HOME RULE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 5

HOME RULE.

THE BELFAST MEETING. -MR CHURCHILL'S OLIVEBRANCH. Press Association—By Tel. —Copyright. LOXDON, Jan. 25. Mr Churchill persists in Ijs visit to Belfast. Ho has written to Lord Loni dondorry informing him that while he : is determined to sneak, at Belfast, ho . , will forego the' tie of Ulster Hall : , j rather than arouse Orangemen's feel- | ings. He will bo accompanied by tho i Master of Elihank, the Hon. Alexander Murray. Many newspapers foroI cast bloodshed and riots, j Many Unionist Clubs in Ireland are i arranging to send members to Belfast ■; to prevent Mr Churchill's sreoch. ; Iho Belfast Harbour Commissioners, ! replying to 2>lv Churchill's suggestion j to insr.erb the harbour and clocks, ro- | plied that February 9th was not a| I convenient day. * j MR CHURCHILL'S .MEETING. !-, THE USE OF TROOPS. I Received 12.30 a.m.. Jan. 27th. | LONDON. Jan. 2G. j Unofficial reports si.at-3 that the ! Belfast Harbour Board desire to defer j j Mr Churchill's inspection until poli- ■ ■ Ileal feeling is calmer. j 1 "The Time?" Dublin correspondent i ; states it is understood that the Irish ! i executive arc averse to the omploy- ; ment of t:-;.0r..;, fearing that if the I \ Unionists resisted much bloodshed and ■ ! disorder rai j-ht ensue, while if they : ! yielded to "fcrco majeure' - it would ' i enable I hem to prove that Home Rule ■ : was only thrust ur-on Ulster at the ; I L .-;" o! "'.'' : ,i H ' illt - 'i'iicro a:-o still great ■ ; ns.rs if ?i : - Chun-hill sneaks elsewhere: ! than at Ulster Hall. j Mil REDMOND'S VIEWS. ! ;., i\,'" I , ! : r : rii! .- ; '''' - '!-, ,: . 1 "" a:L;c!e "■ '^'-y- ! i iiuiu .'. \-, te'rly. ' tirelarci that there is! Ino terror in Ulster ol the Orange- ! | men's threats, which are only insolent ! | bluff. They are loyal only in their j I own bigoted interests. England would ! be a nation of fools and poltroons if j ; it allowed itself tn be diverted by i ; "unpatriotic bollowings from a. groat i I policy binding Inland to tho Empire, j j Mr Churchill, in a letter to Lord ' I Londonderry, emphasised the latter's I , responsibility if rioting occurred. Still,- j | it was Mr Churchill's duty to keep his i i promise to Ulster Liberals, and assort ! the right of iroo speech. If the main i j objection was 'the use of Ulster Hall, J , ho would ask the Liberal Association j Ito choose whatever hall will least j | arouse tho ill-fosung of Orangemen. j