The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
MIR. WYNDHAM WINS RENOWN His Land Bill is Generally
 Praised. THE VIEWS OF REDMOND Says Dublin Convention Will Pass Final Judgment. Does Not Yet Know Whether It Will Give the Measure Its Endorse ment-Bourks Cochran Can
 Not Be Present.

London, March 26.-Mr. wyndham has no cause to be dissatisfied with the re- ception given to the Irish land bill thus fled the first favorable opinions ex- pressed.
 Perhaps the strongest opposition yet evinced has come from the Ulster land lords most of whom are said to be un- likely to sell their estates T. W. Rus sell. member for one of the Ulster d. visions. declares that this difficulty, aris- ing from the absence of a compulsory law in the bill, will result in a continu- ance of the agitation in Ulster by the tenants who thus are deprived of avail ing themselves of the new measure.
 William oBrien has issued a manifesto criucising many features of the bin. but strongly deprecating anything like a nasty condemnation by the Nationalist convention.
 Generally, speaking. the Nauonalists heartily welcome the bill. not because they regard 1t as perfect. but because 1t gives ministerial sanction to the princi-
  vided for under the bill. and because it is held to contain the germs of future measure of sslf-sovernment for Ireland.
 Asquith Approves It,
 MT. Asquith, speaking at St. AIbans tonight, said that without being sanguine, credulous or optimistic, he could not help thinking that if by concordat such as this bill, they could hope for a satis- factory land settlement, 1t was not be- yond the bounds of statesmanshlp that by a like concordat between Ireland on one side and all the parties in England on the other, they would make many sub stantial advances towards settling the problem of Irish government
 Lord Londonderry. speaking at Skip ton. Yorkshire, expfesssd his unqualified approval of the bill.
 Among the provisions of the bill which Mir. Wyndham had not time to explain yesterday was an important one, sweep ing off all arrears of rent except for the year preceding the passage of the act. Several other good features of the meas ure will come to light when the text Is distributed.
 Former Congressman W. Bourke Cock ran of New York. will not be able to be present at the convention of the Irish NationalistS to be held in Dublin April 14 for the purpose of considering the Irish land purchase bill, introduced in the House of Commons yesterday. His doc tors says he must not leave the warm climate of Egypt until May, as his lungs are seriously affected.
 The comments of the afternoon papers of this city and of the provincial papers on the measure merely reiterate the opin- ion expressed by the morning papers.
 John Redmond wrote the following for the Associated Press:
 John Redmond's Views.
 "The land bill In many respects is a far reaching and important measure. It pro- poses a loan for the purpose of enabling the landlords to be bought out to the ex- tent of a hundred million pounds. in ad- dition to a bonus not to be repaid, to amount to at least 12.O00.o00 pounds. The bill does not fill all the requirements of the case. It does not provide as good terms either for the landlord or tenants as proposed at the recent land conference but 1t marks an enormous advance on any measure of it's kind hitherto proposed by an English government. It Is the direct result of the unity of the national movement in Ireland and the national party in Parliament for the last three years which led to the breakdown of coercion Tn Ireland and which induced the landlords to come to the conclusion that their best interest lay In making friends with the Irish people instead Of contin- uing in conflict with them. The land con- ference which ensued, spoke in the name of United Ireland.
 Regarding the result of this measure I cannot speak with any certainty. Its de- tails, many of which seem 10 me highly objectionable. are capable of improve ment by discussion. If this measure should provide as every one hopes, set clement of the land question. not only will a great social and industrial prob lem be put once fore all on a sound basis, but it will make a concession to home rule in answer to the united de- mand of all the classes in Ireland In the near future a certainty.
 Until those clauses of the bill are actually in my hand. I cannot say. of course. whether they will actually carry out the project in view. Therefore. I can- not say for a certainty if the bill will be accepted by the national convention whicn assemblies In Dublin on April 14. This great assembly will have the deciding voice in the matter. If 1t rejects the bill the measure will be dead. If 1t accepts 1t subject to certain amendments, it Is quite possible the bill may be moulded in committee into such a shape that l. will entirely transform Ireland.
 U. E. Redmond"