The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-22
WILL OWN LANDS
FRIENDS OF IRISH TENANTS HAVE
THIS HOPE.
LEADERS TALK OF THE PLAN.
GENERAL DISPOSITION TO CARRY
1T OUT EXISTS.

Dill to Devote Government Ala TO
the Project VIII Soon BE Intro
duced i'm PnrIiament-''NIoSt Extra
ordinary Peaceful Resolution
Ever Effected" Is what Dunraven
md Redmond Say May BE Said i'm
the Event of success-Varled In
tercsts Are Working For the Plan.
London, Feb. 21.-As the result of In
terviews with the Duke of Abercorn,
Lord Dunraven, John Redmond and
others, the Associated Press is able to
announce authoritatively that the fol-
lowing is the situation to-day as re-
CARDS the plan to finally settle the Irish
land question.
All the interested parties, NATIONAL
lists, Unionists, landlords and tenants,
are now for the first time in the his
tory of Ireland i'm agreement, upon the
lines of the Dublin conference. They
have also joined forces in bringing
pressure on the government to make
Secretary Wyndham's forthcoming bill
agree in spirit with the recommended
tons of the conference and all indica-
lions point to the bill conceding these
demands. It will be introduced in Par
lament at the end of March. and. IL
passed, will accomplish what Mr.. Red
mond and Lord Dunraven agree in
saying will be one of the most extra
ordinary peaceful revolutions ever ef-
fected"
II Mr. Wyndham. for lack of funds
or other causes. fails to meet the
~ NJ Nba "a 4.
on his hands, to quote Mr.. Redmond
IAN Ireland such as the world has
never seen" In this view such strons
supporter of the government as the
Duke of Abercorn concurs. Mr. Red
mond adds:
BOUrISe Cochran 20 BE There.
IF this agreement of keenly oppo7-'
Ing parties lacks fulfiment through
the governments refusal, there will Re
twice as many counties under the ban
of the Crimes Act as there were pr.or
to the present truce. This truce Will
be continued until the terms of the
bill are revealed. great natoaal
conference, at which BourSe Cochran
of New York win be one of the prin-
cipal speakers, will meet I'm Dublin In
| April, to take action on the subject ="
The Duke of Abercorn, who is pres
ident OF the powerful irish Land o
Association, which at first declined 10
join the Earl of Mayo and Lord run-
raven In comforting with the National
lists, but which later signfed it's as
sent. frankly admits that he is aniaz-
ed at the results achieved, and at the
happy topsy-turveydom" now pre-
vailing in Irish politics. Asked if Re
thought the Nationalist were sincere
In their professions of willingness to
settle the long standing grievances by
compromise, he emphatically ex-
pressed his belief in their. complete
sincerity. The Duke could not con-
ceiYe that the government would
stand on any bubbles when the solu-
ton of the most serious problem of the
empire was within it's grasp. He
thought the process of changing the
holdings from the landlord to the tn
ant might possibly cost $3,500,000 an
nually, adding;
1T would surely be cheap at that
price"
Cost of the Land Transfers.
Neither Mr.. Redmond nor Lord Dun
raven believes the transfer of the land
would involve more than 81 500, 900 an
nually, and both think that the econo-
mics resulting from the cheaper adj
ministration would greatly reduce this
figure, If they do not eventually quite
wipe out the necessity for state aid
i'm the payment of the difference be-
tween the maximum price the tenant
can afford to pay and the minimum
price the landlord can accept.
The Irish Unionist leaders are of
the opinion that the whole question
might be declared settled in advance
If the government was not so desper-
ately hard up" In consequence of this
lack of funds, Mr.. Wyndham's bill will
not be introduced until after the pre-
sentation of the budget, so that any
money to carry out the provisions of
the bill will not be included in this
years taxes.