The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-08
IRISH BILL FOR A
HOME RULE IS
GIVEN BLOW
ENGLISH GOVERNMENT FINALLY
PRESENTS ACT TO THE
HOUSE or COMMONS.
KEEN DISAPPOINTMENT
Felt BY Radicals Over Proposed Law
bill Gives Littl1 SeIfGovern-
ment-Rue BY the Kings
Council

Il London, May II The government
today presented its long awaited Irish
bill to tn G mmons and country a'he
| bin is designed @ meet the demans
for Irish home rule II was present
ed IN Chiel Secretary fer Ireland
Birren
Compared with the home rtiIt bis
tof 1856 and 90G The measure toaay
Iconfers little self government upon
ireland, merely giving tn the cpuncl
cC1trsl OF eight departments now
managed by government boards The
council is to be appointed by the
crown, and while the lord ienienant
of Ireland Ii given power to nulifV
/ its measur The crown reatins cnF
troll Of five OF the e'ght departments,
including the cons abulary the con
trol Of this branch always has beea
| 4 thorn in tho flesh Of the Irish poo
lple
unionists regard The measure as Il
S. toward home rule They Object
| TO giving to ireland the management.
OF many departments Of local affairs
while the Irish members of the conn
mons re ain the right % ieglslaie in
somiar affairs for England and Sect
and They cr4icise also the plan III
soyernn lit by 4 council thr uga
eight committees al complicated ani
Mmbersome
Radicals Sorely Disappointed.
Radicals are disappointed That thn
measure fails sn shof If actaal home
ID and Irish memhers ar even more
disappointed with IL Irish leaders,
however, are Maintaining a dipln matte
latitude until they have time sspsEv
he pfovisiss b III the biIi Rua aaia
| he seatiH nt III thc people
After the bill had been presented
and explained by Birrell, Il was crit.
| Icized and riliculed by A. j. 3alfour
on behalf Of the oppos tion. John Il.
Redmond deliN red a brilliant speech,
noteworthy principally for its dig
lilled and forceful exposition of IRE
lands claim for complete home rule
The audience Of the speakers
vas worthy the histrsical and par
liam nlary occasion, The entire min
stry occupied seats in front benches.
rhe floor OF the house was packed
and the gallaries held notable as
semblagc including number OF
,aers, visiting colonial pr miers, no
ably Alfred Deakn premier Of Aus
ralia and several bishops W
3ourlle Cochran Of New York. was
m Interested spectator Members Ct
he Irish cl rgy were conspicuous ia
he galaries
Most of Birrells speech WITS an ex-
llanat en- Of details n The pia, al-
honeh ia beginning he eloauently.
,onlrsated his position with that vt
5lads ono in presenting hom rule
alllng his task more humble one
and more commensurate with bis pos
iti,n and powers.
BirreIi Eloquent in Speech.
Birrel rose to oraiorcal heights
3h n he described the present sys
en- of Irish administration. He call
"a Dublin a failure. saying:
There it stands. remote. without
friend and melancholy while he Cur
rem of lish lifc sweeps past No gov
rnor had nterei the gloomy portals
VI Dublin castle without sinking
leau almost equivalent abandon.
ue hope
parcil had said that one way 70
oEeru ireland was to sond man
bore to hold the balance Of ali nar
es and administer to fh country ia
spirit Of courage and indcrrnaeu-c.
mt thc government had mo- such naa
m iis eve.
q Hoah rather write a biography
II deceased autocrat Birr u 81 a.
than live under his rlIe Such uo1
io make good history
Rirrcll con inueJ with long -
iiauatien eoins intimately into de ais
p conclusion Rirrcl said.
'Tha rovernu emf has D el t1id that
be lill paved the way Tor home r e.
8 The bin IS past and the neu coua-
10 success fhcu difc say Il
niz1t pave the WAY IT, uu fhe off
band IS a failure i5 might present
considerable obstacles but surely Tn
onists vili not refuse ireland an ua
pcrfcrity for training her peapie 70
acqnr aus rigat they ought 10 pos
sess because if the measure proves
successful one OF the di6 culues IN
the wsv Of home rue VIII have bnr1
Au Baliour bad spoken fer tre
opposition. John Redmond be irish
eader while etprcss.ng a desire 80
.xamins the bill thor aghiy before al
the aNtienaiist position.
fCoueiudcd ou Seepi geEe1