Evening star., 1908-12-20

and navy. Probably no single family In
the United States has furnished so many
lily, and the Meigses and McCombs have
been almost equally distinguished.
List Of Evicted Tenants Reinstated.
The British parliament recently pub
lished a return (No. Cd. 4090 covering all
the proceedings under the act Of April.
1907, to restore evicted tenants in Ire
land. giving particulars in each case in
which an evicted tenant. or person nom
mated by the estates commissioners to be
the personal representative Of the de-
ceased evicted tenant, has. with the as
sistance Of the commission. been rein
stated, either by the landlord or by the
estates commissioners. or provided with
new parcel Of land under the lands
purchase act.
It is a quarto pamphlet Of forty-seven
pages, and gives in fine type the names
Of all the farmers in Ireland who have
been evicted since 1875. with the dates of
the evictions, the area they formerly oc-
cupied, the rent they formerly paid. the
arrears Of rent due at the time OF the
eviction. the value Of the property. the
name OF the landlord. the name Of the
state the name Of the town and county,
the date of restoration. the price paid by
the estates commissioners for each tract.
the valuation Of the buildings and other
improvements upon the property. and the
compensation given to outgoing tenants
who surrender their holdings under the
law to those who were formerly evicted
from them.
Many Returned to Their Old Homes.
This report shows that 40 tenants have
been restored to the Blacker-Douglass
estates in Armagh. 80 have been restored
on tho Charlemont estates in the same
county, A Of those evicted from 1887 to
1880 by Lord Massareene in County Meath
have been restored, and 80 on the estate
of the Marquis Of Lansdowne In Queens
county. On the estate of Sir G.. Brooke,
in Waterford, 7S families, evicted In 1887
and 1888, have been restored: 20 on the
estate Of A. L. Tottenham. Leitrim: 81 on
the Vandaleur estates, in Leitrim; 30 on
the estate Of c. W. Warden, in County
Kerry: 80 on tho estates Of the Earl OF
L'stowell, and similar numbers elsewhere.
land that has been evicted from farm
during the last fifty years for non-pay-
ment Of rent or for political reasons has
been restored wherever they are living,
and If the head OF the family at the time
of the eviction Is dead. his heirs have
been placed in possession Of the place
And all this has been done by the govern
ment at the expense OF the taxpayers as
vindication Of the policy Of the Irish
Land League. the United Irish League
Quoted the land wars.
Was Forced Upon the Government.
The restoration Of the evicted tenants
was not voluntary on the part OF the
British government. It was forced upon
parliament by the Irish agitators. In a
debate on this act In the house Of lords
tho Marquis of Lansdowne. who had
evictsd a large number OF tenants from his
estates. admitted that he and other land
lords accepted the proposition with great
relucta nee. and ''only because the govern
:nent had represented to them very ear
nestly indeed, tnat the measure formed
an integral part OF a policy OF pacif1cation
which they desired to bring about il
Ireland. and Il the landlords took the
responsibility Of rejecting this particular
item the entire program was destined to
failure. 1t is on the strength or these rep
resent atoms" said the Marquis Of Lans
downe, that we ask the house Of lords
TO agree to the restoration OF all Irish
tenants who have been ev!ctod at any
time for political reasons as we'll as for
failure to pay their rents"
The members OF the national party ~
Ireland concede this point cheerfully.
They willingly admit that they insisted
upon the restoration Of all evicted ten
ants as the first and the most important
proposition i'll the program OF paciticatiOn
in ireland. and they agree with the Mar
alliS OF LansdoWne that 1t would have
been a failure otherwise. 1t should also
De stated that all arrears OF rent for
which families have been evicted from
irish farms have been Cancelled aud the
restored tenants have become the actual
owners of the land. the houses and all
improvements: Instead of paying rent to
a landlord they become the landlords
themselves. The purchase money i'll ev
cry case has been advanced by the gov
arnment. and is TO be repaid by the pur-
chaser in sixty-eight years. with interest
at 3I4 per cent per annuni. This sum
represents 21s per cent interest upon bonds
issued TO raise the funds and three-fourths
of / per cent for "a sinking fund TO meet
the bonds at maturity.