THE CROFTER DISTURBANCES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1858, 4 June 1888, Page 3

THE CROFTER DISTURBANCES.

At Olaahmore m Aesyn matters among the oroftera oeern to have settled down. The dykes levelled by them have been rebuilt without their interfering. At Strathy, however, a great Land League demonstration haß taken place where it was protested that, although the people were recommended to go to British Columbia, they would not do so while thousands of acres m the Highlands were wildernesses for sheep and deer. The land, of which their forefathers had been ur jastly deprived, they claimed must be returned to them.. Meantime, the lease of the deer forest of Strathalladale, extending over some twenty miles of oountry, and whioh was the scene of a portion of the heartrending Sutherland evictions of aevemy years ago, has run out, and the Duke of Sutherland offers the land to the orofterr, It is to be hoped that this may be an example that will be followed, and that a belter state of things may be initiated by it. What may perhaps seem favorable to this hope is tbe announcement that it is the intention of Mr Winans, the American monopolist, to give up the leases of the forests he holds, m Ross-shire and Inverness-ahire, comprising some 260,000 aores. fie has already surrendered Lord Lovat'a foreßt of Glenstrathfarrar, whioh Is now let to the millionaire Vhmlerbilt.