FARM TENANCIES.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]
Snt,--The tenants of the great majority of houses in the kingdom are protected by emergency legislation against .having their tenancies put an end to during the war and for six months after- wards. Nothing, however, has been done for the tenant farmers, who, with greater reason, require protection in the national interest, but who are being• given notice to quit by the hundred. This is being done so that their landlords may sell their farms and realize big prices. It is a grave scandal that the farmers who are producing food should be disturbed, as they have not been disturbed for generations. Most are yearly tenants, and this fact puts it in the power of their landlords to make the present oppressive use of their legal rights. The Central Chamber of Agriculture, presided over by Lord Selborne, and the Gloucester War Agricultural Com- mittee have passed resolutions demanding that powers be given to War Agricultural Committees to veto notices to quit, but nothing has been done. The inaction of the Government is incredible.--
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