Scotland and 'Home Rule' for Ireland - August 1913

On 18th August 1913, The Scotsman newspaper published an article entitled 'How Ulster Converts Radicals'. It was made up of an introduction by a W.H. Webb of Randalstown, and two short reports from Scotsmen who decided to visit Ulster to experience the 'Home Rule' debate for themselves. Scotland of course had its own Home Rule movement around the same time (as an example, Frank Hugh O'Donnell is an interesting figure - previous post here).

The reports were by Walter Urquhart and George Munro, both of whom were described as 'Aberdeenshire Liberal Home Rulers ... leading Liberals in their respective districts'. The reports were widely reprinted in other newspapers too, the screenshots below are from the Belfast Weekly Telegraph –

A Mr G.A. Cameron of Whiteinch in Glasgow read these reports, and decided to make a similar fact-finding mission across the water. More to follow.