12 DECEMBER 1925, Page 3

Mr.. Lloyd George's original plan provided that all agricultural land

should pass out of the hands of private owners on a certain day.. According to the modified plan the transition is to be gradual. The County authorities are not to take over the ownership of farms when certain circumstances make a transfer undesirable. Moreover, it is to be within the discretion of the county authorities to administer their farms according to their present methods instead of on the lines laid down by Mr. Lloyd George. Liberals may like the scheme better with these modifications, but for our part we object as strongly as ever to nationalization under an alias.