Proceedings were accordingly taken against him, and he was evicted.

By this eviction his title to the tenancy was broken.

The landlord nevertheless, for the sake of peace and quiet, offered to allow him to sell, to a man who wished to take the place, any interest he might have had in the holding, and to forgive both the arrears of the rent and the L150 which had been borrowed by him.

The ex-tenant flatly refused to accept this offer, became a weekly pensioner upon the National League, and declared war.

The landlord was forced to get a caretaker for the place from the Property Defence Association at a cost of L1 per week, to provide a house for a police protection party, and to defray the expenses of that party upon fuel and lights.