DOINGS IN BELFAST.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 86, 11 April 1912, Page 7

DOINGS IN BELFAST.

ANTI-HOME RULE DEMONSTRATION. PROCESSION THREE MILES LONG. SOLEMN AFFIRMATION. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 10th April. Tho anti-Home Rule procession at Belfast included 140,000 members of clubs and lodges, and was three miles long. The route was crowded with spectators. The Anglican Primate of All Ireland (Dr. Crozier, Archbishop of Armagh), offered prayers for the protection of the true religion. This was followed by the singing of the hymn, " God, Our Help," and then Sir Edward Careon asked the meeting to hold up hands as a solemn affirmation that it would never, under any circumstances, have Home Rule. The meeting repeated the affirmation. ' After the unfurling of an immense Union Jack, the crowd uncovered and «tng the National Anthem. Mr. Bonar Law, Leader o£ the Opposition, said that there was no hope of tho majority in the House of Commons breaking down. It had been further cemented by the payment of £400 a year to its members. The Government' had turned tho House of Commons into a. market place, but was not able- to sell Ulster, which held the key to the position. The whole history of the modern world was of a movement towards closer union. Britain, who was the greatest Empire-builder in the world, was being asked to begin a policy of disintegration. The Unionist policy was to restore land purchase and develop the resources of Ireland. The Opposition, Leader received an ova.tion on returning from Belfast, and speaking on the deck of the steamer he declared: "If Home Rule is forced through, God help Ulster but Heaven help the Government." ,