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Show I; PROMPT ACTION NEEDED. By rejecting I ho government's proposal pro-posal for local self-government, indo ' pendent of Irish homo rulo, Ulster ." makes it necessary for the government ' to carry out its original programme This means that Ulster must becomo an integral part of the Ivish national gov- rrnmcnl. Only one other alternative re mains revolution. There are some indications in-dications that tho irroconsilables will carry their defiance of the British gov-ornmcnt gov-ornmcnt to the utmost limit and commit one of-the most amazing- follies in history. his-tory. The lenity or the British government 4 - must soon change to measures of repression re-pression if England is to maintain her prestige throughout the world. The , present government is compelled to think not only of the local situation in j H' n.xter, but of tho nation's welfare. 1 Jt will be remembered that nothing so B ' impaired England's military prcstigo B V ;'s her uupreparedness for the Boer war. H " Had the gigantic nature of the ap- H proaching conflict been understood in H ' ' Cughuid while the diplomatic ncgotia- H " t ouh worn in progress, the country H would lmvp been ready for a short, H ' .--hurp and successful tvar and imich mi- PH necossnrv bloodshed would have been IH prcvirntrd. H k If the home gorernmcnt now pcnuit3 H, the defiance of Ulster to proceed with- H' ;it check for a few more weeks, riot- H ing is liablo to break out not ouly in H Ireland, but iu England. Stern repressive H measures at this time are calculated to B save both countries from bloodshed. The proposal to occupy Ulster with an H Eugli.sh arni- immediately' is perhaps fl( the wiwst one that could he made at H this lime. It is possible now to carry B . out the military occupation without tho H " loss of a single life, whereas a delay H$ of a few weeks might mean a sanguin- H '' campaign. 1 " Tho Irish question h the most- acute H i1 problem which confronts tho British H ' government, but as soon as it is out H of tho way the government must take H up questions the solution of whioh will H revolutionize f-ocial and political Etig- H iaud. Tho English people are delinitcly B t'liunit tod to a dqmoerntic system and H they cannot turn back. They must fol- H low democracy to its inevitable oonelu- H Tho English people are battling H against special privilege, just as wc H are iu Ibis country, and before tho bat- H tl- ib won some of liriyland ' ancient H uiriitulions in libit disappear or undergo H a radical transformation. The bongo of H , lords is doomed. Eaoii now it is ouly H,., a temporary chuck upon the Iiouo of H loinmoiis. It cannot defy tho will of H . it' i' -umiiioiis for long, and I ho people H " Kuglaml roali.c, therefore, that it has become piactically a useless insti- H The ureal estatos of ICuglaud arc to H be brolicn up and divided aiuonu the tropic. To ;i great extent this object Hji .'Hroady 'been accompliiihod iu ire- B lit ml, and the pooplc of England will H not bo xitislicd until tho lauds ofEng- laud -no put to their bo5t utos. H i the Kuglish people am to carry out H their plans they cannot be continually i.audicapod liy tho Irish iieHliou.- For H their omi cake they must gut rid of it promptly. To permit Ulster constantly H to block tho wheel, of progress is to uhofiiiiute ' the entire nation to the H dii-lation of a dinslc province. If, thoru- H )tr, (he present govoriimcut is bin- H n-re. if it hub the courago of its cou- H Nictiqna, it will take a strong position H m tills i-ri.si?. It i-autiot afford to do B U'-f. Any we:ihnc9s under the circum-B circum-B , . Mant.-i will 1)0 fatal. The government H uuut o abend or retreat. Jf it bows H i to the dictation of Uter it has decided H to i ctrcat. If it brushes aside tho op- H position of Ulster, once for all, it has H '' ilc-idud to advanci. If there is a mid- H -lb- gruuud it is nut apparent. Consu- H . iuoiitly the world niiibt oxpuut to see H , uio very defiuito and decisive moves H ' by tho government within the next few |