New-York tribune., 1886-07-31
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Ioxpoy. July 3O.-The difficulty with croft
.. at rrce Is assuming threatening look. Military
,,ns q re being made to reduce tue island to obe-
L,.os Msctarlane, the cro'ter member defeated at
,,o late elections this morning attacks Argyll as re-
.,onse for trouble at Tree by his duct III con-
.datnc small holdings into great farms. thereby doing
,e.t Injustice TO islanders. The duke has written
href letter which VIII appear In The Times Tomorrow
,pry contradictne the assertion OF MacfarlaLe Inc
ankle authorizes the statement that the present rouoic
n due 10 his dterminaon as landlord OF Tree 10 project
ooe ~ rue tenants recently cro.tcr against OoycoleS
nv the local land league The duke states that 'his
.roer has raised himself tnat be is able TO command
. enough to enable him take over stock anu cui-
.,ra,e n small da ~ farm. The farm was hcld Uy
,apilv now settled Australia and doing WELL Inc elrl
n, this family wished to take the farm last year She ao
Ar much sense the duke directed the farm to oe let 10 le'
INT her brother engineer from New Zealand pcrsuau
al LEI that she would do better there She went
eavjn, the far The cr"iter referred TO- desired
q. imrroye his condition ami family by taking IT, lie
1.s Tie brother OF tho ate president OF the Tree Lahu
League The members OF the league were sc ncehsed ht
Ills step which they regarded as likely TO encourage
andlorism they ordered boy cot and sent threat
epug letters to croter and the dukes agent whose
Ufe for some time in danger. Furthermore, they
sp,aced from position the president OF the iauu
,e,pue brother crofier. and insisted that the farm
sho,ll be broken up INTO small and inadequate honss
sraln II Is conviction OF the duke that tue ocai
lard league wish prevent anything like the prosper
development OF the class IN Tree. tho hope
being common with land leagues in ireland ana OF
similar organizations throughout scotland to attack prin-
epa landlorls The duke does not expect that tuefe
will be auy serious attempt at armed resstahce 10 inc
military force which the Liberal GovernmtLt has seh'
IL restore order.
Aan Illustration Of the condition which the island
.l.,I.. tfsin ly n
the land league he cites tue case OF "o pouoeIne"'
driven ont OF island few da ago. who found Them
selves steamer returning with thrd person "non
,hey arrested soon as tho main lana was teaou"u
TIE reason for his not that he had any parto
MAR connection with uprising OF the croitors but that
La was charged with the scuing of ship many months
ago and hal living In perfect safety at Three be-
cause no constabes venturcd to arrest him. dliucuit
,ob be fore the new that OF bringing about
new reisn OF law" ito the phrase made popular
BY the dukes book in that subjcctisland shyc.
The military demonstrations made against the croters
last year by HarcOurt while it put stop upon violent
outrages has been followed up bJ strict a1d I'M
martial administration as the regular opeaton
of authority the sai d. consequently tba poor rses
have not paid n great part OF skye ana recently
II was found necessary tor the local bankers ana propre
tors TO advance money to carry on tue POOR houses ID
order to paupers from actual starvation Mauy
OF schoolmasters throughout the Island nave no.
received their stipend for time The Importance OF
the Three troubles In the mind OF the duke ss I'D Their
representative character they simply give local OK
preston general disturbance OF ideas throughout the
British Islands among certain classes Of the population
IN regard TO the terms land and rights OF property IN
land looked from this point OF view, ;he disorders
are of more Importance than might inferred from the
direct confusion and trouble caused by them ana inc
duke inclined attribute them less TO any suffering
or distress among the people than to the spirit OF aga-
ton on these subjects such fomented originally
n the Cned states and then in Great Britain by
Henry George ana his followers