New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15
AGRARIANlSM IN WALES.
TENANT FARMERS MOVING AGAINST ENGLISH
LANDLORDS.
,vpo,r Ant PROCEEDINGS OF TIE WELSH LAND
coMMIssION-THE REGISTRATION RE
FORM BILL-MR CHAMBER
LAWS ALLEGED DEAL
LNN'S ALLEGED DEAL


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ro,don. oct 14-The proceedings OF the
we,sh Land Commission. which began ''''
wool, have been almost ignored by 'he Els
Itch press Nevertheless. they are hke'! So'
,o assume great political Importance ioi vi"
demands OF the Welsh tenant farmers are Wv
,a,,a 20 no d;srerarded and too far-reaching TO
Ia granted without severe struggle iii'"'' ~
A. s,,au Welsh agriculturists have kept III
the BACKGROUND Of politics their desire 10 sc'
,o,a nv legislation after the model of the irish
land laws The witnesses who nave zee" w
Gore the commission SO far. however, nave cut
70 the kernel Of the Welsh agrarian agHa'io"'
All Of them. including several Radical leaders
~ local reputation, have declared ''d' '''e"
grievances cannot be settled without the "oV
80, ,ran,inp 10 them the regulation or
ro,,e nv land courts fxty of tenure, ana some
odon,o,ion Of the principle of free sale. Inc
,,,s according TO these witnesses. ought 10
=. on,nansated not only for the improvements
g.. which the landlord has agreed, but also LOT
.hoso IN which the landlord has refused TO
agree In a nutshell the agrarian movement
On Wales aims to deprive the EhgiSh Iahu-
owners Of the control of their properties 'he'e'
Disestablishment of the Church III wales
being almost within the grasp OF the Neishiheh'
they now follow the Irish lead IN deihahuins
the famous three Fs'-fair rent, Tree SAFE ana
fxitv of tenure-for this, cloaked uhuer lie"
nbrases is practically what their demands come
. cuggastive evidence of the growth of
ra,onal asnirations in Wales is to be found in
~ utterances of several witnesses who re-
forred 10 F,nglishmen as foreigners. The chair
man of the Anglesey County Council. Tor IN
stance complained while before the commission
Yesterday that certain landlords in Wales were
foreigners.
resident Of the commission.
"Why. Lord Stanley. Sir George Meyrick ana
several others whom l might name
But they are Engishmen," protested the
president surely you do not consider Eng
land foreign country.
Eyes. I do rather" persisted the Welshman
Those views are finding general public accept
ance among the Welsh Liberals, and are likely
~ cause English Liberals to pause in giving
frrther support to Mr. Gladstone's Irish policy
Cor No sooner would Ireland get home rule than
the Welshmen now aroused, would turn the
last stone to secure for themselves the same
rights.
There is a report, credited to Liberal circles,
that Mr.. Gladstone's Registration Reform BILL
n accompanied by redistribution Of seats,
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of the English universities. AS these great
intellectual centres persistently refuse to give
Mr. Gladstone a single supporter in Parllaneh''
II is not improbable that he should form some
plan to wipe them out politically
s T. Evans Welsh member of Parliament,
has been seen again as to the reports that Jo-
seph Chamberlain tried to arrange a deal with
Welshmen during the last Parliamentary SEES
sion The basis of this deal was To be the co.
operation Of the Welshmen with the Unionists
in working up confidence in the Government
and the Introduction of DiseStablishment
hill by the new Unionist Cabinet t. be formed
by Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Evans says that. de-
spite all denials. there is some truth in these re-
ports Mr. Chamberlain. he said. bad APP
preached the Welsh party before now. Mr.
Evans added: 81 have been informed by a lead
ing Unionist politician that it has been ar
ranged between the Conservatives and Union
ists that the next Government shall be Unionist
and Mr. Chamberlain shall be the Premier.
Mr. Evans refused TO name his informant, anc
would not describe the nature of Mr. Chamber
lain's approaches.
With view to checking Italys plans to in
yolve Great Britain in counter demonstration
TO the Toulon affair. the British Government
has ordered that the visiting British feet sinai
be divided, and one-half go to Catania, while
the other goes to laramie. No local celebrations
will be observed beyond the dinner Of the Of
ficers with the municipal authorities