The Ulster Problem.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12, 5 May 1914, Page 5

The Ulster Problem.

SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS. THE RECENT GUN-RUNNING. [By Electric Telegraph- Copyright] |United Prebu AttßuoxAJi<»N.j London, May 3. Mr Sydney Low, author and journalist, in an article in the Daily Mail, states that a preliminary to federation should be a constitutional convention, representing the best legal administrative talent in the country. But it is necessary first for the Irishmen to settle the terms on which Ireland will enter the new union. If they could get Mr Redmond, Mr Devlin, Sir Edward Carson, Lord Londonderry, Lord Dunraven, Mr O’Brien, and tneir various lieutenants in the same room, probably they would make a much more satisfactory joi) of the Irish Constitution than the Imperial Paliameut could. Meanwhile colonial precedents show that the way can only bo paved by the exclusion of Ulster until Ulsterasks for the right of entry. Mr Frederic Harrison, leader in England of the Positivists, in a letter, suggests the maintenance of Ireland as a national unit by constituting the Ulster members, until the Imperial Parliament otherwise determines, a standing permanent committee for the whole control of all matters affecting Ulster, whether executive, financial, or legislative. THE FANNY DISCOVERED AND RELEASED. (Received 8.5 a.in.) Berlin, May 4. Two destroyers searched a ship, which was under repair and suspected of espionage, off Tehmarn Island. The vessel had a Russian name on the bows and a Dutch name astern, both painted over. It transpired that the vessel was the Fanny occupied in gunrunning. The Fanny was subsequently released. MOUNT JOY’S CARGO. TROUBLE WITH THE CREW. (Received 8.50 a.m.) London, May 4. The Mount Joy, after landing her arms, went to Hamburg. Six members of the crow return co Loitlii The men belong to various parts of Ulster, and state that >vhen they did not know that the vessel was engaged in gun-running. They were debarred from communicating " with their families, and threatened to mutiny unless allowed to send money to their wives. . The., guns and ampruuition were valued at between £90,000 t and £IOO,OOO. There are no marks to indicate the makers of the bayonet's and the ammunition. The Mount Joy knocked about in the -.lrish Sea for fourteen days waiting signals to land.