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Show 0 HIE RULE FOR m mm urn j THE BATTLE CRY ? Jh All-Impbrtant Measure Intro- ': I duced by Premier Asquith 1 in the British House . G of Commons. JS tt QN'DOIw, April 11. In a speech laat-I laat-I Inp nenrly tweo hours and described E 8 i by old ,parllp-!ncntarlnna hh the moat H masterly In recent years, tho prime m mlnlstor today Introduced in the ' m houae of comments the homo rule bill, K which 'tears the official title, "The Gov-H Gov-H ernment of Ireland Bill." if M This Is tho third attempt of the Libel Lib-el Part' t0 "ottlc the Irish question, heB which caused HnruptIon or tho party un-f un-f trtH cler Gladstone und kept them out of 1,1 power nearly twenty years. Mr. As-0J As-0J Oulth'fl bill mfce with support from prac-0lj8j prac-0lj8j tlcally all the Iilberals and Laborlles and ufli hotn sections of the Nationalists the I. . cjwj Redmondltes npd O'Brienltes. j fM The UnlAnhsds, of course, opposed 'It 1 tB nnd the UlnterHLps, through their spokea- juK man. Sir EdW4r.d Carson, made It clear Ij ym that they objeot to a parliament In any l! LlR form in Ireland. BITlQ houHc was crowded when the, prime minister aroso to the cheers of his supporters. sup-porters. Every seat on the floor and In llio ftallcrles was occupied and standing room was at a. premium. Among the apectiUorrt was tho American embnsRa-dor. embnsRa-dor. "Whltolaw Rold, who, according to one of tho London newspapers, "represented "repre-sented twenty-two million Irishmen." The premier wns supported hy Ills cabinet cab-inet and hacked by full benches of Liberals, Lib-erals, Laborltes and Nationalists. He 1M ppont an hour reviewing previous bills m nnd tho changes that have come over tho 8 situation since Gladstone's last effort to S settle the question, and then took up his 1 own bill, which Is divided Into four parts I the legislative power of tho now Irish 1 parliament. Its executive power, finances I and the position of Ireland after the grant w of homo nile. jX Explains the Bill. ' ffi The object of the government, ho cx-jgg cx-jgg plained, was to give Ireland with re-Si re-Si gard to Irish affairs real autonomy, sub-Bj sub-Bj Ject only to such safeguards as the peculiar circumstances of the case required. re-quired. After an appointed day Ireland Is to have a parliament consisting of the king, a senate and a house of commons to make laws for the peace and good government of Ireland. Care, however, has been taken-to safeguard the Interests Inter-ests and susceptibilities of tho minority by the apportioning of nearly one-third of the membership of the commons lo Ulster. It Is recognised that the majority In tho commons' will bo liberal, but the proposal for a nominated senate has met with some criticism. The contlnua- j tlon of forty-two Irish members at j Westminster also meets with consldera- blc opposition. j Chief Interest In tho bill centered In the financial arrangement. Premier Asquith pointed out that the Irish revenue reve-nue for 1012-13 l. estimated at illO,-S40.00I) illO,-S40.00I) (Sol.20U.000), while the expenditure expendi-ture for Irish services amounted to 12,-350,000 12,-350,000 (SG1.750.000). Pending the .time when that deficit could be converted Into a surplus, the collection of all taxes with certain exceptions has been retained as an Imperial service. The bill will Impose Im-pose on the Irish parliament the obligation obli-gation to pay all Irish services except reserved sendees, which would continue an Imperial charge until transferred. Revenue Provisions. Every year there would he transferred from the Imperial to the Irish exchequer a sum representing the cost to tho United Kingdom of the Irish services at tho passing of the act, the cost to he determined by a board of five, two of whom are to be appointed by England, two by Ireland and the chairman by the crown. That would be the first revenue of the Irish government; tho second would bo the Irish postal revenue and an additional sum Is to be paid to Ireland. Ire-land. ?a. i"00,000 the first year, and a losser amount each ycur until It Is reduced re-duced to 51,000,000. The premier went fully Into tho question ques-tion of financial returns and Irish representation repre-sentation at Westminster, which ho con sidered Just, as tho Imperial parliament would continue to tax the whole United Kingdom. At tho conclusion of tho premier's speech there was a tilt between him and Mr. Law over the lattor's statement at Belfast that the government had sold the constitution In order to hold office, a statcmont which, the premier Bald, was a new style of argument in British politics. poli-tics. Sir Edward Carson, who followed tho premier, declared It waa the plain duty of the Unionists to oppose tho hill, while John Redmond gave tho measure warm support. John Eedmond's Speech. During the debate in tho house of commons, com-mons, John Redmond, the Nationalist leader, admitted that a section of Irishmen Irish-men favor separation, but they were the smallest section and If Ireland should be given tho management of Its own affairs af-fairs this small section would disappear. Ho said that the safeguards were adequate, ade-quate, with a nominated senate and a veto by the Imperial parliament. It was Idle to say the safeguard of tho Imperial veto was humiliating, when every one of tho self-governing colonics was subject to it. Ho considered the bill better on tho wholo than the bills of 18SC and 1803. In conclusion ho said: "This is a great measure and I welcome wel-come IU The bill will be submitted to the Irish national convention and I shall without hesitation recommend to tho convention con-vention acceptance of the bill. T believe be-lieve this bill will result In greater unity and strength to the empire and will end suspicion and dissatisfaction In Ireland and suspicion and dissatisfaction In this country with regard to Ireland." James Ramsay MacDonald, welcomed the bill on behalf of the L-inor party, especially In view of the hint thrown out by the premier that home rule would be extended to other sections of tho country. He believed the measure would Increase the stability of the British empire em-pire and make Ireland one of Its most peaceful ond prosperous oorners. William O'Brien, leoder of tho Independent Inde-pendent Nationalists, thought the bill provided a large and generous measure of administrative home rulo and purelv local U-glsIatlvo power, although It did not offer anything in the remotest decree de-cree approaching national Independence. Ho congratulated the government on Its determination to complete the land purchases pur-chases under Imperial auspices. Trouble for Kipling". Special Cablo to The Tribune. LONDON. April 11 J. Martin, M. P.. today gave notice that he will ask the attorney general If he intends to prose-cuto prose-cuto Rudyard Kipling for the offense of fodltlon growing out of his verses entitled en-titled "Ulster," and whether he Intends to prosecute the publishers of the verses and the printers who set up the type. The poem was a bitter denunciation of home rulo. upholding I'lstcr opposition to the measure. The reward for Ulster's faith was pictured as: "To murder done by night. To treason taught by day, To folly, Floth and spite. And we are thrust away." Mr. Martin declnred Kipling was clearly clear-ly guilty of sedition, as were those who had any part In giving publicity to the verHes. |
