The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
Continued from page IL
Work of Irish Convention
Customs and Excise.

until after the war, provided that thai
question shall be considered and de
cided by the United Kingdom Parlia
ment within seven years after the con
clusion of peace. Until the question
of the ultimate control of Irish Gus
toms and excise shall be decided, the
United Kingdoms Board of Customs
and Excise shall include persons
nominated by the Irish Treasury. A
joint exchequer board, consisting OF
two members nominated by the I'M
perial Treasury and two nominated
by the Irish Treasury, with a chair
man appointed by the King, shall be
set up to determine the true income
of Ireland. Until the question of the
ultimate control of the Irish customs
and excise shall be decided, the
revenue due to Ireland, as determined
by the joint exchequer board, shall be
paid into the Irish exchequer. All
branches of taxation other than Gus
toms and excise shall be under con
troll of the Irish Parliament. Gar
ried 3S to 800
Section 16. The principle of i'm
perial contributions is approved
Carried unanimously
Section II. Accepts the report OF
the subcommittee on land purchases
| Carried unanimously
Section IS. Deals with the judicial
power, similarly to the act of 1914
| Carried, 43 to I'D
Lord Lieutenant.
Section 49, The Lord Lieutenant
shall not be a political officer He shall
hold office six years Neither he no1
the Lords nor Justices shall be sub
| jected to any religious disqualifica
ton. His salary shall .be sufficient to
throw the post open to men of mod
crate means Carried, 43 to I'D
Civil Service.
Section 90 A civil service com
mission, consisting of representatives
of the Irish universities, shall create
scheme of competitive examinations
for admission to the public service;
and nobody shall be admitted to such
service unless he holds civil service
commission certificates. A scheme Of
appointments and salaries shall be
prepared by a special commission, anC
no appointments shall be made unit
the scheme of the commission has
been approved. Carried, AZ to 18.).s
Section q. The Irish Government
il desired may defer taking over tho
departments of old age pensions, ma
tional Insurance., labor exchanges
postal savings banks and friendly SO
cieties. Carried, 43 to 49,
The concluding paragraph, sub
hitting the report to the Imperia
Government, was carried AZ to IS
The whole report was carried A tt
20.
Ulster Unionst Report.
The Ulster Unionist delegates is
sued a report, signed by nineteen dele
gates, including the Marquis of Lon
dOnderry, the Duke of Abercorn, Col
| Robert Gordon Sharman-C Crawford anC
James Johnston, Lord Mayor of Bel
fast
After reviewing the reasons for the
calling of the convention, the report
says:
We expected that the real work Of
the convention would have been di
rected toward a sincere and patriotic
endeavor to find common ground
somewhere between the act of 1914
on the one hand, and the views Of
Ulster on the other. From the first
week we urged this course, and re
peatedly expressed our disappoint
ment that almost every Nationalist
speech outlined a form of home rule
far in advance of any previous claim
THE scheme, finally brought for
ward by the Bishop of Raphoe in be
half of the Nationalist, included the
following demands:
| "First-A sovereign Independent
parliament for Ireland, coequal in
power and authority with the Imperia
Parliament.
Second Complete fiscal autonomy
for Ireland, including the power OIL
imposing tariffs and control of the
excise, involving, as it would, the risl
of hostile tariffs against foreign coun
tries and full powers of direct taxa
ton
"Third-The right to raise and
maintain military territorial force il
Ireland.
'FOurth of any liabil
ity for national debt on the plea oi
over taxation in ireland in the past
but admitting the principle of small
annual contribution to Imperial ex
penditure
Fifth-Denfal of the right of the
Imperial Parliament to impose mill
tary service in Ireland, except with
the consent of the Irish Parliament
Over the fiscal question, !" the re
port continues, no pproach to an
agreement was possible: and the real
object of the proposals was clearly
apparent in the official reply to ques
tons By the chairman, signed Npy Mr.