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Carson in belfast •:. enthusiastic: reception. (By Electric Telegraph— Cop yrignt.) (Per Press Association.) LONDON, March 21. „. ■ Sir Edward Carson had an enthusiastic reception at Belfast and was wel* icomed by a fusilade of revolvers. < . ... He ..-proceeded to Cartigayon escort ed by a bodyguard of 200 volunteers. NATIONALIST VOLUNTEERS. A parade of Nationalist volunteers is arranged at Londonderry, for Sunday . - Two hundred of the Cornwall Regiment have arrived .at Newry. -..■ The Ulster leaders are conferring, ar Carrigavon. , CARSON'S MANIFESTO. ',- Sir Edward Carson in a manifesto appeals to his followers to maintain calm .and peam; . . - There is nightlong 1 activity at Belfast headquarters. - Stores and documents have, b e en removed to an unVonwn destination. . Troops arrived at Omag-h,. Armagh. RESERVISTS SUMMONED FOR - SERVICE. LONDON. March io. Naval reservists in Ulster have been summoned for duty next week. The notification has paused excitement in view of the threatened action of volunteers consisting* of picked men called up on ..Thursday night. A PROFOUND SENSATION. The, news of Sir Edward 'Carson's hastened, departure created asensaiion at Belfast It is estimated that three . thousand in Belfast are ready to take the field at an hour's notice and 30,006 will he ready in. six hours. ■ , ■ ULSTERMEN.'S SELF-RESTRAINT. LONDON, March 21. The Times says that many moder ate Liberals. in the House of Commons are perfectly ready to agree to some variation of the rigid time limit. Correspondents at Belfast -agre c as to the splendid self restraint of ih'e people. ; Sir Edward Carson's efforts are directed to preventing possible 1 outbreaks among- all the disciuiinr.d youths. . . The situation is critical owing to the suspense over- the next move. Twenty-five thousand troops me available in Ireland. Sir R. Paget is in icommaad. The principal regiments involved in 1 the resignations are the Fifth and 1 6th Lancers, and 4th Hussars composing 3rd Brigade under Genera] Kearsley. All regiments in Ulster are English under Count Gleichen. Two torpedoers, .landed 150 soldiers at C^rrickfergus Castle from Dublin, ■'■."■."•■■;■ ■ ■■■■■■■;.•■■... The Press Association states thif volunteers, are guarding Craigavon armed with rifles and bayonets and ball cartridges. v . .. ■■'>.■■.■ . They .stood at the salute as the' Dor setshire regiment passed,- and many Dqrsetsliir.es returned the icornplimsnt. ; Mr Redmond in th c .interests of ■; the Nationalist cause, insists . on the aban donment of the- Derry- parade , Mr :Churchill .visited Colonel Seely, and the. latter declares that. appropriate measures „w,ill. be taken to, deal with I officers resigning ... . . •-•■■..• .Mr Asquith believes that th e : G uvci-n ment.. has. /succeeded, in limiting-, the area of resignations. , The Morning Post doclares that the .Unionists must insist on the reinstvee ment of officers witKout loss '6f sci JorJty. . . , ... .... Ten rounds of: ammunition- h;ivc beeji served to every officer m pui-.- ■■ ragh • where the ,15th Lancers, find 4th, Hussars, are armed with., carabines t'n-.. steal of the usual lance, and swofdv. . Five o cers of the Hundred/ and. sth. j Yorkshire Light Infantry have embark; ■ed at Kingstown for the. north. ... -• * The guards ; at Londonderry -'have • been trebled and ball cartridges serv-« cd,-; .'• ;\ . ." : , -■ ■ ' I The movement or troops is regM'-d; ed in home Unionist xircles -as fcicj shadowing- an. attemi?t tQ disarm I^e! volunteers. . V s I •It is stated that the police have! planned a simultaneous raid ..•< ai the! arms in various, districts. \ Military are stationed 5 at" centres ccn\ veiwent: for, "dealing with any r«.*~isl-j ante I.'.1 .'. ; ■"■ ' ■' x ". ' " ":■• ."'■'/" \,"- 1 V The'raids' on the pther ; hand arevde-! nuding the Belfast- troops. '■ ' ' ;. . ; : Concentration : -with 'war * material at Holy'wobd isinterpteted that it is easier to defend stores there, against* posi-ble volunteer raids 7* th an in ' crbwdc d lielfak. ■■ '■:■ ■'■- ■ ■"'■'■ ;■■/■ - : -•■■ •■■ ■■ -. thousand voluntfters have been 'enrolled, 'many inhabitant^ of.^Eriniskilleh waving- the 'Union J^ck rousing-ly Avelcomed two hundn-d 'of the Cornwalls. '" - •: ' ; ]'. Another' draft-.ha^ reached Newry, where the troops have not :. : be-Gii- :s-la-tioiried for eight years. •: : The sentries at Elrington barr.3 -kV have . been ■•trebled- - kit ' thg , fi rsf ti me sinice the abortive Fenian 'rising in the-" Sixties.-- / ■ ■■- ■■.^'^' ■< ,