HOME RULE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3367, 6 November 1911, Page 5

HOME RULE.

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ASPECT. REMARKABLE STATEMENTS BY MR REDMOND. (United Press Association —Copyright.) Nov. 3. Mr Redmond addressed a crowded meeting at the City Liberal Club on the economic and financial aspect of Home Rule. He declared that it had. been England’s deliberate policy for two centuries to destroy Irish industries; hence Ireland’s commercial and industrial history was one of continued'stagnation. It was hopeless to expect Ireland to arouse herself until she. obtained a native government. During the greater part of the century she was paying two and a-quarter millions above a fair proportion. During the century she contributed £329,000,000 for the army, navy, and general purposes of the Empire. The Irish Gov.ernment was the most costly in the world, because of an unwilling partnership with one of the richest countries. Every luxury given to England was, extended to Ireland and charged to Irish revenue. There was no incentive to economy. Let Britain make a bargain with Ireland in a generous final settlement. Parliamentary business was so congested that Home Rule was equally required for England, Scotland, and Wales. Remarkable features of the meeting were those of Lord Beauchamp presiding, and the Master of Elibank moving a vote of thanks to Mr Redmond.