Mr. Chamberlain, in a closely reasoned speech, said he did
not differ "from the views which have been expressed as to the several provisions of the Bill by my hon. friend, the Member for South Tyrone." If the amendments suggested by Mr. Russell were accepted, the Bill would, he thought, be fairly unobjectionable. Mr. Chamberlain went on, however, to argue that the Bill, as it stands, is a bad Bill. There, we think, he went too far,—" an unimproved Bill "would be a better descrip- tion. We are, however, most heartily with Mr. Chamberlain when he deplored the fact that the Government is doing nothing to further land-purchase. "The only final solution of this land question will be some system of transfer of ownership from the landlord to the tenant. The occupier of land in Ireland must also be the owner, if you are ever to end the perpetually recurring difficulties!" That we have always asserted is the conclusion of the whole matter. The debate was adjourned till yesterday.
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