HOME RULE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 11 April 1912, Page 5

HOME RULE.

THE ULSTER DEMONSTRATION,

-MR BONAR LAvVS SPEECH

(Press Asscx.ij.uoN. —Copy right.)

LONDON. April 10. The pio. f.ssioii included- 140,000 members of clubs and lodges,and tile three miles route was crowded with spectator,

Ihe Primate's prayer for the protection of the true religion was followed by the yirtgmtr a f t) IP h.vmn, *'o God our Help."

1 hen Sir Ldwarct Carson risked the meeting to hold up their arms iii sttlenm affirmation that they would rievet in any circumstances Jiave Home Rule.

The meeting repeated the affirmation, and after the unfurling of an immense Union Jack the crowd uncovered and sang the National Anthe..i.

Mr Bonar Law said there was no hope of the majority in the House of Commons breaking down. It had Tieeii further cemented by the. payment to members of a salary of £4OO a. vear. The Government had turned the House of Commons into a market place, btit it was unable t-o kill Ulster, which held tile key to the position. The whole history of the modern world was a movement- toward? closer union, and the British, who were the empire builders of the world, were a<-k_ed to begin the disintegration. The Unionists' policv was to restore land purchase and develop the resources of Ireland.

There was a renewed ovation when the orocesison was returning to Belfast.

Spfakinn- from the deck of the steamer Mr Bonar Ltw declared: "If Home Rule forced throucrb. God help Ulster, but heaven help the Government."