Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Political and Social News by Cable and Correspondence the
ENGLISH RULE A FAILURE
Lord mcdonnell Proposes a Scheme
of Devolution.
NO PARALLEL NOW IN OPERATION
New Plan Has Concurrence of Lord
Dunraven and would Let the
Irish Control All Home
Affairs.
BY THOMAS EMMETT.

DUBLIN, Dec. 81-(Special to The Bee)-
Lord Mcdonnell addressing the Historical
Society OF Trinity college recently. out
lined a scheme OF devolution in which he
said he had the concurrence of Lord Dun
raven.
The proposed system had no parallel in
our colonies. 1t postulated the maintenance
Of an imperial parliament at Westminster;
a representative Irish assembly with legis-
lative and administrative functions con-
trolling the executive and dealing with
purely Irish matters and the establish
ment Of an Irish treasury, furnished with
funds in the manner indicated in the Irish
councils bill; the continuance Of the British
treasury responsibility for financing land
purchase, and the reasonable financial
recognition Of the conclusions Of the Royal
commission Of financial relations.
From tariff reform, he said, ireland had
nothing to gain. but great deal to lose.
He believed Irishmen would not relax their
efforts to procure that measure Of legis-
lative and administrative control which
would enable them to manage the domestic
affairs Of Ireland free from English Of
fetal meddling.
English Rule Incompetent.
The Irish people had been willing to live
80 SuDJSSlS u the hluB, IL only lney were
allowed to live in peace. They objected
to being governed by a foreign nation
which had demonstrated its absolute I'M
fitness to govern any people foreign to
itself They objected to being plundered
and oppressed by men who never saw Ire
land and had no interest in 1t save the
interest a freebooter has in the place he
pillages.
But the English government had never
forgiven the concessions they had been
compelled to make in 1882, and had striven
at every favorable opportunity to recover
by guile what they had yielded to force.
They succeeded In neutralizing the con-
cession of a free parliament by purchas-
ing through mast shameless corruption, the
votes of a majority of it's members. And
thus 1t came to pass that while the feel
ms in ireland in 17S5 was strongly in favor
Of Grattan's policy of Cancellation, and
while the Irish parliament, IL left to it.
self, would have responded to the coun-
try's feeling, an event occurred which de-
feated all hope. and brought untold woes
upon Ireland
-Four Centenarians Die.
The death OF four oentenarlsns has just
been announced. They were: William
Wark, winterhill. Donegal. who celebrated
his 10th birthday last September; Miss
Margaret Kelly, Donegal, aged 1Os; Felix
o'Boyle, Drumkeevin, County Antrim. aged
1913. and Mrs. Stables, Cavan. aged 100.
Beat Brothers widow.
Peculiar kind Of love-making." remarked
one of the magistrates at Balbriggan. The
defendant had been James Halpin, sum
moned by his sister-in-law. Mary Halpin, a
widow, for assault. Two years ago Mrs.
Halpin married a brother of Halpin, and
few months after her marriage her hus-
band died in an asylum. THE defendant,
It was stated, proposed marriage to the
widow, who promised to marry him when
eighteen months had elapsed. This con-
dition did not suit Halpin and he beat Mrs.
Halpin He was held for trial.
ireland wins soccer Match.
The international soccer match between
teams Of English and Irish amateurs ended
in favor of ireland, 80.