The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-04
LORDS AND LAND BILL
MEASURE DISCUSSED BY ENG LIsH PEERS.
Duke of Devonshire in Moving Sec ond Reading, Advances the Same Arguments Used by
 wyndham to Commons.

London. Aug. 3--The Duke of Devon shire moved the second reading of the Irish land bill in the House of Lords to- day. He used the same arguments as to the necessity for passing the measure as were previously uttered by George Wyndham, the Irish secretary in the House of Commons. The Duke declared that the government was confident that the expenditure of the S5O,O00,000 provided in the bill, would be fully compensated for by economies in the judicial machin- cay and the reduction in the police ex- penses, which the adoption of the meas ure would render possible.
 In conclusion the speaker declared that the House of Lords could not substan- tially alter the bill. as adopted by the House of Commons, without serious risk of losing 1t altogether. The bill was in the nature of treaty or instrument of peace and although 1t would be rash to predict that it would prove final set clement of the Irish question and serious altercation would release the contracting parties from the obligations mutually un- dertaken. Never before, he said, had the of the various interests concerned Saskd Parliament to sanction a settlement, the main principles of which they had themselves suggested.
 The Duke of Aberdeen (Conservatlvel said the representatives of the landlords would offer some Amendments which were not of a contentidels nature. While ap- preciatIng the liberality of the financial provisions of the bill, he declared that nothing could recompense the landlords for the losses they would have to sustain. If their sporting rights were lost and their property sold there would be no in dusement for the country gentleman to remain in Ireland.
 Lord Crews LiberaU followed and said that unless the landlords sold on large scale. serious results would follow because the unsoid estates would become centers of discontent and disturbances.
 The Earl of Dunraven. (conservative) congratulated the government on the bill, which he said was broad and statesman like. He regretted, however, that the bill failed to carry out the entire .recom- mendations of the late Irish land lords and tenants conference at Dublin.
 Many others spoke. very fe4y showing a disposition to prolong the discussion of the bill. One of its stoutest opponents was vlscount Hampden, liberal. who char acterized 1t as thoroughly mischievous and corrupt. He said it wsuld result in land war more fierce and embittered than any which had preceded it,
 Londonderry. conservative claimed the measure was for the benefit and welfare or all CLASSICS ana entdiieu no FISK WHdb- ever to the imperial exchequer
 Earl Spencer, Liberal, supported the bill. saying he thought the possibility of settling the agrarian difficulty justified even the large expenditure involved.
 Lord Lansdowne. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. did not share the sinls- ter views which had been expressed re- garding the effect of the bill on resident landlords. On the contrary. he believed the measure was so framed as to induct them to remain in Ireland. and he ex- pressed the hope that both the landlords and tenants would do their utmost to make 1t successful.
 The discussion was concluded soon after midnight, when the bill was passed to a second reading without division.