HOMERULE AND AFTER.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1280, 8 November 1911, Page 7

HOMERULE AND AFTER.

an ulster MANirnsTo. Hy Tclocrnuh—Ar-iiiclnfltni — f_>r»i»y fi-Klit l.ondnn, Nnvchilj"!' 11. A lllllllil'rslo lltl ; lli rn ir-lll'll )IV I lII' IHmlvi' liilicrnl I'liionkK The mnnili'-lo slnlc: Unit if lliini" Kill" it ii»|Kiri'il it [mil IM'-li" 1 willimil <ni ii |iI K'li I being Hindu In I hi* <*li'it <nnl «■ llm inlut l»i I nit Ik "ill l)i' jn-I i liiil in resisting llio (Mivrnuiu'iit. If IMslcr is pliiiignl iiil" civil wnr, cdiil iii lie-i Hie in i< ii i I i';-f <t. Ill" il.v will ii■-1, with Hi" I'ti inicr mid n ('nllilH'l fill I lII' Illl'llllirl'S: nl' which JIM.' blindly nippurling hiin. WILL ULSTER FIGHT? DO(iCiHl) S'l'KlKlfihK KXI'KOTKf). An Irish correspondent of Hie London "Morning Post," writing on August )<ii raid Tlio members of the Government prolend l<> nniUi' light nl the throat that Ulster will light rnther tlinn .submit to Homo Rule. If they persist in this 1k?liof I hoy will make, n serious mistake. It in only necessary to go through Ulster to-day and discuss tlio subject with nil classes of Protestants in order to roalir-o the seriousness of tho situation. Fooling against Homo Rule was high in 18Sli and in 1S!K), but, it is even higher to-day, and those who state anything to tho contrary am guilty cf misnprcsentalion. What :iro tho prospects of the Irish Unionists being able to resist an Irish Parliament? In tho first placo they number one-third of tho Irish population, they possess most of tlio capital, control nil tho industries, and they are absolutely united in their determination not to submit to their hereditary enemies. When opposition to a policy amounts almost to a religion, it is difficult to crush it out. Since December last Irish Unionists have been actively preparing for tile danger which now confronts thoin. They are thoroughly organised, and if a Parliament were established in Ireland tomorrow it could not enforce its decrees in Ulster without tlio assistance of tho British Army, liven passive resistance on the part of Ulster would mako chaos for the Irish Parliament. Protestant employers have only to refuse employ, ment to Nationalists and tens of thousands of them will bo without any means of livelihood. A general resolve not to pay taxes would toon produce a crisis. Tlio Government, in introducing Home Utile, will be introducing a lighted taper into a powder magazine. The conflagration may burst our sooner than they expcct. A very bitter feeling is growing, and Ulstermen, once they set their teeth, can be very determined and very dogged, llow keenly Irish Unionists feel on tho subject' may bo gauged _ from the sacrifices they have made since Homo Pule became a live question. They have been called upon to maintain an active campaign at their own expense, and in 1893 a large sum of money was expended on procuring arms. Heavy as the money sacrifices have been, Irish Unionists made them gladly. As tho next few months will show, there arc greater sacrifices still which they will make.