The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-14
A NEW IRISH LAND BILL.
Measure Proposed by the Tory Gov
ernment Read.
PROVIDES FOR PURCHASE BY TENANTS
And Allows Thorn Liberal Time for Fay
ment-Intendod to Pass, But There
VIII Hardly He Time.

| London. April Is Mr.. Gerald BaiiouV.
chief secretary for Ireland. introduced
the new Irish land bill in the house OF
| commons today. 1t is OF much wider
scope than that OF Mr.. John Morley. VINO
was chief secretary for ireland in the
| late liberal government and is upon the
| principle Of purchase by the occupying
| tenant being the ultimate solution OF the
land question.
Introducing the bill. the chief secretary
! for ireland said the government believed
the land question TO be the root of the
agitation tor home rule. The bill provided
to facilitate the purchases of holdings
and prevented the lessee from having
rent levied ON his Improvements. 1t eni-
| bodied the most non-contentious proposals
| of the bill OF 1875 and modified others
/ They proposed that the tenant should he
-, deemed, on the iaymcls, sd TWO years ar
! rearaEc to be In Just possession Of his
| holding, leaving the landlord to recover
| The remainder OF the arrears IN the
! Continuing. Mr Balfour said that the
| government had decided not TO alter the
statutory tenn of fifteen years for fxns
| a far rate Purchase would not be com
| pusory. the chief secretary for IRELAND
| projected, saying such a scheme "ouid
! require possibly t2U0 900 0ll. while the
| terms could not be SO advantageous TO
| thu tenant The terms Tor repayment
| would be extended from ~ to ovci - years
and relief would he given 10 the tenants
they were more likely TO need 1t. the
payments decreasing With The length 81
| tenancy to every purchaser by less tnan
twenty, years purchase; Will at the
| start there would he 20 per cent less rent
| than they wese now paying, they would
| be relieved OF 10 per cent during the first
The Bin. he said, extended the powers OF
| the rongcsed districts board, enabling II
ut
| Win regard to evictad tenants, Mr.. Bal
| four said the government had already de-
| cared that they could not consent to the
US Of public money. believing that aid
! should come from private sources. but
| they were prepared to re-enact the clause
OF The land act for n year, and SO act as
Mr. Gerald Balfcur concluded by saying
that ths hih was an honest endeavor to
| ership for dual ownership.
After hearing Mr.. Baltours speech tho
! opinion expressed IN the .obhy was that
| "a bill of such compiexity rs to have occu-
| little prospect Of passing AZ this session
J of parliament. IN view of the prolonged
| When MIR. Gerald Balfour had con
/ cluael, Mr.. John Morlcy. VINO was score
! tary Tor ireland in the late LIBERAL cabinet
| aud the author of the Irish land bill of
/ piS, lie suid it was impossible to rriticise
such complex biz unul he had seen 1t
. PEliktfi, Dul IL WIS tNlNtiR tilt' IL DTlSAItl
! with Objectionable features and would re-
qu!re n great deal OF amendment IN COM
mittee He warned the government that
II they wished to pass it they must with
/ draw their educational bill.
John Dillon, chairman of the irish par
; liamentary party declared that the bill
was extremely disappointing to ireland
and was further proof OF the incapaclty
I or parliament 10 legislate for ireland The
! measure he said, was very inadequate as
I to fixing fair rents and TO dealing with
( eNictcd tenants. but he admitted that 1t
was an Improvement on the bill recently
put forward
The dill was read for the first time and
its second reading was fixed for April r.
representative Of the Asso lated Press
looking for some representative opinions
on the bill, sought an interview with John
Redmond on the subject. He admitted
that the bill, hail made points and was
better than Mr. Morleys because il was
intended to pass while Mr.. Morley's was
not lie Thought tho Improvement clauses
would benefit, tenants, but the purchase
clauses, he said, We're the most Important.
Horace Plunkett, member NJ parliament
for Dublin county, south, was also asked
Tor ms opinl5n. He regards the bill as an
nQdost attempt to bring the land ques-
ton within n measurable distance OF IL
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