Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE FRAMEWORK OF HOME RULE BY ERSKINE CHILDERS AUTHOR OF "THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS," "WAR AND THE ARME BLANCHE," "GERMAN INFLUENCE ON BRITISH CAVALRY"; EDITOR OF VOL. V. OF THE _TIMES_ "HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA," ETC. LONDON EDWARD ARNOLD 1911 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGES INTRODUCTION vii-xvi I. THE COLONIZATION OF IRELAND AND AMERICA 1-20 II. REVOLUTION IN AMERICA AND IN IRELAND 21-41 III. GRATTAN'S PARLIAMENT 42-59 IV. THE UNION 60-71 V. CANADA AND IRELAND 72-104 VI. AUSTRALIA AND IRELAND 105-119 VII. SOUTH AFRICA AND IRELAND 120-143 VIII. THE ANALOGY 144-149 IX. IRELAND TO-DAY 150-187 X. THE FRAMEWORK OF HOME RULE 188-229 I. The Elements of the Problem 188-197 II. Federal or Colonial Home Rule 198-203 III. The Exclusion or Retention of Irish Members at Westminster 203-213 IV. Irish Powers and their Bearing on Exclusion 213-229 XI. UNION FINANCE 230-257 I. Before the Union 230-231 II. From the Union to the Financial Relations Commission of 1894-1896 232-239 III. The Financial Relations Commission of 1894-1896 239-257 XII. THE PRESENT FINANCIAL SITUATION 258-279 I. Anglo-Irish Finance To-day 258-264 II. Irish Expenditure 264-274 III. Irish Revenue 274-279 XIII. FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE 280-306 I. The Essence of Home Rule 280-281 II. The Deficit 281-286 III. Further Contribution to Imperial Services 286 IV. Ireland's Share of the National Debt 286 V. Ireland's Share of Imperial Miscellaneous Revenue 287 VI. Irish Control of Customs and Excise 287-294 VII. Federal Finance 294-300 VIII. Alternative Schemes of Home Rule Finance 300-306