, 1881-12-09
GLADSTONE'S DILEMA.

S1OV NCER o. ING A1uN I1UFLH-lHo
League Throwing Every obstruction
III tlte Nny-RMslOn Of the Tories Nntl
Inrncllltca-Naurticr, tAr"osls md rfu"
aftntton Of Cattle, 10 Punish Paying
.1sont.
Nt,u 10rA Tribune.
Tho outlook In ireland Nrpws more dscotirng.
fnR every woek. Tho expectation OF tho Gov.
cssnent TINT settlements would bo speedily ef-
lccted outside tho Land Court rs SOON ns tho
rrcccdcnts Wero established nnd tho principles
of tho uet Thoroughly understood, hns not hcun
fulfilled. Although sub.commssons nave been
0rgnnfzctl and tho lew luncllucry l1ns been
kept In constant motion under high pressure,
tho process Of revaluntion and rcdrtas
Is necessarily sloW nnd lnborioua. The
decisions Of those tr!aunals almost without ex-
ccption hnyc bccn in tho tcnant's fnvor, yet tho
moral Object hus hGcn less than nus generally
expected. Experience hns prUyeu tl,at tho
Land nct Wns Il greater boon than tho tGnAnts
Ind supposed, and that tBy huvo only 10 my
their Claims before tho aub-eomnssions in or.
der to secure n tnntorlnl reduction of rent when.
ever tholr cascs Nro reached. HIT when eau ale-
csions bc expected. II cvcry Instance of aquarium
injnstica Is 10 bu referred to those trl6unnls7 1r
tho islanl cannot bo etfcctuni!y pncitIud until
evi1oncc bus 1eon heard anl Judgment Rendered
III nt IrAst lb0001 md possibly ns many as 20 Q
thses. tho rent t-pnytng masses may be Justified
III regarding tho Processes OF remedial lcglstn.
tlon ns too aloH to ho Of aty prlctcal assistance
What Is needed to render so exceptional
measure. really elective Is tho cnBperation ot
tho land.ownng and rcnt'pnyInx. classes. II
tho decisions In court wore giving form and sll-
rputi0n to hundreds Ut compromises on tho
greAt estntes, 1t landlUrt1 and tenant wore NJ.
crpttng tic prcccdents us l,cnrlux directly Upon
fhatr own i1tilorcncns aud were mAkinE thor
own terms without nppenltng to tho Hlb-cotn-
missions. THO SUCCESS OF Tho l,and net would ho
hpp.!rcnt. Hut tho decentralization oHectcil by
tho l,and League ls 10 widespread TINT tha cti-
oI'crntuI OF Bocini clAssea BcUfna to 10 entirely
out Ut tho question. The machinery Ut tho
Cnurt Ia nlrealy uluggcti with vnat nccunl,ilt-
tlons Of work. the number OF sukl-co,nnltsstuns
1nAy be multiplied. hat the wheels viii tuuvG
very s1n'sly. Tho rcvatunton Of lriah holdings
Is 1udictnt process basel IN evidence. anu re-
tluires panstnking cure Hnst wisu ,dlscrisnttM:.
ttun. II tnmy DO accomplished In tho cni,rse OF
d!sGnntcntcd, EuglIsl.hntln1 tenants to wait.
Tho embnFrassillchts Of tic fiurernMont haye
boon tnereGscd by isa successive defeats In tho
hy-tleptl0ns. by tho e1ulyorlll ntt!nuco nf tho
Tories with Tho Home ftulors III ccrtAtn c0nstIt-
loilcics, by tho shrill demands Ut 1dndlnrJA for
compensation, and l,y Il sudden outbreak ut
ngrnrlnn t:rIilo IN ireland. bsnco tho general
electoral coMtcsts, In which the I4tbcrnls hRyu
won two md tho Tories twelve scnts-n net loss
Of ten. counting M twenty fM II general division.
4 statesman 30 sensitive to tiVetlatonS Ut pub
liz upfnlUn Hs Mr.. Gladstone has always been
cannot rtKnrt with cnn.p,stlrn tho loss Ut 10
nnny Liberal seats. Yet those losses have unt-
forty bccn. sustained through Irish dlsatfcc-
Iories hro Deliberately plRniaii,9 TO turn
tho lrss!. crisis +? direct party advantage.
They uro unable to tnl.ke my pnrty
chpttnt out Ut Mr. OHtistnnc's fprcD4i1