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Show HERE ARE CHIEF I PRINCIPLES OF HOME RILE BILL I The fundamental principles laid down by the British government l in tho Irish home rule bill are First That the people of the six Ulster Counties shall not be brought administratively under and outside parliament in Ireland. Ire-land. second That there shall not be I and weakening of the reservations which have been made by the government for the purpose of safeguarding the vital Interests of tho United Kingdom. At the time of the Introduction of the measure It was stated that the home rule the government Intended In-tended to give Ireland was based primarily on tho declaration of Premier Lloyd-GOprge in a speech hist December that Great Britain i an not accept separation " Cndcr the bill evo legislatures I with upper and lower houses would be set up. one for the north Of Ireland and the other for the south. H les.s than half of the mem-1 mem-1 bers of either legislature are validly val-idly elected or f"n to swear al-, al-, legjtance to the king, the- king may dissolve the parliament, and place the go ernmeht In the hands f coi mltteo appointed l. the lord, lieutenant A "council fpr Ireland." composed com-posed Of forv- members, half of whom would 1e selected by each parliament, also Is provided for. The powers of the- council would be limited to tho-.-e granted It by the two legislatures. The fra'mcrs, of the bill it was said, hoped the council would form th" nucleus around which eo'rtd be built one parliament for the whole u! Ireland. The two legislatures would have full control of education, local i government the land policy. transportation old age pensions. j Insurance and other mnttors. A court of appeals for tho whole of Ireland, presided over by t he-lord he-lord chancellor, i provided for. Neither body may establish any particular religious creed or penalise pen-alise ivny one for belono-ln 'o or iiot belonging lo'any religious' de- J nomination. Control of th royal Irish con-Stabulary con-Stabulary and the metropolitan police of Dublin would be transferred trans-ferred by the imperial parliament to the Irish parliament three yenrs after the act comes into operation. Powers reserved to the imperial imper-ial parliament embrace the crown, peace Bjjd war foreign affairs, army ami navy, coinage, defense, treason, trade outside of Ireland. postofflces, navigation, Including ! merchant shipping, wireless and cables and collection of Income and BXCeSS profit taxes Both north and south Ireland would contribute for two years to the support of the ruplre. |