SIR EDWARD CARSON'S SWORD.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14917, 16 March 1914, Page 7

SIR EDWARD CARSON'S SWORD.

One hundred personal friends, dining at the Ritz Hotel, presented Sir Edward Carson with a sword, with a book of signatures attached, and a copy of the Covenant.

"SPEECH BY MR CHURCHILL. (Received March 16th, 1.20 a.m ) LONDON. March 15. Mr Churchill, speakiniz at Bradford, said agreement alone would make it worth while to recast the Home Rule Bill. The Unionists' duty was clear. If they disliked it they must agitate for a majority, when they could amend or repeal the law. The Liberate sought to allay old hatreds in Ireland, not to create new ones. He wanted to give the Irish what they wished, not to force upon them what they disliked. Mr Asquith's offer, on principle, was the last offer tho Government could or ought to make. If the Tories rejected it, it would be because they preferred shooting to voting. He was certain that the 6rst British soldier or bluejacket killed by Orangemen would raise such an exnlosion, as *ho Tories little appreciated, that would shake the foundations of society. Sir Edward Carson wae wrong on the merits of the question; history would prove him so. Sir Edward Carson thought of the Ulster Convention, which was to graciously consider the matter while the Imperial Parliament stood on tip-toe outside, waiting for the verdict. When he (Mr Churchill) looked at the situatioa as it had now unfolded,.Jje foJt that they had had about enough of this sort of thing.