Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-15
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. ENGLAND DEFENSELESS. Wolseley Repeats His For
 mer Charge. BROTHER IN . LAW FERRIS Must Tell of Broker Hatch s
 Death. THE SENATE IN STAR CHAMBER. Gresham First Choice In
 Minnesota.
THE SENATE IN STAR CHAMBER
wOLsELEY DEPENDS HIMSELF


 And Repeats the Charge That Eng lands Army and Navy Are I'm Bad Shape-A Lively Retort In Commons. LONDON, May 14.-The House of Lords this afternoon was crowded with people who desired to hear Lord Wolseley's defense. The peers and peeresses' galleries were filled. MT. Gladstone, MT. Stanhope, Lord Randolph Churchill, Viscount Cranborne and other members of the House of Commons crowded the steps of the throne. Lord Wolseley, who was seated on cross bench, rose when the Duke of Cambridge entered and shook hands with him. Upon the appearance of Lord Salisbury Lord Wolseley asked leave to make personal explanation with refer ence to Lord Salisbury's complaint of his att tacking the government. He could not see how an unprejudiced person could construe his remarks into an attack upon the govern ment He felt that he could not honestly assail the government for negligence toward the army and navy. In the position which he occupied in the administration of the army he could not fail to be fully aware of what Mr. Stanhope had done and was doing to render the army efficient. He felt deeply the necessity of keeping the forces efficient and was convinced that more might be done than had been. He admitted that the pres ent government had done much toward inn proving the military defenses. In the ban- ouet speech referred to he said no more than he did in his evidence before the eommission He still adhered to that evil dence word for word and had nothing what- ever to withdraw. As long as the navy was as weak as it was now the army could not hold it's own, dispersed as it was all over the world The defenses at home and abroad ;, bod condition The military f0roag were not organized as they should be, they did not guarantee even the safety of the cap ital, He did not want to create panic, but he maintained that the condition of the country was such that if force of 100,00 men succeeded in efecting a landing and were properly handled there was no reason why they might not take possession of the country. He made th1s state ment with full appreciation of his responsibility. He had been tempted to resign on the sSaturday after reading what Lord Salisbury had said. The House could not take the initiative in the matter, but he placed himself in the hands of the premier. He did not intend to cast slur upon the government; he had en- deavored to the best of his, lights to serve his sovereign and his country. (Cheers.)
 Lord Salisbury said that his strictures upon Lord Wolsely's statement at the recent din- ner were fully warranted. At the same time he accepted Lord Wolsely's disavowal of any intention to attack the government. He only hoped that if Lord Woisely had occa- sion to assail the government in the future he would do so in the House. He trusted that Lord Wolsely would not take the mat ter too seriously. He should regret the generals leaving the service as the greatest blow that could fall on the military administration. Lord Wolseley s statement regarding the weakness of the country's defenses would be seriously in quired into. Meantime he deprecated the practice of officers speaking over the heads of the government and thus destroying the ministerial authority and shattering the ad- ministrative machine (hear, hear.)
 The Duke of Cambridge said that every now and then he and Lord Wolseley did not agree, but they disagreed without 8 quarrel. If these matters were to be discussed in an open house between the commander-in-chief and the adjutant general it would be most detrimental to the interests of the public ser vice (hsar, hear.)