IRISH HOME RULE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 87, 11 April 1912, Page 5

IRISH HOME RULE.

OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION' AT BELFAST. ENTHUSIASTIC PROCEEDING S'. London, April 10. The Home Rule protest procession included 140,000 members of clubs and lodges, and was three miles long. The route was crowded with spectators. The Primate’s prayers for the proof true wor° tnllo ' by the singing of “Oh, God, Our Help.” Then the Right Hon. Sir . ill. Carson asked the meeting to hold up their hands in solemn affirmation that never under any circumstances would they have Home Rule. ■ • The meeting replied in the affirmative. After unfurling an immenseJJnion Jack the crowd uncovered and sang the National Anthem. /, Mr. Bopar Law said there, was nc hope of a majority, of the House of Commons breaking down. The Government, he said, had turned the House of Commons into a market place, hut were unable to sell Ulster, whichuheldf thq key to the pos;-: tion. The whplq.Jiis#o#y of.'tjie modern world was a movement towards closer union’ 'with ■ Great' ’Biritajilp'who ■ wevt ■ the empire builders of the' world, and were asked to begin disintegration. The Unionist policy was to restore land purchase . , and , develop thq resources of Irelaikl. ’' There was a renewed ovation to Mr Bonar Law on his r returning to’ Belrast. Speaking from the deck of ,tne steairier, he declared that if Horne Rule were forced through; “God help Ulster, but heaven help the Government !”