HOME RULE

Temuka Leader, Issue 7570, 26 May 1914, Page 1

HOME RULE

S ( J LT I .', J I UA J v i-T -I AKI •} 11. I WJIITV THU DILI. J’AFSUS, j TUN DON, May -25. 1 It is understood that Uu; ■niovvinunl-i of tin- Irish Conslabulai'v are a precaution in view ot possible outbreaks when the Home Rule Dill leaves the .House of Commons. i The Roman Catholic priests are urg* big the members of their Hocks to altslain from holding proc.snous and lighting bonfires to celebrate the passing of the Mill. , Large consignments of ammunition have I,(vn landed in Lister during the past fori night. j MOTH FIDUF iIMUa’A-UINO. j LON DON, May -Jo. | Tremendous tension prevails in Ll- - and it is fcare'd that tin- rival 'volunteer armies will come into col- ' Hsion on Tuesday evening, when the j Home Rule Full is passed in the House of Commons -under the 'Parliament I Act. j Doth armies are feverishly pivpafin|-j. \ and aiv fully supplied w ith arms and 'ammunition for active service. J'iity 'motor cars distributed rides in the 1 evening from County Down lo various i centres. A l Fermanagh two hundred ; Covenanters were out all night, Innu'd--Img certain houses. Police on bicycles

unsuccessfully attempted to trace the iii.itors, lint (he numbers of the cars wi.-i'c changed, and in sonic cases the numbers of Nationalists’ cars were, silbsl Ruled. ORDI-'.RF TO I LSTHRAIL-N'. l-'.vcrv commander of a Covenanter Regiment lias received an order reading as follows ; “In view of On; possibility of Nationalisl rowdyism on the passing l of

the Home' Rule ’Mill, commanders am authorised lo take whatever steps thev deem advisai.il;’ to maintain peace, and to prevent disloyal proj cessions, the burning of bonfires, or I displays taking place in Unionist t, r:fTore throughout their command.” ADP UAL TO ‘MIHT.ISH TRAIH, ■UNIONS. The “Covenanter,” the, ollicial organ of tin- Unslermen, contains an appeal, signed |,y I lie ollieiaLs of various societies in Hie North of Ireland, to fellow trade unionists of HrUain lo asIsist , the-n in the crisis, assuring them that I lie democracy of Ulster is the soul and body of the Ulster movement. RILL -MAY MU RUAD TO-lUW. ! LONDON, May 25, An urgent Liberal Whip message intimates that in view if the unceilainly of future proceedings an early attendance on Monday is imperative.. It adds that there is a'-fmssibilit\» of the third reading of the .Home Rule Rill being taken forthw ah. FUNDS FROM AM.KIMCA. LONDON, May 25. Irish ■Amei-iegiis have promised X2H, til);) for guns, ammunition, and uniforms for the. Nationalist volunteers. It is (dlieialiy staled that the Nationalists fear that AnvaUiran support will be diverted to the Parliamentary! funds. .'■vpF.CIAL MF.F/ITNC OF CAMISKT. A hurried meeting of the Cabinet Was held on Saturday lo deal, it is supposed, wilh Monday’s procedure in the House of Commons arising out of Thursday’s scene.