HOME RULE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 32, 1 October 1912, Page 5

HOME RULE.

NATIONALISTS AND PROTESTANTS IN CONFLICT. London, September 30. At the conclusion of the Ulster Day celebrations in Moy, Tyrone, a con-; ilict occurrod between the Nationalist and Protestant processions. It lasted for an lionr. Stones, bottles and ic~ volvers were used. The police were overpowered, and two of them serious]y injured. Th© police returned to tne barracks and obtained weapons. A bayonet charge followed, and there were a number of casualties. THE COVENANT. The full text of the Covenant is as follows: —- “Reing convinced in our consciences; that Home Rule would bo disastrbiisl to the material well-being of Ulster as well as to the whole of Ireland, sub-, versive of civil and religious freedom, destructive of our citizenship, and perilous to the unity of the Umpire, wo men of Ulster, loyal subjects of the King, humbly relying upon the God whom our fathers in the days ol stress and trial confidently trusted, hereby' pledge ourselves to this solemn covenant in this time of threatened calamity. '“Wo shall stand, one with another, defending for ourselves and onr children, our cherished position of on mil citizenship in the United Kinguom, and using all means that may be ionnd necessary to defeat the present conspiracy to sot up a Homo Rule Parliament in Ireland. “In the event of such a Parliament being forced upon ns, wo further solemnly mutually pledge ourselves to refuse to recognise its authority, in sure confidence that God will defend the right.” SELF GO VER WENT. “NEVER GIVE UP DEMAND.” London, September 30. At a Homo Rule at Mob ill several thousand Nationalists passed a resolution never to give up the demand for self-government until it was conceded. ULSTER UPRISING SPONTANEOUS ) ■ . (Received 1 ,11.30 a.m.) New Yo rk, September 30. | Lord Claude Hamilton. Unionist M.P. for Kensington South, in an interview, said lie was willing to participate in an armed opposition against Home Rule. No political _ partv was fomenting the Ulster uprising. He believes the movement was ‘-ololy a spoil tan-eons action of the Ulster pcoph' themselves.