Show ASURE TO MOVE IMPROVE IRISH 60 V redmond insists that officers shall be elective rather than namin nominative active london feb 14 following closely upon his announcement yester yesterday dai of the intention of the government to introduce a measure to improve the government ot of ireland augustine bir rill chief secretary for ireland gave formal notice today that a bill to establish nn an irish council and for other purposes connected the therewith reith would be introduced thus is the liberal government keeping its 10 promise to the nationalists to place irish legislation to the fore front of the presen session of parliament one of the most difficult details facing the government was whether the tile council should be elected or nominal rd pd in the original draft of this bill an entirely nominative body was proposed pose d but john redmond the irish leader rejected this as useless and a proposal which he and the other leaders could not support the bill of which mr air birrel barrell hag bas given notice will provide for a council in which me the elective element will predominate A number of nominative members are retained in order to placate the liberals who are opposed to an entirely representative body it is understood also that this council will have extensive administrative istra tive powers but its right to legislate will be limited this abi feature has been accepted by the irish leaders nothing definite Is known as to the amount of financial control to be entrusted to the council but to satisfy irishmen this will have to be large there Is 13 no doubt that the tle powers now centered in numerous boards controlling the administration of ireland will be handed over to the council the measure was a subject of much speculation in the lobbies of the house of commons tonight A large majority of the members are ignorant of the intentions of the cabinet and the lend leal era who have been taken into the governments confidence are pledged to secrecy speaking in the house this evening mr fr birrell barrel said the question of the restoration of evicted tenants tenant 3 to their homes was ot of primary import importance anco and brooked no delay he referred to the action of lord clanricarde Clan ricarde in refusing to tenants on his estates anil hinted that it would be quite justifiable take tahe over the administration of these estates in cor elusion clu slon the chi cli e ct i secretary for ireland pledged the government to tako take effective measures ifie asure to secure the reinstatement of evicted tenants th the house then discussed an amendment in favor aut l reinstating evicted tenants mr birrell spoke again and avid promised measures satisfactory to the irish party he ile then made the actual announcement of his intent intention 1011 to introduce a bill to deprive lord Clan clanricarde ricarde of the management of ha irish estates on the ground of hs lids lordships lord ships incompetency andi to hand over the management of it to a commission appointed especially specially for that purpose which would act for the best interests for thy the landlord the tenants and ireland itself mr birrell barrell used the strongest language an in describing lord cardes mismanagement declaring it among other things to be shocking walter hume hurne long speaking on behalf of the irish unionists approve approved mr barrells Bir attitude and baid said he hoped it would induce lord ciangi carde to bestir bini himself self and obviate the need of such n special measure |