The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-25
PARNELL TALKS.
The Goschen Land BIZ Not
to His Mind
A FEW GRAVE OBJECTIONS NOTED.

He Has IA Scheme of His Own which
He, ofC Course, Preiers-E iitor or ien'>
Novel IA Great Success isbon Ranging
with Cheers for Serpa- Pinto--A Crown
Princes Bones In Peril = Foreign
Flashes.
LONDON, April 22.-The attack on Bal
follr's Irish land purchas, bill WIS begun
tn HOUSE of commons yesterday by
rnell, who, after taunting tn, Tories for
com round to this views of the National
lists, said they had not come far enough
around yet. He wanted to know whether
tn British taxpayer would stan the propo-
sition Generally the bill wouldn't do, be-
cause it W S "a scheme to help the land ords,
not the tenants. Parnell objected to the
bill on the ground that it did not provide
for carry ing out what it proposed, while it
exhausted the only Irish credit available.
The bill, he declared, was unsafe TO the inn
perial taxpayer, the guarantees an counter
guarantees it provided being inusory AMI
insufficient.
The Irish Not Consuming.
Parnell furt,er objected to The bill be-
cause it would exhaust the Irish credit
without tho cons u OF the Iri and with
out any local controi in the application OF
the money to be distributed under the pro-
visions of the bill. Again, while coercion is
applied as it is now the tenant can never he
a tree agent The bill did not deal with the
congested districts. Dealing with the in
sufliciency of the bin Parnell said that the
land question was not so largs as many
people supposed, but they could make it
large by the method of purchase proposed.
If adopted the bill must make the question
a larger question.
Not One-Fourth Enough Money.
The princpl of tn. bill Was 10 buy whole
estates, and a40,0U0,000 was ridculous.y
inadequate sum for the purpose. Ireland
contained IA, 100000 acres of land, The poor
law valuation of which was g9,000,0O0,
amounting at eighteen and a half years pur-
chase to 9l66, 500, O00 which amount would
be necessary to provide solution of the land
question. Otherwise three-quarters of the
question would be left untouched. Nine
tenths of the landlords would have no pros
pect except to continue the strife, with ten
ants trying to obtain the same treatment as
the favored minority.
Proposes a Crucial Test,
Parnell said that true test Of the worth
of the guarantees provided would be for
Goschen to take them to the London mar
ket and try what he could realize upon
them. "The securities" he said, !" IN not be
real unless they effect a settlement of the
question under local authority. Otherwise
the bill is a parody on land purchase and a
swindle on the English taxpayer. [Cheers
If you adopt the limit of tenants not
exceeding ESQ valuation you reduce the
amount needed to work. Mr.. Balfour pro-
poses to give the landlords so many years
purchase for reducing the rents OF judicial
tenants to satisfactory standard. The
landlord may use the money so obtained to
pay off the most onerous membranes,
thus effacing the heavy arrears of interest,
while the tenants will get the 30 per cent
reduction they clamor for, without which
peaceable agrarian relations are impossible.
["Hearl Hearr']
Has a Scheme of His Own.
Parnell suggested a proposal for a substi-
tute for Balfour's bill, which he described
elaborate.y. 1t is full of terms that are I'M
ineligible to any one not thoroughly posted
on the involved Irish land question. The
Parnellite members are divided in opinion
on Parnell's motion, and think COM
plete explanation necessary.