South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-13


set forth in paragraph d OF the r
of conclusions, summed up as I
"SICITON THE Irish p1rlia
mcnt 70 consist Of the king, senate
and louso OF commons. Notwith-
standing .hc establishment Of an
Irish parliament. the supreme power
and authority Of the parliament Of
the United Kingdom shall remain
unaffected and undinlinished over
all persons. matters and things in
Ireland and every part thereof.
(Scction carried u 20 49,
SECTION The Irish parlia-
mont 20 have general powers 20
make laws Tor peace. order and the
gocc government Of ireland. tScc-
ton carried II TO 49,
SECTION @The Ii.sn psrli2-
rlent 20 have no power 10 make laws
on ;he following: Crown and sue
cs-r.ou. tic making OF peace and
war. army md navy urat.cs and
foreign relations. dignitics and titles
OF honor. necessary control Of hlr-
borS Tor naval and military pur
poses. coinage and weights and
measures, copyrights ami iAtents.
The imperial And Irish government
, shall Jointly arrange subject to
IN p~r+a! eT.gen"ies, for the united
control - the Irish police and pos
tal secv.ces tunng The war. pro-
vidcd that Is soon IS possible after
The cessation or hostiiities tho ad-
mlnist~l.:on Of these two services
ci.ail become subject 20 the Irish
parliament. (Scction carried 50 to
1o.)
MaSOns Ask Protection.
SECTION I-Rcstriction OF the
mower OF the Irish parliament; pro-
hibition OF laws interfering with re-
lirious equality; a support provision
protecting the position OF Free
| Masons. a safeguard FOR Trinity
college and Queens university; priv
ilcges and qualifications Of the mem
5e-s or tho Irish parliament to be
| limited rs in the act Of 1919: rights
% existing Irish officers to De safe
guarded. Carried as to 80
"SECTION , Constitutional
amendments as In the act OF 1919.
| (Section carried Sc TO 15.)
SECTION 6-The executive pow
er in Ireland to continue 20 be vest
ed in the king. eXercisable through
/ the lord lieutenant on the advice OF
an Irish executive committee. as in
the act of 1914. Carried - to I'D
SECTION Dissolution OF the
/ Irish parliament as in the act OF
1914. Carried - TO 49,
SECTION S--Royal assent TO
bills. as in the act OF 1914. Carried
I5 10 15)
"SECTION 9-Constitutior OF the
senate as follows: One lord chan
cellor; four bishops Of the Roman
Catholic church; two bishops of the
Church of Ireland; one representa-
| tive of the general assembly: three
I lord mayors OF Dublin, Belfast and
Cork; fifteen peers resident in Ire
. land, elected by peers resident in
/ Ireland; eleven persons nominated
/ by the lord lieutenant: fifteen rep
resentatives of commerce ana in
/ dustry: four representatives OF
! labor, one for each province; eight
! Representatives of county councils,
two for each province. Total 60.
Carried IS TO 49,
Special Representation.
SECTION 1O-Constitution OF
the house OF commons. The ordin-
| airy elected members shall number
$50. The University Of Dublin. the
University Of Belfast and the Ma
tionaI university shall each have two
members. elected by graduates.
| Special representation shall &c g,yen
| TO urban and industrial areas ny
grouping the smaller towns ana ap-
plying TO them IA lower electoral
| quota than the rest Of the country.
The principle Of proportionGte rep
resentation shall be observed wher-
ever a constituency returns tive or
/ three members.
Forty per cent of The member
ship in the house Of commons shall
be guaranteed 20 the uniouists and
in pursuance o. this. twenty mem
| bers shall be nominated by the lord
lieutenant. with q view 10 due rep
resentation Of interests not other
wise adequately represented in the
provinces Of I.einster. Munster and
| Connaught. and twenty additional
members shall be elected by Ulster
| to represent commercial industrial
and agricultural interests The
! nominated mem bers to disappear IN
whole or in part after 10 years
/ Extra Ulster representation is not
to cea Sc except or the decision OF a
! three-fOurths majority OF hOtb
houses sitting together. The house
of commons shall continue for five
years unless previously dissolved
Carried IS to 2O)
SECTION 11-MOney bills 70
originate only in the house of com.
| mons and not amendable by the
senate. Carried 45 10 22.l
SECTION 13-Disagreement be-
tween the houses TO be solved by q
Joint sitting Carried 80 to 22.)
SECTION Misrepresentation in
the British parliament TO continue;
Irish representatives 10 have the
right TO deliberate and vote on al
matters. Forty-two Irish represent
atives shall be elected 10 the British
houSa Of commons Irish rpDre-