A great anti-Home Rule demonstration, attended by more than 100,000
persons, was held at Craigavon, Belfast, on Saturday last. Lord Erne, who presided, made a good point in his comment on Mr. Redmond's speech to the Eighty Club. A large portion of that speech dealt with the increasing pro.. sperity of Ireland, but Mr. Redmond seemed to be unaware that all the measures which conduced to that end, with the exception of the University Bill, had been the work of the Unionist Government. Sir Edward Carson, in whose honour the meeting had been originally organized, male a strong fighting speech. He said they were not out for show but for business, and vigorously combated the Nationalist and Radical contention that Unionism was weakening in Ire- land. The direct contrary was the fact, and Ulster was never more determined than it was to-day to maintain the Union. The progress and development of the country manifested an unparalleled advance, yet this was the moment chosen by the present Government to plunge the country into disastrous strife and turmoil. Ulster loyalists had twice fought to maintain their rights as citizens of the United Kingdom ; they had twice won and would win again, though this time their adversaries were playing with loaded dice.
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