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Carson. He bought ships, purchased ammunition, and 
organised and drilled troops for the express and uncon- 
cealed purpose of opposing the British Government if it 
decided to give a complete measure of Home Rule to Ireland. 
“To the disgrace of that Government, he was allowed to 
go about his ordinary avocation unmolested. He was 
allowed to preach his sedition from one end of the country 
to the other without let or hindrance. He was permitted 
to inflame the minds of multitudes in Great Britain and 
Ireland. Why? Because he was a member of the pri- 
vileged classes of Great Britain. We know, too, that the 
very officers in the British Army threw their commissions 
in the face of the British Government rather than take part 
in putting down the rebellion which Sir Edward Carson 
was endeavouring to organise. They flaunted their com- 
missions in the face of the Government, and the Govern- 
ment said nothing, but took it as quietly as if it were a 
lamb or a sheep before its shearers.” 
Senator Lieut.-Colonel Sir Albert Gould (N.S.W.) joined 
with Senator Stewart in saying that it is deplorable that any 
British Government should have allowed people to openly 
arm themselves for the purpose of fighting it, as a certain 
section was permitted to do, just prior to the outbreak of 
the war. 
In Australia there appears to be no squeamishness 
about the enforcement of an Act of Parliament on a 
recalcitrant minority. 
The fervour of the Dominions’ response to Mr. 
Redmond’s appeal might fairly have been expected. 
But the great Republic which has heretofore abstained 
from direct interference in the question was, if possible, 
still more earnest in its demand for a settlement of 
the Irish problem on the basis of National Self- 
Government. It was, indeed, a rude awakening to 
the Unionists, who believed that Americans, apart 
from a few extremists of Irish descent, were either 
apathetic or hostile to Ireland’s claims. 
It is now nearly thirty years ago since Mr. Glad- 
stone declared that England's treatment of Ireland