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Show 15 BATTLE OF THE BOYNE 'I NOT REPEATED. That the 12th of July and the day 1 after should have passed without the Battle of the Boyne being repeated tends to prove that after all much of the outward show of the armed forces J in Ireland is purely bluff Intended to overawe the other fellow An ex- change says; "If there is one day in the year on which the blood of Irishmen is apt to boil over it it that on which the minority rejoices at its ancient victory vic-tory over the majority. For manv decades it has been the occasion for broken heads and flaming houses, but now, when Sir Edward Carson Is supposed sup-posed to be heading the most defiant band of Ulaterites ever organized for a given purpose, the day appears to have been by comparison almost safe and sane. It Is as significant as it is doubtless gratifying lo BrltiBh peo ple, many of whom have been in grave fears that loyalist rebels would choose this psychological moment for something more serious than a pyrotechnic pyro-technic display. The news that 2f.-000 2f.-000 West Scotland Orangemen have announced their opposition to Irish home rule should be rad in the light of the facts that they are Orangp men, or members of a religious or-gnnlzation. or-gnnlzation. and represent but B frac tion of Scotland's population of nearly 6.000,000. A better Indication 1 Scotland's attitude on the home rule question is its own organization and agitation for the same principle of self-government, and the number of members sent to the House of Commons Com-mons in support of Asqulth himself a Scottish Representative. Scotland is In as much need of local control of local affairs as are Ireland, ttng-land ttng-land and Wales Each suffers from the congestion in the unwleld Parliament Par-liament at Westminster and each would welcome the federal system If the Irish question were settled and the religious element eliminated from the controversy.' |