Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-26
IRISH LAND
QUESTION
For First Time in Emerald Isles
History all Parties Agree.
LINES ON DUBLIN CONFERENCE
If Wyndham Fails TO Meet Views He'll
Have on His Hands "An ireland Such
as World Has Never Seem"

London, February 2l.-As the result of
interviews with the Duke of Abercorn,
Lord Dunravant, John Redmond and
others, the Associated Press is able to
announce authoritativeIy that the fol-
lowing is the situation as regards the plan
to finally settle the Irish land question:
All the interested parties, Nationalists,
unlonists, landlords and tenants, are now
for the first time in the history of Ireland
in agreement upon the lines of the Dublin
conference. They have also joined forces
in bringing pressure on the government
to make Secretary Wyndham's forthcom.
ing bill agree in spirit with the recon-
mendations Of the conference, and all in
dications point to the bill concedng those
demands. 1t will be introduced in par.
lament at the end of March, and if passed
will accomplish what Mr.. Redmond and
Lord Dunraven agree in saving it will be
lone of the most extraordinary peaceful
revolutions ever effected" If Mr.. Wynd.
ham, for lack Of funds or other causes,
fails to meet the views Of the conference
he will have on his hands to quote Mr..
Redmor d, "ap Ireland such as the world
has never eeen." In this view such a
strong supporter of the government as the
Duke of Abercon concurs. Mr.. Redmond
adds: "If this agreement Of keenly Op.
posing parties lacks ful6lment through
The governments refusal there will be
twice as many counties under the ban of
the crimes act than there were prior to
the present truce. This truce will be con-
tinued until the terms of the bill are re-
vealed. 4 great Nationalist conference,
at which Bourke Cochran, Of New York,
will be one of the principal speakers, Will
meet in Dub in in April, to take action
on the subject"
The Duke of Abercorn, Sho is prerident
of the powerful Irish Landlords AssCcia
ton, which at first declined to join the
Earl Mayo and Lord Dunraven, in con.
ferring with the Nationalists, but which
later signl6ed its assent, frankly admits
that he is amazed at the results achieved
and at the "happy tofsy.turvydom" now
prevailing in Irish politics. Asked if he
thought the Nationalists were sincere in
their professions of willingness to settle the
long standing grievances by compromise,
he emphaticallv expressed his belief in
their complete sincerity. The duke could
no. conceive that the government would
stand on any quibbles," )" when the solu'
ton of the most serious problem of the
empire was within its grasp. He thought
the process of changing the holdings from
the landlord to the tenant might possibly
cost 50, 100000 annually, adding: 1T
surely would be cheap at that price"
Neither Mr.. Redmond nor Lord Dun.
raven believes the transfer of the land
would involve more than Sl,5O0,000 an.
nuallg, and both think that the economies,
resulting from the cheaper administration
would greatly reduce this figure, if they do
not eventually quite wipe out the necessity
for state aid in the payment of the differ
ence between the maximum price the
tenant can afford to pay and the mini
mum price the lanlord can accept.
The Irish Uronis leaders are of the
opinion that the whole question might be
declared settled in advance if the govern
ment was not SO desperately hard up"
In consequence of this lack of funds MIR.
Wyndham's bill will not be introduced
until after the presentation of the budget,
SO that any money to carry out the pro.
visions of the bill will not be included IN
this year taxes.