Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-11
CONDITIONS
UN|ON|STS
REJECTED

The concessions in the home rule
bill made by Premier Asquith to the
four Orange counties of Ulster, name
ly Antrim, Down. Derry and Armagh,
with the effect that they could decide
by referendum vote the authority of
the new Irish Parliament
In case any county, through this
referendum vote decides not to accept
the home rule plan that county was
to be automatically excluded from the
authority Of the new Irish govern
ment for a period of six years from
the date of the opening of the new
Irish Parliament
In that interval of six years the eX-
Guided counties could get a good idea.
of how the Irish government was
working. as two general elections in
England would also show how Senti-
ment ruled among the English people.
The concessions having been re-
iected by the Unionist representatives
the home rule bill will now be passed
inn it's original form, that is with all
the counties on the same basis as far
as the government is concerned. The
text of the concessions as proposed
by Premier Asquith is as follows:
The essence of the government pro-
Dosal is that any county in the prov
ince of Ulster is to be excluded from
operation Of the bill for certain pc
Rod if, on a poll being taken of the
parliamentary electors in the county
before the bill comes into operation, a
majority vote in favor of exclusion.
1T will probably be found most con-
venient for the purpose of the poll to
take the parliamentary rather than
the municipal boundaries. but it is pro-
posed that Belfast and Londonderry,
the two county borOughs, should be
treated as separate counties.
The poll will be taken for the
county as a whole, without regard to
the parliamentary divisions.
The persons entitled to vote at the
poll will be those who are entitled to
vote at parliamentary elections.
The poll will be taken for the cOun-
ty If reQuisitiOn is presented to the
lCrd-lieutenant signed by a substantial
body of electors of the county, say one
tenth. and it is proposed that the re-
QUESTION for the polls must be present
ed within three months after the date
of the passing of the bill so as to
leave ample time for the taking of the
poll before the bill comes into opera
ton
The question will be put in some
thing like the following form:
Exclusion Proposal County Of
Are YOU in favor of the exclusion
Of the county from the government of
Ireland act, 1914, for a period of six
years?
Are YOU against the exclusion of
the county from the government of
Ireland act. 1914. for a period of six
years?
The poll will he taken by ballot in
the same manner, as far as possible,
AS the poll at a parliamentary elec-
ton. and the parliamentary election
machinery Including the corrupt prac-
tices actSD will be adapted by order
in council for the purpose.
IF on the poll a majority in any
county vote in favor of exclusion, the
county will become automatically en-
cIuded from the operation of home
rule for period Of six years. The
period Of years will date. not from
the time of the poll, but from the day
Of the first meeting Of the Irish par
lament.
THE exclusion of any county will
Of course involve, during the period
OF exclusion, certain notifications Of
h" mode in which the bill is to opor
At" as a whole during that period.
For instance. an excluded county
EnIst NO placed outside the IpgisIatiyr
authority Of the Irish parliament and
! outside the executive authority of the
| Ir'Sh government. and il NAV also
PROV" necessary to make some new
ARRANGEMENTS for the mode in which
IN" authority Of the imperial executive
IS TO J." exercised in any excluded
| area
Tn" exclusion Of any county will
aus" lnNI"N" consequential alterations
"i the representation of ireland in the
| irish senate and the Irish house Of
commons. and also Of the representa-.
ton Of ireland in the United Kinedom
house OF commons
1T is proposed that the representa-
ton in the United Kingdom house of