The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-18
THE IRISH LANDLORDS.
The Consequence or tho Land Acts Causing
Them Much Alarm.

Them Much Alarm.
BELFAST. April 2.-The landlords OF Ireland
arc ut last awaking to the fact that the ground
e slipping fro m under their feet in more senses
than one. AccordinE ely. they have resolved
In hold a great meeting of landlords. mort
RaEees, and land agents in Dublin on Ap-i, 80
Tor the purpose OF bringing pressure 70 bear on
tho English Government to induce lit 81.
point a royal commission to inquire INTO ths
riRhts and wrongs Of tho Irish landho.tes.
This step is the first it is proposed to take a
respon:e TO the hint thrown out By Lord sails
bury a few weeks ago VIXEN. reply.nE tc Q
deputation of landlords. he said that Il they
wanted anything they must aGitate.
II is dawning on them At last hat the virtual
result OF the successive land acts is 20 turn
them from substantial owners into uncertain
rather crudely by one OF their own skiei o.
gans, and has created q good deal OF AlArm b.
alarm IS al tie greater because it is the action
of the present Government in England. which
they worked enerSeticslly to put in po1e7 that
OF being lett solely dependent on rents
difficult OF collection and liable at any monens
TO be swept aN ay by some economic cause or
The Belfast { Letter. a through and
through supporter of Lord Salishury.s Gov
ticle on the subject by telling he landlords
That; .ipdG g e from + %o,t the r rem Tr' Of the, the Sh lief
SNNhS ~ - - $500 'N's 49,
Irish, landlords may begin {" prenare for
eviction" The allusion is TO questions; a.ked
as TO whether the Land Commission in liking
new rents had laid down any principle u.on
which they were granting reductions on rents
Mr.. Balfour was understood to say thar the
d dmmi any princSele' and when further pressed
as TO whether they were not bound to give
soms TeA:S9 for their br, df fHr,Sn, Mr.; Bslt ,o5
down in the act" and that is. not at all. The
News-Ltttcr. commenting on the situation,
Government Is to condemn the landed propri.
etors To beggnry. but it throws the bla me OF II
on 3o b 5ee 'a phsir own backs When they gave STs t a s.isai
and uTsonditionai support TO Lord sslisonrEE
VIA, did they buyf VIA. it nerels lie rat
soil and it's inherent canacities. why are men
called Land Commissioners appointed 10 cut
a axsd 1a priec ine,f OF Pr scs,ons M !, Is Do . hsains %T TO
point 20 reductions OF rent In England, b-cllse
there the landlords have. opportunities 10
Take. for example. the Marquis OF Sall' bury,
lie Is n go d landlord and has made large re-
duct.ons in his rent roll. but think OF the th,Gu.
and members Of his family for putting The
Conservative party under n clond, and labor
ing To give us Rome rule instead OF home rue.
The nolicy as regards the landlords Of ireland
is 20 get them down and keep them down,
To' ~ 'hlolllSt pdpcIs lhlb u u sEf-s 'f' =
shows TO what we are drifting. So far as any
benefit 10 the landlords OF ireland from ITO
agitation they are about startit Z Ia "oncerl -,
II comes too late. They cannot ex pcct the Eng
lish Parliament to 90 bat 10 protection On
agricultural products for their saEes. and TO
English people will never consent TO ba taxed
TO compensate them for the losses due 10 their
own want o. intelligence. and. aS % manT
showed b. The h~earIless e~victions Of their ten
ants a want OF the common feelings u In.
mainly. The only chance there WAS LEFT Z"
them. that OF making common cause with the
NatiOnaiists. has apparently passed away. for
there are symptoms indicated by dem0nstrt-
TOMS provoked by the diamond Jubilee Of Ito
Queen that the viru.ent feeling against Eit:
land that has always been II marked feature *
the Irish lower middle class IL giving way 4"
more moderate sentiments. They are frcltrG
the benefit Of the spoliation Of the landlord.
and OF the power OF the ballot. In n way, Wlat
h~apoeneh in Poland after the insurrrction -
1863 has come Ia pass IN Ireland. The lmDcrla
ukRse that stripped the Polish mobiles maj
turned the tenants into Lruurietors has h@i
its counterpart in the successive land acts TIM
are eliminating he old landlord. class in Ire
land aud II the people OF lrelaGd are not ren.
dered etfusiyely loyal by IL, there is yet loss in
~slinatiOn a nong them than there was a auartaI
or a century ago TO resort TO physical foToS t0s
the redress OF grievances