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V/ estminster Gazette.'} THE PEASANT AND THE PHEASANTS. 



(After a well-known picture, " Fallen Amongst Thieves," by Mr. Weekea.) 

 Under the old order, the laws protected the Game; under the new, the peasant ie to be 



protected against the Game. 



TOPICS OF THE MONTH. 



XIX.-COUNTRY-SIDE CHARTER. 



The Liberal Land Campaign in England. 



The main objects of the great land 

 reform scheme launched by Mr. Lloyd 

 George are : — 



A living wage for the agricultural 

 labourer, fixed at not less than 20s. 

 6d. a week, which would be merely 

 the bare standard of maintenance in 

 a workhouse. This wage will in- 

 clude extras. 



Shorter hours for agricultural 

 labourers 



Revision of rent and tithe on farms 

 where these reforms are imposed. 



Erection of at least 100,000 cottages 

 for labourers, with gardens, allot- 

 ments, or, in suitable cases, small 

 holdings attached. 



Compulsory acquisition of land for 

 these purposes at net agricultural 

 value. 



Abolition of game laws. 



Complete security of tenure for 

 farmers who cultivate properly — in 

 a word, tenant right as in Ireland 

 and Scotland. 



