SENSATION AT BELFAST.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 125, 2 July 1914, Page 7

SENSATION AT BELFAST.

POLICE AND VOLUNTEERS. ARMED MEN IN THE STREETS. "Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services. (Received July 2, 8 a.m.) LONDON", July 1. The police stopped two Ulster Volunteers at Belfast carrying rifles, and wearing full uniforms. They took the volunteers ' names and addresses. Hitherto no attempt has been made to carry arms openly in the streets, and the incident has caused much excitement. - THE WORST CIVIL WAR. AMERICAN'S GLOOMY PROPHECY. Mr M 'Clure, the American publisher, who is studying the Ulster question, declares that unless Ulster be excluded there will be the worst civil war in history. A NEW DEPARTURE. FEARS FOR THE FUTURE. (Received July 12, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, July 2. The police at Belfast warned the two volunteers who were carrying arms in the streets that they would be summoned for not having licenses. Hitherto the volunteers have only borne arm# when drilling on private property, whither the rifles were carried in covr ered carts.

It is reported that General Richardson contemplates the early issue'of a general order permitting the Ulster Volunteers to earry their rifles in the streets of Belfast. It is feared that the results will be serious. THE AMENDING BILL. UNIONIST AMENDMENTS. (Received July 2, 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, July 1. In the House of Lords, during the debate on the second reading of the Amending Bill, Lord Lansdowne said that amendments will be introduced to make the exclusion of Ulster real and adequate.