New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
IRISH LAND BILL PUZZLE.
MIR. BALFOUR's EXPOSITION NOT UNDER
STOOD EVEN BY HIMSELF.

MR. BALFOUR's EXPOSITION NOT UNDEh-
STOOD EVEN BY HIMSELF
M, ,rr THAT LORD SALISBURY INTENDS TO DEAL
! WITH THE rRANsvAAL AFTER HAVING SET
TIED THE soUDAN AFFAIR-sPAINs
COLOSSAL ORNAMENTS.
London. April Is.-Experts in Irish land legisia-
| ton are exploring the nazes or the text vi inc
Irish Land BILL which was Issued to the members
NJ the House OF Commons yesterday. They ma IL
difficult TO agree on exact conclusions as 10 no"
the measure will operate. The CHEF secretary ioi
Ireland, Gerald Bafour In introducing the Dill '"'
Monday left the House IN state OF puzAihs pei
plexty His style oil exposition did not assist "a
euc,dat.ng the intricate subject Experienced gal
cry reporters concur in the opinion that MT na,
tours speech the most complicated ana 'eo",'
| cal one ever delivered In Parliament He hurried
unintelligbly through mass OF detalis' rap'''
reading parts OF the speech that had obviously peen
prepared for him. which he did not UNDERSTAND
himself. ma.
John Dillon, the leader Of the anti-Parne'tes'
who understands the Irish land question propaoy
better than any other member. said In the ioopy
that he had listened to the most Intricate ana
dnIcult OF all the speeches he had ever hea'o III
! connection with Irish land affairs
! The text Of The bill shows that the measure .
divided into six parts and forty-four ch'"ses "
which the matter OF purchase occupies he XII 10
s ny n efS said
mean me- Zine time they are inclined to approve the pro
tenants under md state he advances the
money the tenants payns per cent n year
throushont pernd Ds on pey cent on the
mi io for the rst years TOR the next ten
:sms rate ,s on on nn a@S S ss tx
g ysd l es WITH each decade until III the full
2, 'd sle hat the
SION and they win Therefore not obsT ors i asanst
! in Committee OF the Whole
r.o War ONCE has been Instructed to hold two
| r.y,ments Of guards and three line regiments u"
| readiness for active service abroad IN jun '"'
! a.,Irs,ion NJ these troops Is not ohiclaIy an
o,rcs1 hut II Ia unof,lcially known that they are
destined for Egypt. where u IS expec'eu ing ~"
| land in July by The end OF August the p.'' ~,
| forc.menis will number $500. ana prooaoiy d" i.''
| ian contingent viii raise The NUMBER Av'o.''''s
| 70 ..The Army ana Nay Gaz'tte' the earnest au
v,n,aac Viii be taken OF the rise Of the Nile al 'e
end of July to transport the troops. supplies vtc,
10 Dongo;a rnt the river IL high enough 20 ao ~,
s,crn-wheel steamers + p;ss safely over tne CAV
orac,s native craft Will be used Tor uahSpo .a''
purposes. They will. howeve-. only De- USE hs - -
/ Transport, stores to places near the p'e''"' ''
The English papers make much OF the staiemen NJ
,hat arsv s,ndcatc OF Egyptian bondho ders
against tho Egyptian Debt Commission 70 preVe zen M,
esp@msss on the soadan expeion The truth is
that the capitalists ,s S2n" Ery 81 f"s The
heal Of these firms. Baron Menascc; OF 3nn The
n nns Of the expedition He provides railway and
| other material for the advance
While there l. every slgn that formidable opera
lions are designed in the soudan In the autumn
rho ou.stion that l. exciting interest here is VIII
the Government venture to simultaneously chal-
! Iengc the Transvaalr Lord Salisbury means to
ibs Hocrs whether they will allow the British TO
walt for an opportunity to deal win them'
Tn. correspondent OF THE Post" writing on the
| subject Of the preferential duties granted by the
| Transyaal Government to goods Imported from
Germany sny, that since 1850 the British imports
| INTO south Africa decreased from g per cent OF
| the total imports TO 2 per cent the Germah I'M
mort. during The same period advanced 90 per cent
! over 100 missing infants are now connected with
| Mrs Dyer. the baby-farmer The police nave con-
suited the higher legal authorities regarding prom
/ ,nent persons who have BEEN found TO be involved
! by giving Mrs Dyer charge OF children sensation
| al developments are probable when the case comes
| for trial.
senior Canovas de. Castillo the spanish Prim"
! Minister has sent emissary 10 England TO pace
Arg. orders for steel ornaments connected with the
! STRENGTHENING
! l,ntlc and Mediterranean coasts. Judging from
the reported size " the orders the Work ptoJrcuel
IL colossal 1t Is supposed that spain II makhg
these preparations to guard against eventualltie'
! growing out 81 the attitude OF the United states
! on the Cuban question.
Tho clyde trade shows wonderful expansion
| orders for 1000 tons OF new shipping were placed
there IN Apr Steel vessels are especially In de-
manI The greatest OF the Japanese shipping COM
panies tho Nippon Yu.cn kaisha. intends to start
! a lnc Of steamers 10 Europe. TX mas ordered rlN
vessels that are 20 be butt AT beiast ana on the
clyde The contracts call for their competitor ny
the end OF the year
The Queen has lost trusted servant. hugh
Brown who was a relative OF the famous John
Brown Hugh Brown Her Majestys favori'e
page She provided him with charming residence
| AZ Frogmorc and a cottage at Bnlmoral. IN ample
pension will be given his family
.
AGREED CONCERNING COREA.
AN UNDERSTANDING SAID TO HAVE BEEN