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BACK PAGES:In 1912 the Home Rule Bill was going through the House of Commons in London, teasing out the details of the proposal which was ultimately passed. Among those details were the taxation powers of the proposed Irish parliament, leading to committee-stage discussions and disputes over how Ireland would fare financially under the arrangements. The Irish Timeswas totally opposed to the Bill and, in this editorial, it detected (with some exaggeration) the proof of the financial disaster waiting to happen in a contribution by the Irish Party leader, John Redmond, writes JOE JOYCE

IN SPITE of the closure and the guillotine, the real character of Mr Asquith’s Home Rule Bill is being dragged into the light. Unionists know that it is a scheme utterly subversive of the maintenance of harmonious relations between Great Britain and Ireland. Nationalists now realise with bitter resentment and disappointment that the Bill is a delusion and a cheat.