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THE LAND QUESTION IN NORTH WALES
NORTH WALES
BEING
A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE HISTORY, ORIGIN, AND CHARACTER OF THE AGRARIAN AGITATION
AND OF
THE NATURE AND EFFECT OF THE PROCEEDINGS
OF THE WELSH LAND COMMISSION
BY
J. E. VINCENT
BARRISTER-AT-LAW
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY
1896
History of Welsh Land Question-Distinction of Welsh Case from Irish and
Scotch Cases-Attempt to confuse Land Question with Church Question
-Influence and Operations of Welsh Vernacular Press-Lord Penrhyn's
Evidence from Welsh Press-Adfyfr's" Landlordism in Wales"-
Mr. T. E. Ellis, M.P., and Lord Penrhyn
Pp. 1-40
CHAPTER II.
Formation of North Wales Property Defence Association-its object—not
hostile to Farmers-it asks for a Commission in April 1892-Mr. T. E.
Ellis's Speech of May 1892-His Indictment-Mr. Gladstone's Observa-
tions upon it-Mr. Chaplin's Criticism-Mr. Gladstone's Snowdon Speech
-His Statistics-the Inaccuracy of Inferences drawn from them-the
Irrelevance of any Inference from them Pp. 41-54
CHAPTER III.
The Commission appointed-its Constitution-Antecedents of Members-
Majority of Radicals over Unionists-the Terms of Reference and their
Meaning-Issue affects English and Scotch Land also-Summary of
Complaint against the Commission, its Methods and its Procedure
Pp. 55-61
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