The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-08-01


but that it shall be administered bv
a secretary of state through such Of
ncers and departments (not those ex-
erclslng executive authority under
the Home Rule Bill) as may be d.
rected by order in council, and that
any such order in council NAV no
dlsallowed on petition by either
mousse of the 1meprial Parliament
They demand that, instead of the AZ
members provided by the Home Rule
BILL ireland shall have only 81
members in the Imperial Parlia-
ment; and that the appointment Of
Judges shall remain as at present.
Lord mcdonnell of Swinford. the
ex-lnd1an administrator, whose nre-
posterous scheme of proportional
representation was rejected by the
Lords. is entitled to the thanks of
the Irish landlords for carrying an
amendment of which Lord Crewe
said, the main effect was to
cause the removal of the fixing of
'uolcaal rents from the Parliament
OF Dublin" Another amendment of
tnls progressive Liberal and Home
Ruler, to exclude from the cost Of
tne Irish services payment to the
iano purchase aid fund, was mega
lived by the Peers without diyis-
ion' In justice to Lord Lansdowne.
IL must be said that he disclaimed
responsibility for any amendments
otner than official opposition amend
ments dealing with the exclusion of
ulster. Their Lordships agreed to
Lord kenmare's amendment retain
ing the Imperial control of the ROYAL
irish constabulary, (under the Home
Rule Bill, they are to come under
the control of the Irish Parliament
IN SIX years., and making the Lord
Lieutenant responsible for the CON-
troll of the Dublin metropolitan no.
lice (they were to come Immediately
under the control of the Irish Par
Lament, under the Home Rule Bill.
me Irish Parliament, their Lord
ships decree, shall have nothing to
DO with the present or future civil
servants in the excluded area. The
words ireland" and Irish" in the
Home Rule Bill are not to apply tn
the excluded area. [Clause 8. Sec
!, sub-sec. (a)].
That is the House of Lords con-
trloution to the proposals for peace
IN ireland. It is obvious that thew
are allowing themselves a large mar
gin for negotiation. although tho
ilmes" told them to put forward
'ne minimum only of what "Ulster,,
would accept. At the same time
ana RENDERING what 1rishmen have
oone and suffered in the causa 80
peace. the Lords proposals are mt
only impossible. but outrageous and
insulting. These men, to their cost
nave mistaken the temper and tho
determination of the Irish neon,o
oetore. They have mistaken them
now more than ever. The irish
were never less in a mood to ho fri
fled with than they are at present.
The Home Rule Bill.
1t is now announced that thu
sion Will end about the third week
IN August. and that we shall have
new session in November, AS Mr.
Redmond has already pointed ont
nothlng that can happen in the fn-
lure can prevent the Home Ru1e
Bill receiving the royal assent. and
becoming the law of the land bv tho
END OF this session. The procedure
so far as the Bill is concerned ,s
governed by statute law under tho
provisions of the Parliament Act Tn
the nope of an agreed settlement
the government are probably mt
anxious to rush matters, and it will
be the policy of the Lords to hold
up the Home Rule bill as long az
possible. But the bill is bound IN
become law. Even Sir Edward Car
son has stated that the King will,
act constitutionally. and, that being
So the King has no option in tho
matter. The hopes of peace are not
very rosy at the present, in view of
the Lords amendments. But in VOL
INFORMED circles there is decided
OPINION that, for all the hectoring of
carson and the Peers, a settlement
Will be hammered out somehow
carson says it must be peace with
nonor. That is also the Nationalist
position.
The Irish Volunteers.
The Chief Secretary for Ireland
stated in the House of Commons on
July 9Th, that the Irish police gave
the total numbers of the Irish Vol
unteers as $4,000 approximately
The Times" of July 7th estimates
the number of Irish Volunteers drill
ing on July 3rd as 153,50O, and the
number of drill centres as S91. The
number in Ulster is given as ga
500, with 303 drilling centers
Irish V01un<oo,. 80.