In the Commons on Monday Mr. Birrell, in moving that
the Lords' amendments to the Evicted Tenants Bill should be considered, declared that his interest in the measure bad largely disappeared. Still, though the Bill was thus deprived of its chief value as a pacificatory message to the people of Ireland, he believed what was left of it would be of considerable value, and rather than risk its total destruction, he was "prepared to yield to superior force." He could not, however, accept Lord Atkinson's amendment pro- viding that the landlord should be paid " compensation " instead of fair market value for his land, or that regarding appeals, but there would be appeals to Mr. Justice Wylie sitting with two assessors. Mr. J. Redmond deplored the Chief Secretary's concessions, which ruined the prospect of a real settlement, and accused the Lords of a desire to cause disturbances in Ireland in the coming winter.
