On Tuesday in the Lords Lord Willoughby de Broke asked
the Government to produce any instances of tenant farmers or agricultural labourers who had been evicted on account of their voting Liberal, and called attention to allegations to- this effect in Mr. Lloyd George's speeches. He did not deny that such cases might have occurred, but they had been used by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as though they were universal. Mr. Lloyd George's charges had, in feet, been made the whole basis of an attack on the land system. They had a right to know whether Lord Crewe did or did not accept the methods of Mr. Lloyd George. Lord Lucas replied that many abuses were incapable of strict proof. No one knew this better than the Opposition, and Lord Selborne bad given an excellent proof of the fact when in the debate on honours he had admitted that he could not prove any of his allegations in a Law Court. Lord Lucas agreed that the great majority of landlords were blameless, but the proposed land legislation would not injure good landlords.
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