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ITS FINANCIAL ASPECTS. VIEWS OP LOED MACDONNELL. Bjr Tclecripn—Pmbs Association—OonrriEhl (Rcc. January 12, 0.15 a.m.) London, January 11. ' At tho Royal Economic Society's CongTcss a number of papers on (ho financial aspects of Ilomo Rule, wore read. They generally demanded the fiscal independence of Ireland. Lord Macdonnell, who presided, declared that fiscal autonomy was attainable without connoting the possibility of serious danger to Britain. He suggested, in order to ascertain Irish revenue, the establishment of a Customs organisation at Irish ports, Britain making good the differences to which Ireland is entitled under the Act of Union. The Irish Government should bo obliged to make economies or impose additional taxation for Imperial objects. He was opposed to the withdrawal of Irish representatives from the British Parliament
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1335, 12 January 1912, Page 5
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127HOME RULE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1335, 12 January 1912, Page 5
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