The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-28
Extraordinary Land Program Is
Announced by England's Chan
cellor of Exchequer.
BY IA MARaUIsE DE FoNTENol.

BY Ia MARQUISE DE FONTFNOl.
y view OF the extraordinary land
program of l:nglands Chancellor
OF the Exchequer, Lloyd George
which aims at nothing more nor
less than tho. appropriation by the
state, Tor the benefit Of small
farmers and pcasantry. of land not
under cultivation now owned by
territorial n!asnates, IL is only to
be expected that most Of the great
mobiles should be Fastening to sell
their ancestral estates.
Until recently, the posscssiou of
land By che aristocracy was encour-
aged BY the government. 10 such All
extent that Prcmiers have been re
Iuctant 10 recommend any one 10 the
sovereign for peeraCe unless it
could he shown that lie possessed a
certain number OF thousand acres
The aim OF the Premiers in stipulatinc
this was 10 convey an assurance TO
the sovereign that there would always
be enough money To maintain the
peerage with BETTING dignity: while
another object which they had in view
was the political influence derived
from the possession OF land George
HIS powerful Prime Minister Pitt
was wont To assert that any man who
enjoyed $4,000 Il year derived from
land was entitled to a pceraGe. rs a
matter OF right: ana many distinc-
tons, in the shape Of advancement in
the peerage, OF honorary Offices. and
OF orders OF kniehthood, sucn as
the Garter the Thistle. and the
st. Patrick. have been bestowed
upon great landowners not for ser
vices rendered. but merely as Il rccog-
milton of the political influences which
they derived from the possession OF
their broad a.-cs.
The present government, through
its Chancellor of the Exchcqucr and
4 through his projected legislation. is
changing all this, and virtually pcn-
alizinE the possession OF land TO such
an extent rs To compel the territorial
ma Snatcs to sell. even at Il sacrifice
their ancestral estates. in order to
escape partial or total appropriations
Among those who are Offering the
hulk OF their estates for sale are the
Duke OF Newcastle, the Duke of Graf
ton, the Earl of Portsmouth. and / ord
Cranworth. How little this lcgisla-
ton was looked for by these peers is
shown by the fact that the Duke or
Grafton's grandson, and heir to his
honors and estates. young Niscount
Ipswich who was married last week
to Miss Auriol Broughan, has been
spending several years at the Agricul-
tural College of Wye in Kent. first
as a student. and now as 4 member
Of the faculty. Educated at Harrow
and Cambridge he took up. while ut
the university. the agricultural
courses which have been inauguratcd
there in conjunction with fine and
large experimental farm which it
owns. 1t is one Of the most popular
features OF Cambridge though not
entirely TO tho liking or the more
conservative older dons
On leaving Cambridge 10 joined
the agricultural college al wye, with
the aim OF pcrfecting himself in such
a fashion in the study Of practical
and theoretical agriculture as TO
turn the extensive family estates Of
his venerable grandfathcr the mona
Eenarian Duke OF Grafton. to far bet
Ter account than heretofore. Among
the students at this College OF WYE.
is Prince Axcl Of Denmark, one Of the
sons OF the sailor Prince Waldemnr,