, 1880-02-22

eiand % tha 6e eneap 1904 froE1 abroad, in uls!! E
and'n,tie ds * IehdS had been reduced Il + i
tlon3 had obtained in Ireland s9Sn Tt redut
haa IN most instances doubled tha aas g.;aa ;eaan
Ills holding, and in some caaes salue 0
value eight and ten-fold. Tha tancea tsasea it
lheTe1oTe more Interest in the hoIdiHaaa IdniaaI ! pa
NE landlord. It was bad policy thag thal
ner a. al1thclai system Of land tenure y. an
nrnnart,. us 20 20 atenpn eneroachment nn nv ta g
y ef fss soil [adpeRass dePs ssf Lo[ oSS
especially where one parry cia;o,s" III "otk Ut well
power. The farmer Should hso heroloo latooit1ar1
prletor. Where this is not tolae p1o
ne re rent should be fixed by asahS;iols a,h;tools
the t chaanel nsih' 1slanaRs lRa5n9aRrietay existed i
European countries. Lord Raacamnes AZ Severa
advised tenants to keep aaoat b9ihsnea by iraNiah bad
their bank accounts. This VA ~ Gitawtns in on
ance with the policy which condncttalaa tl accord.
wars OF aggression BY y-accommodatinan" "tSked k!;et
70 6e met BY his successors in Office i Tll, T9lls,
!eglsIalon anu Tory. finance vera a1?ty a1E?ty
qndityo eqnddiy aeSeRtlVe: f M An improvement in tSs
the laborers' position. More work wnnf t,fpdIora
done, and hence better wages. H. "Ga.a fs,sl ba
the abolition Of the laws Of nrf,noo1a; 1a;ofed
and entail. A writer in the Sneet1.,ean1! ~.
lnal me irlsh tenant ought to pay bis rpns nso ~
give up the land. That is to saw. te tsnar tsue o.
II the value OF his holding has decrasasaa!l naa!
one-thitd, has to pay an Interest on nhieased III as
Investment, or hand it over to the 1anS,o9wn ny ,own
Until equal protection is secured talatolq. ~ n.
class and race in Ireland there cannot M taea ca
peace.n eA4Aot ba
1t was a mistaken impression that cr;n.
was prevalent in Ireland. In 1877 t|7eraS Snao naas
$500 lndlctable offenses committed n "sle II
land, but IN SIMILAR population in Enr3anneS n ana
there were $4,000. such crimes. Wi1b i1bhsihaa iasa
Legislation on the land question Irelan reas !ass
not appeal periodically to the worlds chsri hhsea
IT, Il the Ulster custom we're abo1ishalas 1isls'
want would be as prevalent In the Nn1h
In the South. Nothing could be done a. l"a.s ~
as the Interests Of the tenantfa fafnerso lug ao.s
IN the keeping OF Tor. landlords. "'4'
cannon, who has recently acted ri with ~. "
Parnel1ites in the House Of Commons 1sn ,:as e,s
next introduced. He said that the INA ,asass ,mas
had broken down,-a new departnra9 9ams aas
NECESSARY; y e; In the language of Alr. Bfirht
!" The Irish land question must be deaIt I wii5
ny Strons hand and q desperate determine.
public mind. The Newspapers and ,n,sa W
zines were full of it.. England can VII Ts;f
Her commerce, manufactures and n,;raa!;;
resources would enable her to stand fha
strain; but ireland depends on agTcnitp1se W.
and is kept IN state Of perpetral exhausto5
py 5lo,Wo,Q0o per year being drained from
elsewhere. Peasant proprietary where T 'pse. nas.
sible, rents fixed, by arbitration and peF. M
Detual tenure where not, were tha onin
More than half the ponnlaro3
NaS entirely dependent on agrfcuitnra
half measures would not do. EmigIstion
vas va s,1t the 1 lsst resort; leaving home IS tss
owe and passion for aative land Ia i'' a noS1s H.
me ?'' It is a fixed principle a'uaf of
political economy that The land Hn Of n.t,m y,
honld be managed in the interest Of tba
'eople. This was the principle which obtained
Germany and Belgium: and the revolution
ettled the principle in France. Disafectton
annot be stamped out as long. as the peopls
lay said that no agitation ever succeeded
'h1ch was not backed up by an active, as.
Tessive Parliamentary party. Mr. Dickson
elleyed IN an active, aggressive agitation.
nd IN an active, aggressive party In Parlia.
afr; Mcknight, editor of the Northern Whta
as next introduced, and spoke at consider.
ole length. He was followed By The Rev,
ames B. Armour, Presbyterian cfergyman.
he Kew. Mr. Armour said that more than
ere money Interests were involved in tha
:ttlement. Of the land question. It Was
lestlon Ct morality and humanity: he re-
'or, badiy-clad tenant call on his landlord
a hotel the other day The tenant had to
and uncovered in the snow. but the land
rd,s dogs were nicely wrapped The farm.
: did not beg for bread, but to be al
wed to remain on his farm He Was
1ct 1sted BY the petty tyrant;; His property
rough frugality amounting to penury, was
ken from him. II vowed" said III. A.
our, "that if ever God gave me an oppoT-
nifty, would use what strength had 10