The Landlords' Combine.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 31, 31 July 1902, Page 3

The Landlords' Combine.

i^ L L me8 T ereCei u Ved . laßtweekßtafceßthatth el"Bhland]ordßh»Te S£ss£!£3«S3SSs on their part looks as if they had come to their last ditch RprfmnnHth Phelan > cx ' Mayor of San Francisco, has sent Mr John Redmond the sum of £500 towards the Nationalist defence in conhave taken place, have fixed the price at an amount equal toabou! 18 years purchase of the present high rental. Many of the landlords have recently raieed their price to 27 years' renteL wMch £ prohibitive, since the State would not advance money at such rates m it would be impossible for the purchasers to meet their oblfcatfoM ?fi to I8 a yt a - c Wm l n * &nd ,aniioU9, aniioU9 to bu r tbeir ho?dinga ft fJS ILt ♦ I f Si P ur ? haße - and PabHc opinion is in favor of compelling the landlords to sell at this price. This is what they call » conspiracy From the proceedings of the last few yean tt fa apparent that there is a huge conspiracy among the landlords to clear their estates of tenant*, and turn tLse into huge cattle run? The contest is going to be a fierce one if the landlordipeSeverrin their intention but as the people have right and justS, on their Nnt^T^f they Will Anally come out viotow! Now that the South African war is ended the people of the United Kingdom will be able to turn their attention to domestic mSSS and we are very much mistaken if they will allow the present administration to be the catspaw of a few selfish individuals,,?,! Gov^rnmtnt* ° landlordß to dominate the policy of the A Dublin correspondent, writing under date June 14 says -—A writ has been issued at the suit of Lord De Freyne against a lanre number of defendants, the subject matter of the action being the dispute on the plaintiff 's property. The action is for an injunction and damages The injunction is asked for to restrain the defendant from acts of .1 legal conspiracy to procure the non-payment of rente on the De Freyne estate, to intimidate persons froJ entering into ZTorLtFZZt ss h T° tting ' eU: -' et(i - The lowing falftu Joh T n Fitz-ibbon, Patrick Webb, Denis Johnston, Bernard Harte Owen McGarry, John CulHnan, M.P , O'Conor Kelly, M.P., WilluS ? >^'mf ' v Urml Ltd "' John E - Kedmond, m3>. w kk °* D ? nnel1 > Mp - David Sheehy, Laurence Ginnell, Alfred Webb, Andrew J. Kettle, William O'Brien, M.P Michael DariS* John Dillon, M.P Patrick White, M.P., E. havfland s £Se MP ' J °hn Molnerney, rhomaa Harrington, John Boohe, MP JP v>*r. rell, M P Dr. Patrick Mulcahy, J. G. Swift MacNeill,' M.P., AlalrMcGhee dl( Joßepb D elahunt, John Muldoon, and Richard * *?h? h ? Ifo-1 fo -l l °r i T •? are r ßUed as members of the Standing Committee of the United Irish League: John E. Redmond, David SheehT Laurence Ginnell, John O'Donnell, Alfred Webb, Andrew Kettle Patrick White, William O'Brien, Michael Davitt, John Diflon Havil land Burke, John M'lnerney, Thomas Harrington, John Roche JP Farrell, Dr. Mulcahy, Swift MacNeill, Aldeman Fa^ThiS Delahunt, John Muldoon, Richard M'Ghee. om " Messrs John O'Donnell and John Dillon are in addition mad personally. "*—*+ T ™ he wr^ ia BiEfned by Gerald FJtz *i°bon, Pierce Nolan, ThomM L. O Snaughnessy, X C, and Stephen Ronan, K.C. wumm The Press Association understands that in Parliamentary oirolai much importance is attached to the action which is being brought by Lord Dei reyne against a group of Irish Nationalist member. who are associated with the United Irish League. It is understood that his Lordship has the sympathy and support of other Irish landlords. There is also reason to believe that the defendants will strenuously resist the action, not only in their individual caoaoitv but also protect the funds of the League from an attack calculated' rf successful, to impoverish its resources, just as the decision in the Taaf Vale case was opposed in the interest of trade union fundi The case is not unlikely to be carried on appeal from the oourte in Dublin to the House of Lords.