IRISH BOUNDARY BILL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17346, 29 September 1924, Page 10

IRISH BOUNDARY BILL.

PRINCIPLES AT STAKE. liy Telegraph—Pre*B Association—Copyright LONDON. September 27. Sir James Craig sent a letter to a Belfast demonstration, stating that Ulster was upholding principles equau important throughout the colonies, because they firmly maintained that the rights and privileges accorded to a subordinate Parliament could not be abrogated, except by the Parliament to which they were assigned. MESSAGE FROM LORD CARSON.

I Eeuter'a Telegrams. LONDON, September 26. A Unionist demonstration in Ulster in connection with the boundary question adopted a resolution expressing determination to resist, by every possible means, any attempt to drive loyal citizens from under the Union Jack without their consent. Lord Londonderry, in a speech, said that Ulster had made an advance in the hope of reaching an agreement by consenting to negotiate with the Free State., but that was as far as Ulster could go. A telegram was read from Lord Carson signed “.Edward Carson, Covenanter,” declaring that their old leader was with them heart and sou!. FIGHT TO BITTER END. Australian and IN'.Z. Cable Association. LONDON. September 27. Political excitement in Belfast ha. been accentuated by two bellicose speeches delivered in the provinces. Mr Badington, K.C., speaking ai : Derry, said that they entered the boundary tight not as a party but a: a nation under the Government’: orders. Everything done in the figli would he under disciplined order Everyone would have a place assigned to him. The Government would issi u orders and they would carry them out to the bitterest end. Mr .1. K. Gordon. Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Northern Mn istry, speaking at Newton Hamilton, said that , when visiting Liverpool he had organised three battalions ol Orangemen who were ready to assist Ulster in the forthcoming fight. “ NOT A SUPPLIANT.” .Sidney “ Sun ” Cable. LONDON, September 27. The Ulster Association has addressed a manifesto to the members of the Imperial House of Commons, in which it says: “Ulster does not come as a suppliant seeking favour, but as a loyal daughter of the Imperial household asking for justice. The manifesto recalls the rebellion of 1916 and declares that: “ While Ulster poured out blood and treasure, alongside the rest of the Empire, to ensure the triumph of right and justice, the South seized the opportunity to shoot British soldiers in Dublin, and to enter into a liaison with Germany for the overthrow of the British Em pi re.”