New-York tribune., 1903-03-28
THE NEWS OF LONDON.
PHASES OF LAND BILL
Chertsey Won By the Government
H. HM on americas Needs.

,r..,.I ~ The Nev-York Tribune by French CapIeJ
o-o,yrisht 1908: BY TIE Tribune ASsoc!ation]
YorAo1 March 28 O. ms-The text OF the
1r.uh Land bill, which is now publSsneo' sno"S
hozv scrupuloubiy fair and clear Ar. "ShCn". "a.
,n,re6ucthrv speech was in regard TO all tne
-, Features o7 the scheme. Several secondary
r,,. irnpor4ans points had however. 70 De
emitted by the Irish Secretary In conoenSlis ii.
sneech into reasonable limits. The NatiOna"s's
will be glad to see that evicted tenants Sre 'loA
excluded from the scope Of the BILL for persons
~ 80, r,,rchaae holdings and obtain the
necessary loans not only the present 'etitD' -
b,,t any nersons who may have been tenan'S
within twenty years. Section II WILL ho"
ever in all probability be resisted to the u''oeA
bv the Irish party. It provides tha' "he'e "'le
fourth of the tenants, or in certain cases !Ue1
under one-half refuse to purchase an eSt1''
the right to have fair rents hxed uhoer MI
C3ladstones act Is to be taken away from Cheii''
ThIs is evidently to put the screws on t"eU
and make them Join the majority wnicn IL ~
sirous to purchase In q sense this 1unction
80 +ha bul one for compulsory purchase IN
o,z. oS a landlord wishing to SELL but 1t nas
not even a hint at compulsory sale In case OF
tenant anxious to buy The machinery ny
which peasant proprietors are to come into exist
ence is simply that the landlord nrst ASKS 'i'e
Estates Commission to inquire into the clrculh-
stanoes of his estate with a view to saAe' 'heh
the price Of the estate ig estimated ana "l'hiil
the prescribed time is to be fixed by the Estates
Commission The owner must sgree to sell AZ
the estimated price. The bill is, however silent
as to the means by which the annufties OF pur-
chase money are to be collected from the ne"
peasant owners.
Chertsey has fallen before the combined on
sIaught OF "The Daily Mall and MT PERKS
These two forces united to defeat Mr. hons1nan'
the Liberal candidate, because his leader Sir
Henry yCampbell-Bannerman, Is pro-6oef ana
TFone Ruler overlooking the fact that the, great
est pro-Boer of the day is Mr.. Chamberlain ana
that the Introduction of Mr.. Wyndhams Lana
bill into Parliament is a big step IN the dlrec-
ton of Home Rule. They called upon the elec-
tors to vote for the Tory, with the result that
the Unonist candidate has won his seat by LII
votes The Liberals have to console themselves
with the reflection that they succeeded in pulling
down the adverse majority 30 per cent.
J. J, Hill is in London for a few days he
says:
lam on no special mission. have just come
from the Continent and during the time nave
been in Europe have not done stroke OF nuslI
ness 1 am on my usual yearly aoI visit IT, comne Ming
at this time is to be quiet
Mr.. Hill refuses to be drawn into compar1-
son Of the commercial and railway positions OF
America and England, but he expresses the
opinion that something will have to he Done 10
meet the growing requirements OF the tnlteo
States In railway facilities. In many parts OF
America its immense resources have scarcely
been tapped. and more railways he says, VIII
have to come to provide for the great develop
ment which must take place. MI Hill ntehus
to return to America on Wednesday.
dispatch from Geneva correspondent OF
The Daily Chronicle" states that as result
OF the glowing accounts Of the life Of emigrants
in different parts Of Canada published by the
Swiss papers there is a rush Of emigrants for
the new FL Dorado Many wealthy families
have sold all their property and hooked passages
for Canada and the United states. Houses are
selling at half their original price and the price
of land has gone down with a rush. There is
also a dearth Of hotel and cafe walters in the
country as a large number have obtained lucra-
tive situations at St. Louis for the exposition
next year.
Miss Edna May, who is staying at Hastings,
had an unpleasant experience on Thursday
night She was driving to the Palace Hotel
after visiting the theatre when the horses
slipped and fell Upon leaving the carriage she
tainted and fell heavily to the ground. Yester-
day she still felt the effect of the shaking, but
was much better.
The Spencer brothers. the well known aero
nauts are nothing If not enthusiastic. They are
at present ged in the construction Of a new
navigable balloon for which they are using
twenty -four horsepower motor. This gives an
indicated speed of twenty-five miles an hour,
and so, with breeze Of thirty-ive miles an
hour in the same direction. they say it is quite
probable that Londoners will this year see an
airship rushing overhead at the rate of sixty
miles an hour. l. n. F.