139/140 It is quite clear that the Liberals of Ticino who had distinctly broken the law were more or less comforted or protected by the Liberal party in the Swiss Federal Assembly. Compare Hilty, _Separatabdruck aus dem Politischen Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft_ (_Jahrgang_ 1891). [The force of this illustration has been increased by every Land Act passed since 1893. 'The Imperial Exchequer [_i.e._ in effect Great Britain] has made a free grant of L17,000,000 towards furthering land purchase; moreover to that end it has expressed its willingness to pledge its credit to the amount of L183,000,000 of which over L35,000,000 has already been raised. |