The "Irish National Convention" held its annual meet- ing in
Dublin on Tuesday under the presidency of Mr. John Redmond, who begged the country to subscribe £12,000 a, year in order that the Nationalist representatives might be able to attend Parliament. The meeting passed a series of furious resolutions against the "infamous" South African War and the concentration camps, and against the " nefarious policy " of reviving coercion in the " crimeless " West of Ireland, but its real object was to denounce the land-laws. and to demand that' the landlord interest should be finally and compulsorily bought out "on such terms as will secure that the present interest of the occupiers will not be included in the estimated price,"—a somewhat obscure sentence. Does Mr. Redmond mean that the selling value of the goodwill is not to be taken into consideration, or does he include the value of the rent also P The latter would be
confiscation, pure and simple. A Mr. Quinlan asked for ":,common-sense," and attempted to plead the cause of the labourer, above whom, under tbe. scheme, a multitude of landlords would be placed ; but the labourer is unable to sub- scribe to party funds, and unlucky Mr. Quinlan was at once "compelled to resume his seat."
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