Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-11
HOME RULE
FOR IRELAND
Ancient Feud Between Eme-
raid Isle and England
May be Settled
AsQUITH FAVORS THE BILL
Doesn't Think Ulsterites Have
Right to Veto Will of
the People.

tBy Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
London, April 1.-THE Irish Home
Rule bill, the third effort made by
liberal government of the United King
dom in twenty-five years to settle the
quarrel between Great Britain and
ireland, was introduced in the House
OF Commons today by Premier AS
quith. Britishers have become Injured
to political upheavals in the recent
years, so the crowded chamber that
greeted Mr. Asquith when he nailed
up the home rule flag today was a spe-
cial tribute to the historic importance
Of the occasion. The galleries set
apart for the diplomatic corps, peers
and public, were filed to capacity
while every seat in the House was oc-
cupied and an overflow of members
stood in the gangways.
Premier Urges Passage.
Premier Asquith was greeted with
! prolonged cheers from the national
is. and liberals when he rose to
speak. The vote of Ireland he said
was preponderantly in favor of home
rule and the right of relatively
small majority in Ulster to veto the
will of the majority of the Irish peo-
pie. could not be admitted.
He had always presented the case
of home rule for ireland as the first
step in a larger scheme of devoution.
The separate concerns of the differ
ent parts of the United Kingdom
/ could, he said, never be treated ade-
quately until they had been handed
over to their special representatives.
! Premier Asquith took up the nara
tive of home rule at the point at which
the late William Ewart Gladstone left
off nineteen years ago, pointing out
that through all the political changes
and through peace and war the insist
ence and persistence in the Irish de-
mand for home rule, had remained
constant. The cardinal principle of
the present home rule bill is. said the
premier, the supreme authority, of the
imperial parliament, while at the same
time real autonomy is conferred on
Ireland regarding Irish concerns. The
bill provides for the establishment OF
an Irish parliament of a Senate and
a House Of Commons. with power to
make laws for peace, order and good
government in Ireland.
Irish Powers Defined.
The bill provides that the matters
lad ~, A.
Irish parliament, are the crown. the
army and the navy. imperial affairs,
the Irish land purchase and the old
age pensions and national insurance
!, acts, the Irish constabulary, The post
, office savings banks and public loans
in addition to those included in the
home rule bill Of 1893 which left the
customs under the control of the i'm.
iperial government.
The Irish constabulary is to be au-
tOmatically transferred to the Irish
government after six years, and pow
er is given to the Irish parliament to
| demand the transfer of the old age
.. pensions and insurance act to it's con-
troll on giving years notice.
Irish Parliament Cannot Alter Bill.
The Irish parliament is debarred
Z from altering the home rule bill or
the power to appeal to the Privy Coun-
Gil. Provision is made for the pro-
lection of religious equality and stip-
ulating that the Irish parliament can"
not make laws, directly or indirectly,
to establish or to endow any religion
or to prohibit. the free exercise there
of or to give preference or privi-
lege to anr religion or to make any re-
ligious ceremony a condition of valid
ity of any marriage. The Lord Lieu
tenant of Ireland is to have the power
to veto or suspend any bill on the in
struction of the imperial executive.
q Privy Council a Referee.
i Any question regarding the inter-
= probation of the home rule bill is to
- be settled by appeal to the judicial
3 committee of the Privy Council. The
" Irish Senate is to consist of forty
u members and the House of Rerrnsen
tatives of 164, of which Ulster is to
} have fifty-nine and the universities
( two. The Senate is to be composed
l. of nominated members.
e In the first instance the Imperial
J. Executive is to control the nominations
y with view to assuring the representa-
tion of the minority. The nominations
1t are to be for fixed term and as the
s members retire by rotation, the vacan.
1t cies will be filled by the Irish Execu-
L. tive. In case of disagreement. the
n two houses are to sit in joint session.
d Lord Lieutenant Head Executive.
d The Lord Lieutenant is to be head
o- executive There will be no religious
" bar and he will hold Office for a fixed
H. term. The authority of the executive
" is to be co-extensive with that of the
Irish parliament The 164 representa-.
, tives are to be elected by the existing
!, constituencies, but no constituency is
to have less than $1,000 population
- The collection of all taxes is to re-
y, y, main in the imperial service, and they
~ will be paid into the imperial exche
~ quere which is to pay over to the
" Irish Executive, an amount equiva
le lent to the expenditure on Irish serv
IN ices at the time of the passing the act
O. Can Discontinue Imperial Tax.
OF An additional S2,500,000 is to be pait
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