront the
world, as well as your own speaial prob
lens. with the courage, tenacity, loyalty
and devotion which has always char
acterized the men of Northern Ireland
and made them famous in the annals
/ of the empire
/ The prince brought brief greeting
/ from King George