The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-30
SPECULATION OF IRELAND
IRISH COMMONERS DEMAND 4 RES-
 TORATION OF EXCESS TAXES,

Sir Michael Hicks-Bea in Defence of the Governmental Motion to Reduce Prime
 Minister Salisbury's Salary Defeatec-< MT. Curzon Defends England's Cretan Attitude.
 London, March 29.-In the house of commons, to-day, MT. Blake said that the report of the commission on the financial relations between Great Britt ain and Ireland had proved that the latter country was unduly taxed. John Redmond, Parnellite, said the appointment Of the new commission was a dishonest evasion and was in-l tended to shelve the question for an indefinite time, but 1t would result in a hastening of the day when Ireland would find in her own national govern ment the best safeguard against fur- ther spoliation.
 Thomas P. Whitaker, liberal, moved that while the excheGuer of Great Britt ain and Ireland, remained consolidated, all portions of the United Kingdom must be regarded as one country for fiscal purposes.
 
 Waring, who is classed as a "constitu- tionalist and imperialist." Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, speaking in behal1 Of the government, said that the op- posed ascribed everything wrong in Ireland for the past century to Great Britain. In 1917 the Irish and English debts had been consolidated and the
  mated The act had been passed by parliament by unanimous vote, be- cause it was felt that it would be al great relief to Ireland. He denied the stories of the poverty and misery that were said to prevail in Ireland. Sir Michael declared that a system of taxation based upon taxable capac- ity was never successful owing to the constantly varying conditions in all parts of the kingdom.
 Sir Michael further said that if the government restored to Ireland the e2,s 7500 900 she claimed as the excess of tax ation she had paid she would contrib- ute nothing to the common expenditures of the United Kingdom, but would re- ceive tribute from England and Scot land There would be a further inquiry into the matter of the financial rela- tions between Great Britain and Ire- Hand, the government desiring to do full justice, but it would in no wise de- part from the system established in 1877. The debate was then adjourned. The house then went into committee of supply, whereupon Hon. Philip Stan- hope, radical moved to reduce the sal- ary of Prime Minister Salisbury, his ob- ject being to call attention to Crete. A warm debate ensued. MT. Curzon warmly repelled the charge made by MT. Stanhope that the government was siding with Turkey. The charge, he declared, was grossly untrue. Crete. he added, had been taken from Turkey. whose troops were confined to the towns on the coast and she had been prevent ed from sending endorsements to the island.
 At this point one of the Irish mem- bers shouted Tommy rot" The speak, CT warned him that he must not repeat that expression. MT Curzon was fre- Iquently interrupted in the course of his speech, chiefly by members on the Irish benches.
 Sir Charles Dilke, radical said he be- lieved that the governments policy in Crete had caused profound dissatisfac- tion in Great Britain. Sir Ellis Ash- mead Batlett, conservative, who was recently decorated by the sultan, taunt. ed John Dillon, leader of the anti-Par- nellites, who had spoken against tFs course of the government with advocat- ing the maiming of cattle and at the same time posing as Christian philan- thropist
 The speaker rebuked MT. Ellis for his Language. A vote was then taken on MT. Stanhope's motion and it was re- jected-163 to 60.