IRISH LAND BILL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2039, 29 April 1890, Page 1

IRISH LAND BILL.

London, April 24. In tha House of Commons to-day Mr Gladstone opposed the Irish Land Parchase Bill and said there could be no satisfactory settlement of the question while coercion debarred combination for political purposes. The benefits to be derived from it would be confined to landlords, and the tenants objected to the State placing an embargo on local funds in Ireland without the Irish consent, 'i lie people of Ireland were evidently opposed to (he measure, and State landlordism was a great economical danger. He thought Parliament should be precluded from pledging British credit for the purchase of Irish lands. In replying to Mr Gladstone, Mr Gosohen said that the ingenious scheme propounded by Mr Parnell was not hostile to the Governnibnt, but continued a dual ownership. He thought the two schemes might be taken together, if the British taxpayer were amply protected, Mr Gladstone, he said, had already established State landlordism in Ireland. April 25. It is expected that the Government will apply the principle ot Mr Parnell’s Irish land scheme to districts where the landlords are unwilling to sell or tenants to purchase. Mr Parnell declines to accept this, fearing that he may be entrapped. In reply to a question Mr Parnell has stated that he has no intention whatever of amalgamating witn Mr J. A, Balfour in his land purchase scheme.