The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-30
COMMITTEE is FRAMING
IRISH HOME RULE BILL
Measure Provides That Parlia-
ment in Dublin Shall Con-
troll Domestic Affairs.

i.ONDONi OCT. IA cabinet com
mittee. assisted by prominent Irish
oftcials. has drafted a home rule bill
which will need a lot of whacking
into shape before parliament can
safely be asked 10 vote on II. In it's
present shape the bill contains many
blanks. Considerable progress has
been made. however.
The bill provides that the Irish par
lament in Dublin shall have control
over lreland's purely domestic az
fairs' and that IL shall not restrict
or impair the authority OF the inn
perial parliament in Westminster.
This is a sop TO those 'imperialists"
who believe that ireland seeks separa-
ton from the mother country.
The Irish parliament must not in
terfere with the kings business. II
VIII not be permitted 10 make terms
OF peace, on declare war, or make
treaties with foreign powers.
The king, through his proxy, the
lord lieutenant OF Ireland, shall have
the power 10 summon. prorogue and
dissolve the Irish parliament, and TO
veto any bill This does not mean
much. however, as the Nationalist
party will have permanent. ma
jority in the Irish parliament,
and II the lord lieutenant vetoes
bill on which the Nationalists
party's heart is set, the government
Will resign and It will be impossible
to replace IT, The only way out OF
the deadlock will be for the lord lieu.
tenant to surrender
There will, OF course. be a first and
second chamber, as in Westminster,
and the members OF the second cham
Der will be Irish peers. The Nation
alists are insisting that the Irish
peers shall have no greater powers
than are allowed TO peers in the i'm
perial gilded chamber. That Is, they
shall not have the power To veto. The
cabinet will probably defer to the
Nationalists in this matter.
The big question with which the
committee is struggling is: What
are purely domestic affairs?' 1t is
understood that IN the tentative draft
the Irish parliament is given full con-
troll of customs and excise. which
constitute seven-tenths of Irish taxes.
II this clause, is incorporated in the
bill when it is passed into law. IT will
be a big victory for the home-rulers.
II has been Professionally arranged
TO give Ireland S50.00O,00O with which
TO start in the business % ruling It.
self
There has been a good deal OF
wrangling over the question of how
much Ireland is 10 pay TO the British
treasury for imperial purposes, and
the question has been left open. The
payment is not to begin until Ireland
has recovered itself" whenever that
may be.
The Royal Irish constabulary and
the Dublin metropolitan police force
are 10 be gradually reduced and final
ly abolished and municipal police
bodies will be established instead. Elk
listing officials at the time of the
change will either be retained or pen
stoned
King George Turns Author.
King George has evidently been
brushing up on his Third Reader, as
we'll as on the speeches OF Col. Roose-
Welt. In his first published book, a
collection of addresses made at cor
nerstone layings and other harmless
functions. which is just off the press,
appears a number of curiously famil-
lar opigrams. described as striking
utterances by the loyal English press.
For instance:
BE thorough
Whatever you do, do it as well as
you can
Put your whole heart and soul into
your work
Every day we recognize more fully
the importance of education, not only
TO the individual life, but 10 the life
of the nation.
THE foundations of national glory
are set in the homes OF the people.
Italy Plans Naval Station.
Italy intends establishing a great
naval station at Tobruk. according to
information reaching the foreign
,ffiea-hare-rhis-W asthe real reason
for the haste with which troops were
rushed 10 the Cyrenaican port. I'VE
DAYS i'm advance of the dispatch OF the
general expedition to Tripoli.
Apparently. Italy was taking no
chances on the possibility of losing
what naval authorities consider the
finest port on the southern coast OF
the Mediterranean for naval base
It's strategic position, between Malta
and Alexandria. combined with its
natural advantages as a harbor. are
calculated to become serious men
ace TO England's prestige in the Medi
terranean. Some authorities go so fan
as 10 say that Italys plans when work
ed out. will render England's bases al
Malta and Alexandria next to useless
in the event Of war between the two
countries. She would be able to cut
communication between those two
bases. and would thus dominate the
whole of the Eastern Mediterranean
May Honor Nine. Curie.
Nine. Curie may yet be elected tc
the French Academy Of Sciences. HeI
name is being mentioned in connec
tion with the seat left vacant by the
chemist. NJ. Troost, who died some
! waakc ago