HOME RULE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1230, 12 September 1911, Page 5

HOME RULE.

Ittß.' REDMOND'S SILENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, Septembor 10. Mr. M. Healy (Independent Nationalist), speaking at Cork, commenting on Mr. Redmond's silence, said tho Government so trained tho Parliament Bill as completely to pawn the machinery and votes of the Irish party for threo years. Ho denied that Ireland would bo unvblo to pay her way under Homo Rule. THE CASE FOR HOME RULE. In an article in "Reynolds's Newspaper" recently* Mr. John Redmond, tho Irish Nationalist leader, stated the cose for Homo Rule. A Royal Commission', he [Minted out, reported thnt in 1891 Ireland was overtaxed by £2,t100,000 nnnual]y, in violation of 'tho precise terms of tlie, Act of Union. Calculated on this, had paid in the last 93 years the - extent of -£400,000,000. Lord MncDonnell, in a recent specch, declared that, according to the Treasury figures, Iroland had paid in the last 93 years .0325.. over and above the cost of Irish administration during that period. Since tho taxation of Ireland had riseoi by nearly two millions a ycax. The population has fallen by about 200,000. The cost of home governmout has risen from M 45.-Gd. to .£1 15s. per head of tho population. Ireland's contribution to tho Army and Navy and Imperial expenses generally has decreased from fiyo millions in 1559 to less than two millions now. Owing to the rapid and inevitable riso in cost of governing Ireland against , the will of ,thc peoplo tho only class that profits by it is the Irish official class, which is ridiculously over-numer-ous and over-paid. Scotland has a larger population than Ireland. Sho has 'J3O. Government officials assessed for income tax, and their salaries are .£315,000. Ireland has- 45R0 officials, and their salaries aro i 11,435,000. Everything in government in Ireland is-overpaid, except education. The grants for primary education in 1910 wero: —England, 7s. 10M.; Ireland, Ss. sd. ■ per head of the population. Ireland is forced to spend X 3 on law and justice for every .£1 spent by Scotland, al■though Ireland is the most, crimeless country in the world. The burden of. taxation in Ireland.is borne by-the poor. In England only 50 par cont. of. the revenue is raised by direct taxation. In Ireland 73 per. cent, of the revenue is raised by taxes on articles of. domestic consumption. The average weekly wages of agricultural labourers are, in Scotland 19s. 3d., in England 18s. 3d., in Iroland 10s. lid. England spends less than one-for-tieth part of her national income on her home government. Ireland is forced by the present system to spend more than one-tenth on hers. In 1886 Mr. Gladstone said the civil charges per capita were, in Great Britain 8s 2d., and in Irela.nd lGs., and that if the system continued there was no limit to' its- increase. The prophecy has bee.n realised, and the civil charges in Ireland aro now-28s. Gd. 'per capita. In GO years the population of Ireland has decreased 33 per cent. O'Connell's greatest fight was made on the repeal of tho Union. Tho Young 'Ireland movement was to obtain repeal or Home Rule. The Fenian movement was in consequence of the fruitlessaess of constitutional agitation to obtain Home Rule. The United Irish League is stronger to-day than at any time since the Land League was founded. It is an insnlt, in face of these facts, to say'that Ireland does not really want Home Rule. Not only does Ireland want Home Rule, but it is. tho over-mastering passion of the race.