, 1881-01-27
LAND REFORM IN GERMANY:
How tLe rca4nittA Obtained Frec1IoIdA
IL, Eaxc.robnrg-fiot1,n.' ~.

How tl,e Peasants Obtained Free1loIda
in sRxe.Fobnrg-fiot1,a.' ~
iHIh'th Fireman. Jof'rHa. - =,
Tho little statn Ut snxe-Eobstsa.0 0othn. Attn. :
ntt.d like II kernel In tho heart nf tho German |
ElnpfEc. woll Under nt.linnry circl1tnstarces,e :
be f lttttp Interest IN tito irish people, yet her
MHIesty'A Government, determined to fcavu no'
atnnc ,l1,tur1est ts cl,icasc tho knotty problem
Of "prnsnNt pr0prict0sah1p," Instructed tho :
fHrrl9n Office IL Htudy 1tc working of tho svsA!
toni fiji this little mocl HcrInnn Stnte, tho result.
bcinX a repnrt lying 1,cforo US signed By MIR.
Hcott. Of that department. Tit tnnry pn!nth,
strong similarity exists between tho people Il.
1l,nringta. tho local nn.no by which they nre
knaxn. md tho people IT Ireland. Stronger d,
p)Ints still cxist III common hctwecn their /.
ftt.tlal land sSsscm. swept nwny fotty-rour
ycnrB ngu, unl It's Kindred slater now dying mn
nronxtt,g dcn,h IN shl. country. The t3crmnn
"I,nurr" llns strong affection for the soil.
lE1 depends principally for subsistence on
tho prtdlcts OF tho lnnd md tho rearing
Of statls, ans, Ike onr country. "lttto 0eT-
nany," SIT IL ca!lcd, dorlyrs very little from.
tntnrrnl wealth. Which It, thoIr cnAo Is ndn-
existent, and III pt,rs lying Idle an1 ,tntlnyc1opet.
Coupled with those points OF similarity exfstlnK
1,etwccn tht. two countries. tcro WIS otle nther
9 y nasa ae. m . stas f"r sss ~ saas nd
that Is sht easant rorre''oI.hp p1 Mas l. hna ,. z
to jtlxc properly md ttnputtiR.y 1f lis effects
WI must tnkc intu nrtoni tho condition ol tte
rcoplc before tho c1angI, nld tho nMturo Of tll0
exist: fnr it is strlklng1y o!,vtnus-sl 1T looking
to t!crnIHfy A'ltl It's reformed land tystcni ! e
wg to oar i n anfht N no cnE.o nana t aa
fur tho i.ts 1T tho people. .--tnt time Hiiat eapso
lcf0r. tho r1,st nF tho Chain Is clcnrctl awny
fro1, tho tsIi. md that other incnsurGs Of re-
ian,per fts legitimate W Wwori:iazs, an'l nuiify til
Up to the sixtccnth cent,ry 1t would appear
thnt thetr pcDplo wcsc conffnrta!lc. ctntentetl:'
mn! inAeprIlsn.: living under tho shGdow @ ot
the condition Of tue Er!ah I'op!e during the ftftl.
n sixth centuries. when tho land and It's fruits
lna!!tsnby be!ongc to tho I%or!c. tho nnly ex.
of tho hereditary el,iet ,fhun cnsno thg fhiriy
ti,,. % caus created these. rs,sc system If land
DWilerslIIrscsrottc in itH rxactlons ntid rttinouG
i " ens L. ls the ne:h sse IN an rns,, smsps
he'll tho land no eonpelsutlo,t WIS given fhr tlis.
tusl!cl rights: IN other cn*cs. " Tho niI nf
was ui!owe.t aid IN the cas9 of cnttilcl proper
tlrs the; cu-hulrs in taEt were compensated Ut
Tho rcsi,it lns been that land has since seea q
free commodity In tho market. Tho report
stAtes that tha craving f. require J. norsion II y
sinco lsH. fro,n thirty 70 Forty years purchase
brinR now cMs!ly nbtninat'e. owing To tho in-
fusrl ,hrsn,gs1 srnao ut n.,+ul,,1e security. It
wouktt,l'pcAr from tho report that purchase 2 YES
1on H., e. hs s5 q thS te%t foYr s:!ece e I @
trIci* .r Weirnar. Mudolstadt, sondcshauscnr,
md coburg urain:t ., .etants: we tayS p5c;-
ievs x" WIS ' Mvcti o. issies we sather fron tho
statctnrnt TINT thosv unnbic or unwilling
not ae;i s4,ry th0 tents as oH''ss se aesepas 3
or r tH term fs hn ,rartes ,cr fa1 ths
Whit oil tho M1nc principle II. o,lr 'tlasty eys.
TEN, III. tn II rnniotcr tr9rce. It bears Ecnc nn-
uloay to EuEltsl, land trnslro,-an annioHy. by
| rio yHS. which marks tho ono tgrCnt htTrtgr