Show HOME RULE IN CLIMAX REACHED IN FIGHT THAT HAS TORN IRELAND FOR YEARS ireland has striven tor for home auls without a moments cessation ever since the irish parliament was abolished and the legislative union of great britain and ireland was proclaimed on january 1 1801 in the years that have passed since that date the agitation has gone on under various borms forms pacific and violent led by such patriots as daniel 0 connell william smith obrien charles sewart parnell odonovan rossa and michael davitt to mention only a few ew of the more prominent these were succeeded by the Red monds i Ile healas healys alys who are in the forefront 0 of the movement today the patriotic movement was cassup 0 sup pressed time after time by coercion acts passed by the british pani ament only to take another form TO thin molly maguires the young ireland party ae he land league and the national league were all irish political socio ties which had their day thousands oi of irish nationalists nation aliss ed terms of imprisonment tor for their participation in the fight for legislative independence from great hundreds flun dreas were excited many 0 of them proceeding to the united sates the agitation sometimes took on the aspect of extreme violence as when lord frederick cavendish the chiet chief secretary tor for ireland and T H H permanent secretary creary se were as by on may 6 1882 in phoenix park dublin the parliamentary fight tor for home rule was waged tor for many decades and gave rise to extraordinary scenes in the usually staid british parliament often bringing about the expulsion oi of members and the stoppage ot of ness the first effort of the british government to meet the demand lor for irish I 1 home om rule was made by the late william wili ewart gladstone when premier in 1886 the bill was rejected afier its introduction had brought about a great split in the liberal party which caused the cession of joseph chamberlain and other liberal leaders who since on irish questions have aced ac ed with the conservative party since then several irish home homa rul rule lii ls have been introduced by liberal cral gov lisments ein Lin ments and the last one passed the house of commons but was rejected by the house of lords this lead to the passage three years ago of the tha parliament act under the provisions of which any bill ant t an appropriation bill rejected by the house of lords becomes automatically a law on pa ija sug the house of commons in three successive sessions the present agitation has been in mainly brought about by the pra practical cical certainty of premier irish home rule bill becoming law without the consent of the house of lords sir edward carson Is at the head bead of he agitation against home bome rule and among th the e unionists of 0 ulster lie he and several other leading men took the inta i tive in organizing an army of ulster volunteers to resist the introduction of home rule for ireland in its entirety T they bey insisted that ulster should be left out of its operation the ahle point at issue in ireland is the reli religious jious one out cut of a total population oi of about approximately are protestants ol of various denominations 1 most of these are found in the tour four ulster counties ot of londonberry londonderry London berry antrim armagh i ana down the other five counties of ulster are predominantly catholic As ab a matter of fact ulster returns seven teen nationalists and only sixteen un zionists to parliament theis is considerable difference be tween the people of the easte eastern rn pa part rt of ulster and those ot of tue lie rest delre ofa ire land many of the Ulster ites are de ans of ID english inglish glish settlers sent seat there by cromwell to fostier foster the agriculture and industries of ireland ai berhe had subdued alie connay coun ay iy others are descendants of scottish covenant ers noi no all the protestants ot of ireland are against again st hom erule 1 par nell hell himself was a protes an |