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FOREIGN NEWS.

An Exciting Time In the British Parlia-
ment-The Government Sustained-The
Afghan boundary Questionable Adj
vance Upon Khartoum, in the SOudan, to
be Abandoned.
LONDON, May l2,-In the House OF
Common last night the vote OF credit OF
$50, 900, 900 for war purposes being under
consideration, Lord George Hamilton
conservative for Mddlesex) brought up
the motion OF which Sir Stafford North
cate gave notice on his behalf last Fri
dag, that the House having shown Its
readiness to vote supplies, will refuse
to assent to the vote of fll,000, 900
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 bitter attack on the Government,
accusing them of ANONYMOUSLY running
away from the Soudan after having &C
complished nothing except the murder
of 10000 natives; and after having
made concessions to Russia, which
amounted to complete surrender in
return for nothing but patched up aud
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
eminent furnish definite statement Of
its future policy in treating that ques-
ton.
A remarkably effective reply to this
speech was made on behalf OF the Cabinet
by 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 a
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 men,
Der for Lincolnshire, supported the mo-
ton, and dwelt upon the waste of blood
and treasure, and the infection 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 woIded 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 &C.
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, who
sought vote of 500, 900, 900 for war pur.
poses.
Lord Harrington, Secretary of State
for War, closed the debate with forcible
and elegant speech in defense of the
Governments policy, and at tw enty min
utes past two O'Clock in the morning a
NOJC was tdhCu mnICu iSouiICu i1 a lii6'
jority of thirty for the Government, the
motion of censure being defeated by 26C
yeas to 290 nays.
THE NEW BOUNDARY.
SMLA, May 1l.-According to repor
In circulation here, the Ameer has bount
himself to insist upon a frontier passing
fhrAnnh nninfo tho n
which the Government refuses to dis
close. Penjdeh, however, is not one o.
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 be al
lowed to inspect the forts at Herat. The
Ameer has received detailed plans fol
the defenses of Herat from the Indian
Government
osMAN DIGNA AT BERBER.
DoNGoLA, May lit is reported tina
Osman Digna, with few followers, ha'
arrived at Berber, and that the Emir o
Berber has gone to KhartOum to solicit
reinforcements to oppose the British adj
vancing from Suakim.
ABANDONED THE PLAN.
LONDON, May lin the House o
Commons this afternoon Lord Harting
ton, Minister for War, stated that the
Government had definitely decided t.
abandon the plan of advance Spon Khar
toum. The British troops would be con
centrated at Wady Halfa and Assouan
Suakim would not be evacuated until ar
rangements could be made to garrison
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