THE ULSTER CRISIS.

Mataura Ensign, 2 July 1914, Page 5

THE ULSTER CRISIS.

WORST CIVIL WAR."

AN AMERICAN OPINION.

BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. Received July 2, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, July 1, 'Mr Maelure, the American publisher, who is studying the Ulster question, declares-that unless Ulster is excludedfrom, the Home Rule Bill there will •be the worst civil' war in history.

THE CARRYING OF ARMS.

Received July 2, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, July 1. The police stopped two Ulster Volunteers in Belfast who iwere carrying rifles' and wearing .full uniform and took their names and addresses.

Hitherto no attempt has been made to carry arms openly in. the .streets and the incident has caused a sensation.

SERIOUS RESULTS FEARED

|BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received Julv 2, 9.40 a.m.. LONDON, July 1. The^ police in Belfast warned two Ulster Volunteers who were carrying arms in the streets of Belfast that they would Ibe summoned for not having a license. Hitherto the volunteers have only borne arms when drilling on private property, the rifles being carried in covered carts.

( It is reported that LieutenantGerierai Sir George Richardson- (General' Officer Commanding the Ulster Volunteers) contemplates the 'early issue of a general order permitting Ulster Volunteers-to carry rifles in the streets of Belfast. It i s feared, that the results will ,be serious.

Captain Craig, M.P., at a meeting addressed by Sir Edward Carson at Banbndge, County Down, lately, disclosed the identity of the General Officer Commanding the Ulster Volunteers. He is Lieutenant-General Sir George L. Richardson, K.C.8.,wh0 saw active service •'in' Afghanistan and Jigypt, including Tel-el-Kebir, and commanded divisions in. China and India. Sar George .entered the Army in 1866 and retired in ICOB. He is 66 years of age. Sir George, addressing the meeting, expressed his pleasure at the magnificent turnout of the volunteers. The ■very essence of' their efficiency was discipline, drill, a knowledge of their rifle and how to use it. These factors would be very useful when the rally sounded. He knew the inconvenience to which many of them had been put. but the general conditions called for self-denial

THE AMENDINC BILL..

Received July 2, 11.40 a.in LONDON, July I. , In the House of Lords, in the debate on the second reading of the Home Rule Amending Bill, the Marquis* of Lansdowne (Leader of the Opposition) said that amendments would be intro- - duced to make the exclusion of Ulster real and adequate.