IRISH LAND BILL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2776, 29 April 1890, Page 2

IRISH LAND BILL.

(liY KLKCTIIIC! TICLEGItAI'H. — OOI'YIUGHT). London, April 24. In tlie House of Commons to-day, Mr Gladstone opposed the Irish Land Purchase 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 tlie Bill were confined to the landlords and tenants. He objected to the State placing an embargo on local funds in Ireland without Irish consent. The people of Ireland were evidently opposed to the 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 Goschen said the ingenious scheme propounded by Mr Paruell was not hostile to the Government, but continued a dual ownership. He thought the two schemes might be tried together, if the British taxpayer was amply protected. Mr Gladstone, he said, had already established State landlordism in Ireland. April *27. During the debate on tlie Irish Land Purchase Bill Mr Di'lon declared that it was impossible for the State to cope with boycotting, or an enlarged plan of campaign.