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Show Text of the Measure as M Explained by Premier H Asquith H I ondon, April 11. -Tho Irish home . IH rule bill, thu third effort made by ' IH Liberal governments of tho United ' IH Kingdom in 25 years to settle the jH quaircl between Great Britain and IH Ireland, was introduced in tho house H of commons today by Premier As- ' IH Britishers nave become inuredlol H political upheavals in recent years, H so the crowded chamber that greeted jH Mr. Asquith when he nailed up tho IH home rule flag today was a special jH tribute to the historic importance of - H the occasion. IH The galleries set apart for tho dip- H lomatic corps, peers and public wero H filled to capacity while every scat in H the house was occupied and an over- IH flow of members stood in the gang- H Asquith Greeted With Cheers. ' H Premier Asquith was greeted with IH prolonged cheers from the National- l IH ihts and Liberals when he rose, to H speak The vote of Ireland, ho said. IH was preponderantly in favor of homo H rule and tiic r:ght of a relatively small ' H majority in Ulster to vote tho will H of the vast majority of the Irish peo- H pic could not bo admitted. He had always presented the case IH of home rule for Ireland as the first H step in a larger scheme of cvnlutlnn. H The separate concerns of the different H parts of the United Kingdom could, IJ he said, never be treated adequately l until they had been handed over to IH thoir special representatives. J Takes Up Story of Home Rule.,. Premier Asquith took up the nar- IH ratlve of home rule at the point at which the late William Ewart Glad- H stone left off 10 years ago. point- jH ing out that through ail the political IH changes and through peace and wnr. IH the insistence and persistence in the IH Irish demand for home rule had re- IH mained constant. I The cardinal principle of tho homo H rulo bill is, said the premier, the IH supremo authority of the imperial J parliament, while at tho same time H rcnl autonomy is conferred on Ire- lf land regarding Irish concerns. H What the Bill Provides For. jH The bill provides for the estab- IH liFhinent of an Irish parliament, of a IH senate and a house, of represents-' jH tlvcs, with power to make laws for IH peace, order and good government in w jH Ireland H The bill provides that the matters M to bo excluded from the control of the H Irish parliament are the crown, the M army and the navy, imperial affairs, ( M the Irish land purchase and the old M age pensions and national insurance H acts, the Irish constabulary, the post- M office savings banks and public loans M in addition to those included in tho H home rule bill of 1893, which left the ll customs under tho control of tho Im- jM perlal government. IH Irish Constabulary to Be Transferred. IH The Irish constabulary is to be au- H tomatlcally transferred to the Irish H government after six years, and power IH is given to the Irish parliament to jH demand the transfer of the old-ago H pensions and insurance act to its con- IH trol on giving a year's notice. H This Irish parliament Is debarred M from altering the home rule bill or H the power to appeal to the privy coun- IH Provision is made for the protec- H tion of religious equality and stlpu- H lnting that the Irish parliament can- ' jH not make laws, directly or Indirectly, IH to establish or to endow any rellg- IH Ion or to prohibit thov free exercise H thereof or to give a preterenco or H privilege to any religion or to mako H any religious coremony a condition o" H validity of anv marriage. 1 IH Lord Lieutenant to Have Power to ' IH Veto. H Tho lord lieutenant of Ireland is to ( H liavo the power to veto or suspend any , H bill on the Instruction of the imperial H executive. H Anv question regarding tho inter- H prctation of the homo rule bill Is to H be settled by appeal to the judicial tH committee 01 the privy council. IH The Irish senate Is to consist of 40 H membeis and tho house of represcnta- IH tlves of 164. of which Ulster is .to H have 5Ii and the Universities two. IH The sonatc is to be composed of IH nominated members. IH In the first instance tho imponal M exccutlvo Is to control tho nomlna? H Uons with a view to assmriug tho jH representation of tho minority. IH Nominations for a Fixed Term. H The nominations aro to be for a jl fixed term and as tho members re- jl tire by rotation the vacancies will bo IB filled by the Irish executive, In case H of serious disagreement, tho houses M aro to sit in joint session. The lord H lieutenant is to bo head of tho er.ccu- H tivc There "a 111 be no religious bar H and ho avIH hold office for a fixed , jM term. Tho authority of the executive , H is to bo co-extcnsivc with that of tho H Irish parliament The 164 rcproacnta- IH tives are to be elected by the existing H constituencies, but no constituency It . jH to have loss than 27,000 population. JjM Taxes to Go Into Imperial EX- IH chequer. H The collection of all laxes Is to ro- H main in the imperial servico and they m will be paid Into tho imporlnl 'osJ- . m chequer, which Is to pav over to tho m Irish executive an amount equivalent H to the expendllurr- on Irish services H nl the time of the passinc of Ihc act. H An additional $2,500,000 i& to be paid J JM (Continued on Pago Eight.) H (Continued From Page One ) to Ireland the first year and this will diminished by $250,000 yearly until it is roduced to $1,000,000. The postal services ser-vices are to bo handed ovor to Ireland. Ire-land. Tho Irish parliament is to have power to reduce or to discontinue the imperial taxes, excepting the income tax and Ihc Btamp and estate duties It will also have power to alter the excise duties, but, except in the case of beer and spirits, it Is debarred from adding to the customs duties anything which will givo a greater increase in-crease than ton per cent. The Irish representation at Westminster is to he 4L members, one for every 100,000 of population oo |