SIR EDWARD CARSON

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8783, 13 July 1914, Page 7

SIR EDWARD CARSON

GREETED BY THOUSANDS PRIVATE MEETING OF PROVISIGNAL GOVERNMENT. VOLUNTEERS ENCIRCLE ULSTER HALL. By Telegraph—Proaa Association— Copyright (Received: July 11, 2.40 p.m.) LONDON, July 11. Sir Edward Carson was enthusiastic* ally welcomed at Belfast. Armed volunteers gave him a military salute. Ho was greeted by a crowd of many thousands of his followers. Sir Edward was accompanied fly the Right Hon. Walter Long, Unionist M.P., with whom ho walked through a double file of volunteers armed with rifles. They drove in Captain Craig’s motor oar, the front of which was adornedi ivith a huge horseshoe in orange-col-oured flowers and Union Jacks. Tho meeting of the Provisional Government in Belfast was held in puivato. Four hundred armed volunteers oncircled the Ulster Hall. There were delegates present from all parts of Ulster, representing all classes of tho community. The Duke of Abercorn, Lord Londonderry, and tho Ulster Unionist members of Parliament were also present. There wore only a few police un evidence. ' Tho Provisional Government adopted a resolution leaving to Sir Edward Carson and tho Executive to say when and what decisive action should _ be taken without again calling tho, delegates together. „ Sir Edward Carson said the Government’s behaviour was most unsatisfactory. Something should be done td compel it to make up its mind.