26 MARCH 1910, Page 3

Mr. Lloyd George then proceeded to give further instances of

intimidation and oppression from Wales, where until 1868 the vote went with the letting of the land according to the politics of the landlord. A tenant farmer then led the revolt by seconding the nomination of a Liberal candidate, and was served with a notice to quit. The same sort of thing went on throughout all Wales, and after the election in Carnarvon the tenants were turned out by the score on to the roadside because they dared to vote according to their consciences. But the genius of freedom was aroused, the Welsh had broken their chains, and all he could say to rural England was : "Go thou and do likewise." Economic independence, which was the essence of political independence, could never be secured so long as there was feudalism in the land. Fewer people than were present that night owned two-thirds of the soil of Great Britain, and by virtue of their ownership they exercised complete away over the livelihood of millions of men, women, and children. "That is a very serious fact. (A voice : Tax them out of existence?) Well, 1 made a start (loud cheers)."