BELFAST VISIT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 46, 7 February 1912, Page 5

BELFAST VISIT.

A PERTINENT QUESTION

London, Feb. 6.

It is officially stated that 3500 troops will line the streets in Belfast to the Celtic Park on the occasion of Mr. Churchill’s speech. The “Times” asks Mr. Churchill if it needs 4000 troops to enable him to speak at Belfast, what force will be required to coerce Ulster to submit to Home Rule. . The Grand Orange Lodge of Belfast has requested its brethren not to interfere with the Nationalist meeting in Celtic Park. A HOPEFUL VIEW. Mr. Dillon, speaking at Rathmins. said he was convinced that it would be possible to produce a Home Rule Bill acceptable to the Nationalists and to the bulk of the Britis,h people. The Ulstermen’s tactics had greatly served the Horne Rule cause in Great Britain.

NONCONFORMIST SYMPATHY

The Rev. Sylvester Horne, in an introduction to Mrs. Jeremiah MacVeagh’s pamphlet on “Home Rule or Rome Rule,” says that a British Nonconformist cannot resist the claim for an Irish Government unless he is prepared to repudiate self-re-liance and self-control, the secret of the free churches’ strength and prosperity. ULSTER HALL NOT TO BE USED. (Received 7. 10.15 a.m.) London, Feb. 6. Beth parties have abandoned th n use of Ulster Hall.