Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
RAPID PROGRESS MADE
WITH HOME RULE BILL
English Premier Determines to
Hasten Measure in Interest
of Ireland.
Special oabl,gram TO The star.

Special Ceblsgram 20 The star
DUBLIN. May 1.-THE expedition
with which the government is sending
the home rule bill through the house OF
commons is proof that the ministry
means business and that stage after
stage of the bills progress must be at
tanned with all the celebrity IL is pos
sible to have under the rules OF parlis-
mentary procedure.
Premier Asquith is determined 10
have the bill sent up 10 the house OF
lords without loss of time, so that tho
butchery or rejection may be over with
as quickly AS the house of lords can get
down to work
It is a foregone conclusion that the
bill will be in the hands OF ats enc
mics the moment IL reaches the cham
Der OF the peers. The generalship of the
liberal leaders there will lie In their
forcing prompt action on the measure
and preventing any shelving Of the bill
for the mere purpose OF gaining time.
Liberals Weak in Numbers.
The liberals are hopelessly weak in
point of members in the house of lords.
but in their small group they have many
| strong mentor instance. Lord Morley
and Lord Haldane-and they will keep
| resorts to a brazen policy OF sheer OBJ
struction.
| This will be a dangerous game for all
to play. But then IL should be borne I'm
mind that British toryism is in desperate
| straits just now.
| When the bin comes back from the
| lords the prime minister will allow no
grass to grow in the popular house.
Without delay the measure will be re-
inf. 10 -. flx1 ala
tive house and then again be sent up 10
| the lords.
/ That will be the final sacrifice With
their second rejection the lords shall ex-
haust their rights of obstruction.
The most interesting features OF the
| measure are TO be found i'm its monetary
sections. For instance, in the outline OF
| financial provisions, il is shown that the
| total Irish revenue for the current fiscal
year is SD, $4,000. The expenditure is es-
timated at SCI, 10000. leaving deficit of
81 $4,000.
This dencit will, OF course. be cut down
| enormously by the Irish parliament. The
| civil service list of Irish is one shame
| less extravaganza. Almost the entire
deficit can be wiped out by an Irish sec
rotary of the treasury or chancellor of
the exchequer who knows the country
and can tell when needful expenditure
ends and where extravaganza beg ms.
Big Totals Expected.
In fact, government experts have al
ready figured that the Irish revenue
| in the very first budget presented to
the Irish parliament will figure a total
of $37, $4,000. while the expenditure
will stand at s35.s10.o00. leaving a sur
plus of s2,500.000.
| AS time goes on those figures will
undergo radical change. And before
! twenty years are at an end. after the
| passage of home rule. Irelands re-
sources will have experienced great
process of strengthening and increase.
1t is estimated that old-age pensions.
which now stand at $13,320.000 per an
mum, will show decrease within
| twenty years of fully s1.000,000 And.
4 of course, there is a time limit to the
burden Of land purchase. Sixty years
from now at the farthest that will be
all wiped out And then Ireland's re-
sources, save for the contribution to
the imperial fund. will turn inward
| toward herself
Development of Commerce.
Irelands commerce is capable of
enormous development. Once capital
| takes courage and begins to flow freely
through the arteries of her commercial
system-and this will be Immediately
after home rule is established-the
| figures of the national exchequer will
mount upward by leaps and bounds.
| No country in Europe has finer
| harbors or rivers. so that all the nat
| ura1 requirements for commercial de-
velopment are easily within her grasp.
Leaving out of calculation any in
| crease of her manufactures and look
ing only at her natural resources. il
| is confidently predicted that il things
go right politically and the country
| is given a chance to settle down the
value of the dairy produce trade and
of the deep-sea fisheries will be dou-
bled within ten years.