IRISH LAND PURCHASE
THE LORDS KILL THE BILL. ANGRY NATIONALISTS. AN APPEAL TO AMERICA. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 8. The House of Lords, by 114 votes to 26, deleted clause 41 of the Irish Land Purchase Bill, involving practically the compulsory acquisition of land by the Estates Commissioners outside. congested areas. Several , clauses dealing with the constitution of the proposed new board were also deleted. Mr J. E. Redmond, the Nationalist Leader, has cabled to the United Irish League of America: —“ A great crisis has been reached in the Irish struggle. The House of Lords is engaged in destroying the ' Land BilL A General Election is certain in a few weeks, when the veto of the House of Lords will be at stake. With the disappearance of the veto the last obstacle to Home Rule will be removed.” Mr T. P. O’Connor is going to America to ask the Irish-Americans for prompt and generous aid. The * Pall Mall Gazette ’ (O'.) states that the Nationalists are desperately in need of funds. The subscriptions this year are £2,500 lees than in 1908.
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Evening Star, Issue 14185, 9 October 1909, Page 5
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181IRISH LAND PURCHASE Evening Star, Issue 14185, 9 October 1909, Page 5
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