New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
PROSPECTS OF WELSH DISEsTABLlsR
MENr AND OTHER GOVERN
MENT MEASURES

CYPRUs-LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
INFLIENZA-CLUB BI.AcKBALLs.
fBY CABLE THE TRIDUNE1
tcopvr,ght; 1885, BIZ II: Trlbun, Assoetr.ob
London March 9-This week the Governments
have produced their great measure OF the ses-
sion No one expects the Welsh DisestaoIsn-
ment bill to become a law, and the same remark
applies to the Local Veto The conciiiation bill
for settling labor disputes Is voluntary, not COM
pulsory in principle. But the Irish Land BILL
may turn out measure great Importance II
is based largely on the recommendations OF the
committee appointed last year and contains con-
cessions to the Unonists in the hope that the Irish
landlords in the upper chamber may be conclll-
ated. Nevertheless. the bill embodies proposals
which were repudiated by Mr.. Gadstone'
and which the present Lord Chancellor de-
nounced as revolutionary. Politics. however,
travel so fast nowadays that these are no draw
backs and for the sake Of peace and to get RID
OF an endless subject of dsputaton the Union
lists display no hostility the measure, and will
possibly accept IT, The Standard, II Is true,
runs up an alarm signal respecting the NTH
clause which relates to improvements. and calls
upon the Opposition to divide on the second
reading. This is however. OF minor importance.
because the real fight on the bill VIII arise In
committee. 1t is however. significant that The
Standard" makes these militant suggestions with
a view to the future action Of the Lords as
though the peers had already decided materially
10 alter the clauses of the measure dealing with
improvements. We shall see.
The provisions Of the bill dealing with improve
ments are exceedingly drastic, and give the
tenant more advantages than the landlord IN
the estate. Every Improvement Is virtually as-
sumed 10 be the tenants. unless the contrary is
established In truth land legislation for Ireland
has now reached the stage Of the tenants right
being more valuable than the landlords inter-
est While the Opposition are. as whole hot
untavorable TO the bill. the Irish factions are
divided in opinion respecting II. The Orthodox. or
anti t-Parnellites. accept the measure with entnu-
siasm and their newspaper organ declares IL VIII
deal n deathb,oy 70 landlordism These vie~s
are sufficient TO provoke the Parnelites 10 adopt
the opposite view AT present Trey c"nVenS
themselves by saying the measure Is mere
demonstration, but It is doubtful whether or not
Mr. Redmond and his friends have the courage 70
maintain their resistance.
In the course Of Mr. Morley's description OF tho
chaotic condition OF Irish land legislation no
stated that the cost Of the Land Commission
since 1881 had exceeded A million sterhng' whi'e
tho remiss,ns secured under the fair rent clause
exceeded
aware that the statutory term OF judicial rent 70
10 be reduced under the bill from fifteen to ten
wears But Mr. Morleys remark as to the exist
ing settlements having no inviolable sanctity |"
not unlikely TO encourage the Irish tenantry TO
demand further remissions before the ten years
have expired
The concessions already made TO these individ-
nails are provokng no little dscontent among the
English and Scotch farmers. During the last M
teen months the latter have been suffering worse
than ever from agricultural depression lrisn
farmers on the other hand. have been doing ex-
tremely well. and the country. save in certain per-
m2nently poor districts. is prosperous. Ihs iatge-
lv arises OUT of the results OF special legislation
Ireland furnishes a controlling voice in the Brit
ish Parliament and the Irish farmer receives
advantages which his less favored brethren In
England and Scotland would give their ears 10
possess
one principal feature ~ the new Land Dill VIII
relate to evicted tenants. The Government pro-
nose to re-enact the thirteenth clause OF Mr. Ball
four's Land Purchase Dill. which was intended TO
encourage voluntary agreements between land
lords and tenants who lad been eVcted. Ihat
obiec: was not achieved. owing largely TO the
advice Of Mr. Dillon SIR. OBrien and others who
recommended tenants 10 remain by the roadside
until the Gladstonians came into office. Possibly
Nr Morley relies upon a modification Of Mr.. Bal
four's proposal which will largely destroy the
voluntary principle. for the operation OF the Dill
will place the landlord at the mercy OF the Land
Commission in regard to the purchase price. Fh's
hampers the freedom of action Of the landiord
while imposing no similar restriction upon the
tenant Nevertheless. this Is not fatal blot
as there Is strong desire on the Opposition
side and among the Ulster Unionists to accept
the bill that possibly some compromise will bs
evolved
Mr. peers retirement from the Speakership does
NOT occasion surprise. 1t is FASTENED by increas-
ing infrmity and his daughters approaching
marriage which will deprive him Of the head OF
his household He is reckoned the strongest
Speaker since the late Lord Eversley and his con-
troll over the turbulent spirits In Commons was
complete In all things he was dignhed but was
not without hauteur. which was sometimes re-
sented without the genius Of his late nro'her
Frederick he endowed with more tor'e OK
character and common-sense than most men hs
WILL OF course, have peerage. 1t Is remarKaois
that this honor was declined by his father. the
rrcot Sir Robert who also forbade his widow ana
heir 10 accept any such distinction
rhs naval programme Of Lord RoSbery's gov
arpp,snt ,s regarded by most adverse critics Of
the Ministerial policy 10 be highly satisfactory.
thanks to the persistence OF Earl Spencer and to
the healthy condition of the EXchequer. Sir Will,
lam Harcourt has Welded to the general demand
for large increment in the naval defences Of
this country on the lines laid down by Lord Sails
bury and the Unonis, party when in Office. The
plans are far IN advance of anything expected
from the present Ministry They have shown
F'rance-for It is against her aggression that all
these preparations are made-thst where she
builds ship Great Britain can build two.
The provisions respecting harbor accommodation
at Gibraltar indicate that the Ministry has no
intention TO follow the advice of Laird Cloves
and other naval authorities and withdraw from