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Show jS!R EDWARD CARSON: CALLED DICTATOR. i ; A remarkable pen-picture of Sir Edward Carson, the leader of the; I unionist "revolt" against home rule L in Ulster, who in a short time has be- come one of the most talked of and powerful men in the United Klng- dom, is contributed to the London . Graphic by Philip Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs, who as a descriptive "journalist has made for himself a k place something like that of the late G. W. Stevens, says in part: '"Sir' Edward Carson is the dictator ol Ulster. The people of L'stcr, -apart from that Catholic f minon'V who on half-hoiidays may ' '' I hang Wm in effigy on street' lamp A posts, are puppets who dance when he pulls the strings. At the word i "Go" tro hjm ''they would advance pt quick step to any kind of danger, folly, arid death. He can play upon their emotions as upon a fiddle with more than five strings, with fifty or a l Umitcfinf Rfrinc.q nincked f p t ' y t V 1 u If 11 i 1 :t i ii.v-'"'-- ---o- i , from tb)r heart E, and ready to quiver at the sound of that deep persuasive voico of his. He holds their hearts in the hollow of his hand. "Uf: lias put a spell upon them. They have a kind of worship for him, as a deini god, a superman, master of their fate, champion of their rights. , For a week their clamorous enthusiasm haB rolled up to him in waves of J Hoarse shouts and cheers, as ho has gone like a conquering hero (anticipating j V rlclory .nd accepting his laurels in advance) on a triumphal progress." j f V |