HOME RULE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 148, 24 June 1914, Page 7

HOME RULE

THE AMENDING MEASURE INTRODUCED IN HOUSE OF LORDS A BRIEF OUTLINE. TEXT TO BE ISSUED TO-DAY. (By Telegraph.- Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received June 24, 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, 23rd June. In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Crewe, Secretary of State for India, introduced the Home Rule Amending Bill. He said it was on the lines of the Premier's March proposals, and added that the Bill gave the widest possible latitude for amendment. There would be two general elections before permanent exclusion of Ulster would be possible. The Bill provided for obligatory reconsideration of the matter of exclusion, and did not provide for automatic inclusion. A Minister of the Government would be appointed to deal with Irish business in Britain, and the civil government of the excluded area would be exercised by the Lord-Lieutenant, through the departments. The constituencies of the excluded area would send members ,to the British House of Commons. A Joint Exchequer Board would apportion the finances between the excluded and the included areas. The Marquis of Lansdowne said it was shabby and undignified of the Government to introduce unacceptable proposals, and then ask the Opposition to assist to convert it into a tangible working measure. The Bill was read ai first time. The text of the measure will be issued to-morrow.