BRITISH LAND QUESTION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1832, 19 August 1913, Page 5

BRITISH LAND QUESTION.

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE'S CAMPAIGN. ■ By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. August 18, 11.40 p.m.) London, August 18. Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will open this land campaign, at Bedford on October 11. England, said. Mr. Lloyd-George, in a speedh delivered at Dulwich in July, is uttorly unsuited for' peasant proprietorship. There is an alternative punphaser to the peasant, and he hopes that before finally deciding the question of 'purchase statesmen will carefully consider the question of reversion to the State. But the first task, he says, is to recast the whole of the conditions of tho tenure of land, and put them on a better business footing. Tho "Nation," when announcing Mr. Lloyd-George's plans a few days ago, foreshadowed the basis of the Liberal policy, which, it said, would bo a minimum wage. The crux would bo tho giving of the farmer flhe means of recouping himself by an adjustment of rent and security of temiire. This would bo impossible without the Stale's assistance.