The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEViN. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 14. LORDS RANFURLY'S TREASON.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 February 1914, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEViN. FRIDA Y, FEBRUARY 13, 14. LORDS RANFURLY'S TREASON.

1 u i.Asu.N is an ugly word. It is notable that men like Sir LJ- . ward Carson, Lord Itanfurlv and "tiu'r promoters and abettors of ike present incipient treason in tiie Aorlli or Ireland kave the g'race lo disguise flic real cliaracicr oi I heir treasonous utterances. I roleslations .of loyalty are abun•'anlly made. The latest comes irom A'ew Zealand's late Governoiy W«l Ixanfurly who addressed "tke volunteers'' at Dungannon last Monday. A cablegram informs us that the notable lord d these volunteers tliat ''the L Jstermen opposing liomu Time, "ere kelping to sustain tke King on the throne, for if tke Mi passed and civil war ensued tke in- ' creasing wave of Socialism and Ite- | publican ism in England and in ike Cabinet might overwlielm tke monarchy. However arduous tke kgki, Ulster must keep tke iiag flying, and tke Jiiinpire would assuredly kelp ker. He said tke lienuer of jNew Zealand belonged to Londonderry, and was most anxious about tke situation in Lister. With the exception of Quebec the majority of tke Canadians would side with Ulster, li'e declared ke kad received keaps of letters from Canadians pledging to kelp wken needed. The unio kad almost come, for they had absolutely rejected Home Lule and tke Government 'ought to pause to consider what Ulstermen in otker days kad done wken determined." All ol wkick is so muck claptrap. Sir Edward (.'arson, Lord lianfurly and a few oilier self-dubbed patriots (like The Larkin, Tom Mann and W. I. \oung) are prepared to light ioi the Lritisk Constitution f?s long as it happens to suit tkem; ami wken it ceases to suit, lead ten or titty tkousand men on Londonderry, Ireland (or Wellington, Xew Zealand) shouting ''Long Live The Iving" or "Success to the lied federation," as . their individual 'leanings cliance to be. Tke alikeness of tke actions of lied Eeuerationist Tom ioung and Yellow Pederutionist Mark Lchtor (UanfurJy) is such that no open-minded men can fail to recognise it. Ana when men who have tke advantage of education and good nurture (suck as Lord Uanfurly kas enjoyed) act in this demagogic way. tke quality of their offence is tke greater. It is time for all sane Orangemen to ask _ themselves to what pass kas tkeir institution come, and of wkat calibre are those Unionist objectors (in tke aggregate) wko are leading bravo men astray and fostering treason amongst (natural loyalists.