ULSTER ANARCHY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 664, 29 April 1914, Page 5

ULSTER ANARCHY.

AUTHORITY OV THE LAW. TO BE VINDICATED. THE SMUGGLED ARMS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—CopyrigJit London, Monday. Mr Asquilh informed the House cf Commons to-day that in view of the grave and unprecedented outrage of Thursday last in Ulster, the Government would take without delay appropriate steps to vindicate the authority of the law and to protect the King's officers, servants and subjects in the exercise of their duties and

the enjoyment of their legal rights. Answering Colonel Chaloner, Unionist member for Abrecromby, Mr Asquith said that instructions to the Howitzer Battery to prepare the guns for active service on March 20th,were issued under a misapprehension. Ninety-six questions were asked Mr Asquith, a record. He stated that the police had informed the Government in December that the depots in Ulster were in danger of attack. Cabinet met to decide what steps shall bs taken to vindicate the law. The Army Annual Bill has been read a second time in th 9 House of Lords. Earl Crewe, answering Lord Lansdorone, said that it was rot the Government's intention to move the troops in Ireland, but that would de-

pend upon circumstances. It was reported yesterday that three regimeat3 had been ordered from the Curragh camp to Ulster. This ig now denied, but much activity prevails at the Curragh camp. There was renewed activity on Sunday night between Bangor and Newtownards, County Down, 50 motors transporting rifle 3 and ammunition

It is now stated that there are no more than a dozen rifles in a single placa, making police raids impossible.

A small steamer has been detained at Ayr. It is alleged that she assisted in the gunrunning. Th 9 Westminster Gazette saya that the Government must ignore the suspicions of the loyalty of the Army and Navy and.proceed on the assumption that it has the power and can use it. If any disaffection or disobedience such as would cause serious embarrassment arises, let the Government dissolve and appeal to the electors against anarchy. GUN-RUNNING FOR ULSTER. EXPERIENCE OP THE'^FANNY. THREE WEEKS AT SEA. Received this day, 9.5 a.m. London, Tuesday. For three weeks the three hundred ton steamer Fanny tramped the high seas with a cargo of munitions, with out ship's papers, and according to international law was a pirate. She carries an Ulster captain. ' When the Danish authorities retained the ship's papers, the Fanny, under cover of a fog, slipped to sea and ran for a Norwegian port to ascertain whether the purpose of the cruise had leaked uut. From the newspsparj it was learned the Danish Government had placed the authorities on the qui vive. During a storm the sidelight was smashed. tihe entered Yarmouth reads to replace the light and get tobacco, but not as tliG Fanny. Twice she changed her name, first to Bertha, then to Dorothy. Twice she was re-psinted, and made other disguising alterations. THE CARGO TRANSHIPPED.. Received this day, 10.15 a.m. London, Tuesday. Someone left the ship and proceeded to London and got in touch with the Ulßter authorities. From Yarmouth lha steamer proeeded across the channel and steamed for the French coast, and thencs {o Lundy, where she was re christened and re-disguised, but was considered unsafe to approach the Ulster coast. Hence the Mountjoy was manned with a picked crew and met the Fanny a hundred miles south of Tuscar. The vessels lashed together, and the cargo was transhipped without displaying lights. At dawn the vessels parted and met again at nightfall in Cardigan Bay and completed the task. The Mountjoy made for Lame. One night a cruiser within a few miles played a searchlight, but dountlees regarded her as a harmless collier.