Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-22
OF HOME RULE BY
 SOUTH H ERIN
 |S LOOKED FUR
Measure, Awaiting Signature of King George, Closely
 Resembles First Bill
SINN FEN UNCHANGED
Ministers Hope New Law Will Form Bridge Over Which
 Peace May Be Brought

1 LONDON, Dec. 21.-The Irish home rule bill, as slightly modified by the house of Lords was adopted today by the House of Commons. The meas ure now only needs the royal sigma ture to become law.
 The measure will be effective at tiIe disCfetion Of the government al any time within three and one-half years. The government reserves the privilege of applying the law when the opportune moment arrives.
 The home rule bill as it finally emerged from parliament today ready for the royal assent is not fundamen- tally different from the measure the government first presented Months Of discussion and efforts to amend in both houses resulted in certain safeguards being added, which it's ad. herents believe will make it more ac- cepiable to the Irish people, It's critics. however, still maintain that 1t will not be accepted by south Ireland, and in tnfs connection it is recalled that Arthur Griffith, Sim Fein leader, said some weeks after the bill was introduced that there proD- ably were not ten influential men in Ireland who had even taken the trou- bic to read it. The bills critics ar- que that the events oi the past few months have not served to change the Sim Fein attitude that they viii not set up the government suggested by the imnprial rarliauapt
 No Alternative Provided
 The bill as presented did not pro- vide an alternative if either Ulster, or the south, or both declined to accept it. but it has been amended to the ef- feet that if either does not accept it. within three and haic lsears. the measure automatically dies so far as the section refusing to accep. .s .s concerned
 In the meantime either section de- clining to accept can be ruled as q crown colony. The limic of three and "a half years was adopted because by that time there must be an election ana a new house of commons.
 The bill now provides that there shall he set up jy popular elections two parliaments, one for Ulster and one for the south. Each parliament snail decide upon Ine method of selec- ting senates. The connecting link be- tween them Will be the Irish council of 40. 20 for each section. Each sen ate will elect seven of it's council memDers and each parliament 13 The original bill provides that the president of the council should be the lord chancellor of Ireland, but as amended. he will be appointed by the lord lieutenant on the advice of the crown, which means that the govern ment in power can put any one at the head of the Irish legislative body it pleaSes. The idea expressed by mm- isters explaining the bill is that the council will form bridge upon which in time, the two Darliaments can get together and form one body for the entire country.
 Changes Are Few The measure provides that when that is done powers or police, fin ance and other branches of the gov ernment will be turned over. The imperial government will keep a pretty lIlm hand on the fundamentals of the Irish government during the lie of the two parliaments but holds out many attractions for united par liament that it's sponsors hope will counteract the prejudices that have always existed between the north and south.
 The changes made in the powers or the parIaments as set forth in the bill when it was introo~ved are fncon- sequential
 Peacemakers Silent
 DUBLIN, Dec. 21.-The intermedi- aries seeking to establish preliminar- ies of peace continue reticent. refus- ing to say whether any actual prog ress towards settlement has been made
 Replying from Roscommon to an inquiry of The Associated Press three days ago whether a meeting of the Dali Elreann was contemplated to consider peace, Father O'Flanagan. vice president of the Sim Fein. who nas had considerable correspondence with Premier Lloyd George on the Irish situation, says:
 T know of no progress towards Datl Eireann meeting"