27 JANUARY 1912, Page 18

On Tuesday night meetings were held in twenty-one towns. Sir

Edward Carson was the principal speaker at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, and dealt trenchantly with the visit of Mr. Churchill to Belfast, "the most provocative speaker in the whole party, going in the most provocative circumstances to a place where the words of his own father are still ringing in the ear." Mr. Walter Long, who spoke at New Brighton,

read a message of sympathy and support from Mr. Balfour' We are delighted to see bow earnestly the Unionist leaders are throwing themselves into the good work of defending the Union. Home Rule can never win save through ignorance. Make the electors understand what Home Rule really means and they are certain to reject it.