Irish Home Rule and financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland in the late 19th century

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  • 19世紀後半のイギリス=アイルランド財政関係と自治問題 : グラッドストンの2つの自治法案をめぐって
  • 19セイキ コウハン ノ イギリス アイルランド ザイセイ カンケイ ト ジチ モンダイ グラッドストン ノ フタツ ノ ジチ ホウアン オ メグッテ

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The introduction of the Home Rule bills in 1886 and 1893 is said to be a turning point, for the Irish demand for Home Rule was accepted and promoted by the British government. However, the schemes of the Liberals and the Nationalists were different on important matters, especially finance, and it cannot be simply said that the Liberal government advanced the Irish national interest. This article examines the financial clauses and the debates about them to understand the particular scheme of theLiberals. The Irish contribution to the Imperial expenditure had been an important factor for Britain but was difficult to maintain because of increasing expenditure in Ireland at that time. The bills were designed to secure the contribution in the British interest. In spite of this tributary system, the unity of the two countries was expected to be maintained or even strengthened by the partial introduction of the federal system and the conversion of the suppressive formal nexus to a voluntary informal one. From that point, the scheme was not a simple acceptance of the Irish national request, but the maintenance of Irish financial dependence and the restoration of unity in the face of threatened dissolution

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