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Show PROSPERITY FOR IRELAND, Long Anticipated Land Bill Introduced In House of Commone. Tho Irish secretary Mr. Wy milium, Introduced the government's long anticipated an-ticipated Irish hind bill In the house of enmmurcs Wednesday. It proposes ft free grnnt of Ifin.non.fuio for the purposes pur-poses of Iho bill. Thn keen Interest felt In tnls new legislation, which It Is hoped will prnmoto peace and contentment content-ment In Irelnnd, was evidenced by ft crowded hnune. The Irish land hill provides that tenants ten-ants shall pay 8-i per cent Interest on loana from the government, thnt untenanted un-tenanted farms and grazing lands will be sold to neighboring truants, and Ibat three commissioners will supervise super-vise tho rales. Tho advance lo the tenants, through the provisions of the land bill, are limited In 2.rinn In Ilia congested districts and f.'i.uun elsewhere. else-where. The bill will become efferllvo November 1. Mr. Wyndhum said 7rm,-(ii)O.noo 7rm,-(ii)O.noo could safely be advanced on Irish land, but he thought tho scheme would not Involve f :,iHi.nno.nno, Tho Irish secretary explained thnt whllo the maximum ehurgn on thn Knttllsh treasury would not exceed Il.ori7.000 In a single year, the reduction In tho enst of tho oilmliilstintlnn of Irelnnd would amount to I1.25U ooo. |
