St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-23
FOREIGN NEWS.

An Exciting Time in the British Parlfa-
ment-The Government Sustained-The
Afghan Boundary Questionable Ad-
vance Upon Khartoum, in the Soudan, to
be Abandoned.
LONDON, May 12.-In the House Of
Common last night the vote OF credit of
S55, 900, 900 for war purposes being under
consideration, Lord George Hamilton
conservative for Middlesex) brought up
the motion of which Sir Stafford North
cate gaye notice on his behalf last Fri
day. that the House having shown its
readiness to vote supplies, will refuse
to assent to the vote of Ell, 100000
unless it has been informed of the Gov
ernment's present policy, and OF the pur-
poses to which the grant is to be applied.
Lord Hamilton, in supporting his motion,
made a bitter attack on the Government,
accusing them of ignominiously running
away from the Soudan after having ac-
complished nothing except the murder
of 10000 natives; and after having
made concessions to Russia, which
amounted to a complete surrender in
return for nothing but patched up and
short-lived peace. He demanded that
the House be placed in possession of
the full correspondence in the Afghan
frontier controversy, and that the Gov
ernment furnish definite statement OF
it's future policy in treating that ques-
tion.
A remarkably effective reply to this
speech was made on behalf of the Cabinet
bv Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade and member
for Birmingham, who characterized Lord
Hamilton's language as valiant, but
devoid of sense, and worthy OF
rhetorician rather than of states
man. "If the House desired
to call the Government to account,
continued Mr.. Chamberlain, "the mat
ter was in their own hands. Instead OF
discussing such weak and absurd motions
as that, they could simply refuse to grant
the supplies for which the Government
asked in order to carry out its policy"
Mr.. Henry Chaplin, Conservative mem
Der for Lincolnshire, supported the mo-
tion. and dvelt upon the waste of blood
and treasure, and the infiction of ruin in
the Soudan, which, he declared, had had
no other object than to save the seats OF
an imbecile ministry.
Lord Randolph Churchill, the Conserva-
tive, spoke in favor of the motion, but
was less bitter than usual in his
structures upon the Government. He
claimed that the motion was
purposely wo1ded so as to enable the
ministers to retire with grace and dignity
from a position which it would be i'm
possible for them to retain. He took oc-
casion to defend the Tories from the
charge that they were the war party.
The real war party, in spite of their claim
to desire peace, were the Liberals, VINO
sought vote of $55, 100000 for war pur-
| poses.
j Lord harrington, Secretary of State
| for War, closed the debate with forcible
and elegant speech in defense OF the
Governments policy, and at twenty min
| utes past two o'clock in the morning
vote was taken which resulted In ma
| iority of thirty for the Governments, the
motion of censure being defeated by 26O
yeas to 290 nays.
THE NEW BOUNDARY.
SIMLA, Nav ll.-Aceording to report
| in circulation here, the Ameer has bound
himself to insist upon frontier passing
through three points, the names OF
which the Government refuses to dis
close. Penjdeh, however, is not one OF
| the places. The Ameer desires the joint
boundary commission to examine Oxus
/ Valley also. Immediately upon the re-
| turn of the Ameer to Cabul he issued
| orders that British officers should oe al
| lowed to inspect the forts at HeraG Inc
| Ameer has received detailed plans Tor
| the defenses of Herat from the Indian
| Government
| osMAN DIGNA AT BERBER.
DoNGoLA, May lit is reported that
| Osman Dicna, with few followers, has
arrived at Berber, and that the Emir OF
Berber has gone to Khartoum to SOLICIT
reinforcements to oppose the British ad-
gancing from Suakim.
| ABANDONED THE PLAN.
LONDON, May lin the House OF
| Commons this afternoon Lord Harttng-
ton, Minister for War, stated that the
Government had definitely decided to
abandon the plan of advance upon hhar-
| toum. The British troops would be con-
centrated at Wady Halfa and Assouan.
Suakim would not be evacuated until ar
1rangements could be made to garrison
| the place by troops of some civilized
power. These changes in the original
/ plan would make it unnecessary to push
forward the railway from Suakim toward
Berber.
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THE RlEL REBELLION.
A More Serious Matter Than Was Antici-