THE Belfast Twelfth demonstration this year will be held at Ballymenoch, Holywood.
Sir Edward Carson, the Marquis of Londonderry and a number of the new batch of Belfast Unionist MPs will address the gathering.
Among the resolutions to be submitted are the following: Proposed by Sir Edward Carson and seconded by Mr Samuel McGuffin, MP – ‘We demand the repeal of the Home Rule Act which has been repudiated by every party in Ireland and we confidently reassert that a Parliamentary Union is essential for the preservation of our liberties and for the security of the British Empire.’
The following was proposed by Mr Thomas Moles, MP and seconded by Mr Harry Burn, MP: ‘We trust that the Government will bring forward a scheme of reconstruction applicable to the whole of the United Kingdom which will enable all classes to work together in harmony for their mutual benefit, the prosperity of the country and the welfare of the people.’
(In the Tory-dominated post-war Parliament the strengthened Ulster Unionists, anticipating partition, demanded that Ireland and especially the six counties should be treated as an integral part of the UK. Lloyd George and Bonar Law had already asserted their opposition to ‘the forcible submission of the six counties to a Dublin Parliament against their will.’ Thus, Carson and Craig were pushing an open door.)
