IRISH HOME RULE.
THE NEW BILL. EXPLAINED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY'. (Received Oct, 21. 9.30 a.m.) LOIN DON, Friday. Air. Birrell. Chief Secretary for Ireland, speaking at Ilfraoom.be, said that the Government's Home Rule Bill proposals provided a parliament with two chambers, with an Executive responsible to it. The Irish Parliament would have full representation and control over pairely Irish concerns, with a view to meeting the national demand for national responsibility. Mr. Birrell added that he intended to face the monetary difficulty boldy and in no niggardly spirit. The experiment of self-government had never yet failed in the history t'f the world, and why should it in the case of Ireland '! He 'predicted that instead of being a blot on our escutcheon Ireland would become; a real and integral part of the United Kingdom. The Bargved (Wales) strikers have decided, to resume work, awaiting ; the Miners' Federation's general treatment of the mdninium wage and non-unionists* quest-ion.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 21 October 1911, Page 5
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