WAR PLANS FOR ULSTER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2119, 9 April 1914, Page 7

WAR PLANS FOR ULSTER.

SENSATIONAL. SfATEIENTJ GOVERNMENT'S INTENDED OPERATIONS. AVy/ MASSACRE OF ISOLATED t TROOPS FEAREB. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, April 7. : _ The "Morning Post" (Unionist) publishes what it professes to be details of the Government's intended operations in Ulster in expectation that Sir Edward Carson "will start a provisional Government. The paper adds:—"As the arrest of their leaders would liavo been likely io provoke Ulstermen's resistance, it was intended to seize, the Boyne River bridges, an army of 25,000 men operating with the fleet." In revealing the Government's plans to his generals. General Sir Arthur Paget, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, referred, adds tho "Morning Post/' to possible massacres of advanced detachments of troops, if isolated, and also to battles. TENSION IN 'BERRY. London, April 7. Nationalist volunteers in London* derry, fearing an attack last evening, brought out a cannon to. give tho aiartn. It burst when fired, shattering windows in the vicinity. The polico and military are constantly prepared for emergencies. EAST FIFE BY-ELECTION. MR. ASQUITH DEFINITELY UNOPPOSED. London, Anril 1. The Unionists of East Fife Wo resolved not to run a candidate against tho Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) at the coming by-election. THE HOME RULE DIVISION, HOW THE COUNTRIES VOTED. "Times" and Sydnes- "Sua" SwvlcM, (Roc. April 8, 5.25-p.m.) London, April 7. An analysis of the voting in the divi* sion in the House of Commons on the second reading of the Home- Rule Bill 6hows that tho votes according to countries were as follow :—- For, Against. England 198 243 Scotland 53 15 Ireland • 75 16 Wales 30 3 GOLF AND PARTY POLITICS. (Rec. April 8, 10.40 p.m.) London, April 8, The Parliamentary Golf Handicap has Leon postponed owing to the present state of party feeling in tho House. NEWS OF THE FANNY. BOUND FOR IRELAND. (Rec. April S, 10 p.».) London, April 8. Tho steamer Fanny ia reported to have touched tho Norwegian coast, and landed one of her crew, who was ill. Ho states that tho steamer Was bound for Ireland, but he was not aware that she had a cargo of rifles. GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Tele«rai)h-Pr«a« JUsodfttlon-Ooßyrljrli'i $ — -■ —*— A NEW LIGHT.. (Rec. April 8, 10.40 p.m.) New York, April 8. Professor Bancroft, of Cornell University, Cincinnati, has announced his discovery of a light known as "Blectrie Firefly," or "he3tles» light/' It is not yet available for commercial use. THREE MILLIONS FOR EAST ! AFRICA. , LOndon, April $. An East African Loan Bill authorising the raising of three millions, chiefly for railways in East Africa, Uganda, and Nyassaland, has passed its second reading in the House of Commons, A KING'S FAVOURITE. Same, April 8. Tho death is announced of tho Duchess Eugenia Litta, favourite of tho late King Humberts, with whom ho was left alono in his dywg moftieftts. Honore do Balzac, tho French author, dedicated "Urio Fille Dove" to Eugenia, who was the model in Vincenzo Vela's statue, "Tho 'Virgin's Prayer." THE TROUBLE ON H.M.S. v London, April 1. The report regarding the reinstatement of H.M.S. Zealand's, stokors, who had been previously sentenced to two years' imprisonment for insubordtoation, has been confirmed. It is stated that their principal grievance was that they had been selected for punishment as seniors, not as ringleadetsu THE VENUS PICTURE VANDAL. ~ London, April 7. Mary Richardson, the Suffragette, who slashed V& picture of Venus in tho National Gallery, and who has been undergoing a process of forcible feeding at Holloway Gaol, has been temtrararify released in order to undergo an operation for appendicitis. RICE MIIJJTon FIRE. . Bangkok, AprU 7. fwo rico mills have been burned down, the damago being estimated at 770,000 ticals (approximately £91,250). ANOTHER BIgTIONDON LAND SALE, London, April 7. Lord Howard do IValden has sold his Regent's Park estate for half a million, pounds. Tho estate covers sixty-two acres, on which are 750 houses, twenty streets, four large schools, and eighthotels.—"Times" and Sydney "Sim" Services. BURMESE LIBEL ACTION. London, April 7. ' Tli© appeal of Mr. Ciianning Arnold, editor of tho "Burma Critic," to tho Privy Council against his sentence of ono year's imprisonment foil defamation of the District Magistrate in Burma — whom he accused of wrongfully acquitting a British officer charged with tho abduction of a native girl—has been (lis* missed. FLYING AT 180 MLttS AN HOUR. Berlin, April 8, Lieutenant Hesse, of the Konigsberg Hussar*, flew from Hanover to Berlin, a'distanco of 180 mile?, in at* hotir, flying in a steel Jcatimn mmwilano, Uffl'J carrying a passenger.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.