Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-31
IsELAND's " PLAN OF CAMPAIGN"
A Liberal Proposition for Government set
Element of Disputes by Arbitration

Element of Disputes by Arbitration.
Try Anclo-American cable 10 tho oispa;ch.l
IoyDoy, January 30.-Mr. Shaw-Lefevre
1iberaD moved in the House OF Commons
TO-DAY that the Government use us inilu-
enCe in favor of settlement by arbitration
IF the remaining disputes between tenants
and landlords in Ireland arising from the
plan Of campaign. He said that there were
now only twenty estates upon whlch al
fpreuces exist. Three thousand tenants
had been eyicted from these estates ana
now lived in huts, supported by contrlbu-
tlons from Irishmeu IN oil parts OF the
world. in the hope that a time was coming
when they would be Teinstated IN theT
homes. The farms had become derelict,
and IN many cases the land had become
waste. covered with nettles breast high;
No new tenants, said the speaker, would
ever be found FOR these farms, ana the
best course TO bring about q settlement
was by arbitration. - -,
would not oppose the principle OF aroitra-
ton. but he must resist arbitration rs
sort of curative lymph likely TO effect
complete cure of the plan OF campaign
The folly Of the plan Of campaign was the
greatest the ParDelltes had ever com
mitted and he could understand their
anxiety to get rid of the costly business
through the Intervention OF anyDouy'
even through the Government which they
were accustomed TO reYlle. Inc pan VI
campaign was not brought into operation
to benefit the tonantry. Its basis ana ann
was social revolution and the destruction
of landlordism. II was invented and used
as a political machine.
II was easy to talk about arbitration but
quite another affair to get the awards car
RED out. In the case Of the Gweedore ar
filtration the rents had been fixed through
Father McFadden, but the tenants had not
even paid the terms decided upon by their
own friends. What was the Land Court
but n court of arbitration? What was the
use of pling arbitration upon arbitration
MIR. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
said he wondered who had inspired Mr..
Shaw Lefevre's rashness. Winch or the
numerous sections Of the opposition, he
asked. did ne expect to please by reso-
luton which, if it meant anything meant
that the aid of the GOvernment was re-
quircd to accomplish the aims OF the plan
of campaign, and which implied teeDler
and less eficacious attempt to settle the
great question than that made by MI.
Gladstone III 1881. Certainly Mr.. Shaw;
Lefevre could not have consulted Parneu
or Gladstone.
Mr.. Balfour attacked the plan of cam
pairn Mt great length and expressed his IN
| dignation at the language which MIR.
| Shaw-Lefevre had used in reference to
Irish landlords. The tenants had remedy
| in the Land Court for excessive rents, but
! had not availed themselves of it. If he
were an Irish landlord he would beg his
| bread rather than submit to the plan OF
| campaign.
At this point DR.. Charles Tanner, Ma
\ tonalist member for Cork, jumped TO his
feet, and pointing to Balfour, exclaimed ;
You are g canting snob." but lmmedl-
ately afterward withdrew the expression.
The Speaker warned DR.. Tanner against a
repetition of the offence.
| Upon division the motion of Mr.. Shaw
Lefevre was rejected-203 to 1872.