The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
ATWELSHMEN WANT
"FAIB RENT, FREE SALE AND PIX.
ITY OF TENURE"
A Welshman who Regards Eagiand -
Foreign Country--Ths Girl rrsf-
10 at Ca1eutta-Othsr News.

the Welsh Land Commission, which be-
gan this week. have been almost ignored
by the English press. Nevertheless they
are likely soon TO assume great political
H. rortance, for tho demands Of the Welsh
tenant farmers are too loud TO be dlsro-
garded and 200 far-ieaching to be granted
without severe struggle. Hitherto the
small Welsh agriculturists have kept
in the backgrounds OF politics Their
cts.re is to get land by legislation after
the model OF the Irish land laws. The
witnesses who have been before the COM
mis- sion so far. however. have cut TO the
kernel Of the Welsh agrarian agitation.
All Of them including several Radical
leaders OF local reputation, have declared
that their grievances cannot be settled
without the governments granting TO
them the regulation of rents by land
courts. nxity OF tenure and some adapta-
ton OF the principle Of free sale The
tenants, according to these witnesses,
ought 10 be compensated not only for the
improvements 10 which tho landlord has
| agreed, but also for those to which the
landlord mas refused to agree. In a nut
! shell, the agrarian movement In Wales
| aims to deprive the English land owners
OF the control OF their properties there.
! Dtsestablishment Of the Church IN Wales
being almost within the grasp OF the
| Welshmen. they now follow the Irish
| lead I'm demanding the famous three
| Fs-fair rent free sale and fiMty OF
tenure-for this, cloaked under new
| phrases, is practically what their demands
| come to.
England a Foreign Country.
Suggestive evidence of the growth OF
natural aspirations In Wales Is 10 be
found In the utterances OF several wit
nesses who referred To Englishmen as
foreigners. The chairman OF Anglesy
County Council. for instance, complained
while before the commission yesterday
that certain landlords were foreigners.
who are these foreign landlordsg
asked the president OF the commission.
why, Lord Stanley, Sir George Mey-
rick and several others whom | might
name"
But they are Englishmen." protested
the president.
Surely you do not consider England a
foreign country"
Yes, do, rather" persisted the Welsh
man.
These views are finding general public
acceptance among the Welsh Liberals
and are likely 10 cause the English Libe-
rails to pause In giving further support
TO Gladstones Irish policy, for, no sooner
would Ireland get home rule. than the
Welshmen, now aroused, would turn the
last stone 10 secure for themselves the
same rights Most English Liberals are
hardly ready 10 follow the principle OF
nome rule to this logical conclusion. They
are very far from recognizing any prin-
! ciple which tends TO break up the United
| Kingdom into four countries, with In
| dependent legislatures. IL the Conserva-
] tiVeS work vigorously on English fears
| the present agrarian movement IN Wales
| can be made n most potent argument
against Irish home rule.
There Is a report. credited 10 Liberal
circles, that Gladstone's registration re-
form bill, II accompanied by redistri-
button OF seats. will have a provision
for the Acknowledgement OF the English
universities. AS these great Intellectual
centres persistently refuse TO give Glad
stone a single supporter I'm Parliament.
1t Is not improbable that he should form
some plan TO wipe them out politically.
CbamberIain's weIch Deal.
s. T. Evans. Welsh NJ r.. has been In
terviewed again as TO the reports that
Joseph Chamberlain tried 20 arrange a
deal with Welshmen during the last par
liamentary session. The basis OF this
deal was TO be the cooperation OF the
Welshmen with the Unionists In voting
no confidence In the government and the
Introduction OF a disestabiishment bill
by the new Unionists cabinet 10 be form
ed by Chamberlain. Evans says that,
despite all denials. there Is some truth
in these reports. Chamberlain, he said
had approached the Welsh party be-
fore now. Evans said Il have been
informed by a leading Unionist poll
tician that II has been arranged between
the Conservatives and Unionists that the
next government shall be Unionist and
Chamberlain shall be the premier"
Evans refused TO name his informant
and would not describe the nature Of
Chamberiain's approaches.
With a view to checking Italy's plans
10 involve Great Britain in a counter
demonstration to the Touion affair. the
British government has ordered that the
visiting British feet be divided, and
that one half go to Catania. while
the other goes 70 Taranto. No local
celebrations will be observed beyond the
dinners Of the officers with the munich
pal authorities. The special correspond
ents who were sent from all points OF
Europe TO Taranto. have been recalled
since the insignifcance OF the demon
stration has thus been revealed.
stesd's Ideal DsIly.
william T. Stead, formerly editor OF the
Pail Mall Gazette. has at last revealed
his long-projected ideal Of a daily. He
IS 10 be- the ideal editor. lie proposes
that 10000 persons subscribe twenty
eight shillings each for one year. Re
fore the first issue OF the nrst humber
he will accord to each subscriber one
pound debenture bond bearing 5 per cent.
Interest, In case he shall circulate i0o,~o
copies OF his daily, at 10 per cent, IN
case he shall circulate 10000 or more.
Stead is ready 10 take twenty OF these
bonds. He is TO have absolute control
OF the ideal daily, and 10 have the right
10 buy up all the bonds, and thus absorb
the whole concern into his private for
tune, any time he may choose Although
his scheme has excited general laughter,
Il may be ffoated successfully.
Under the threat Of the British govern
ment TO stop Indian pilgrimage 20 Mecca
unless the sanitation OF the city be I'M
proved, the Sultan has ordered the grand
sheriff to cleanse the streets. erect bar
racks for pilgrims and secure pure water
supply The Mohammedan physicians
hone that these measures will suffcs TO
check the spread OF cholera from the
Holy City.
Trading Girls in India.
The English Purity party havs been
reused 70 fierce indignation by the de-
cision Of Judge Pigot at the Calcutta
sessions that the Indian penal code per-
mits the purchase OF girls unless they be
sold for public uses Mission agents
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