The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-18

| ernment has been guilty-all these 1 questions have been wiped away in this | one great insult which leaves us nc 1 other course than the one which has re- l ceived the assent of the whole nation | and which it Is our desire to carry out | It is a satisfactory feature of our pol | icy during these later days that or ] questions involving the vital interests
 and honor of the country there are nc l distinctions of party.'
 His lordship said he believed that
 desire to get rid of the word ''suzer'
 ainty' and the reality which it eX'
 pressed had been the controlling desire
 the dream-of President Kiugor's
 life. It was for that that the president
 of the Transvaal had set up the ne-
 gotiations of 1884, and in order to get
 that hateful word out of the convention
 he had made considerable sacrifices | MT. Kruger had used oppression ot
 the outlanGere as a screw to obtain a
 concession on the subject of suzerainty
 II quite agree" he remarked, that the
 word 'suzerainty' is not necessary for Great Britain's present purpose. Sltu- | ated as Great Britain is in South Ali | rica toward the Transvaal and the out 1 landers, she has Q duty to fulfil which | has nothing to do with any convention
 or any question of suzerainty This ! word, however, being put into the | treaty, obtained an artificial value and
 meaning which have prevented Great
 Britain from entirely abandoning 1t. If | Great Britain dropped it, she would be l ntimating that she also repudiated l T Fl tA If Tt was largely due to the character | of MT Kruger and to the ideas pursued by him that we have been led step by
 step to the present moment when we are compelled to decide whether the future of South Africa will be grow ing Dutch supremacy or safe, per- fectly established supremacy of the
 English people," (Cheers) After sev- eraI less important speechs the house of lords agreed to the address and ad- journed.
 The premier concluded by dealing
 briefly with the governments future
 policy in South Africa, declaring that
 while there must be no doubt as to the
 paramountcy of the sovereign power of
 Great Britain there must also be no
 doubt that the white races in South Af-
 rica would be put upon an equality
 and due precautions taken for the phi
 lanthropic, friendly and improving
 treatment of those countless indigenous
 races, of whose destiny fear we have
 hitherto been too forgetful.
 Those things must be insisted upon
 in the future" exclaimed Lord Sails
 bury. By what means they are to be obtained I do not know. I hope they may be consistent with a very large amount of autonomy on the part of a race which values it's individual share in government as much as the Dutch people do. But with that question we are not concerned now. We have only to make it clear that the great objects essential to the power of England in South Africa, to the good government of South Africa and to the rights of all races concerned are the objects of the British government, objects which will have the full support of the nation and which without distinction of party the government is now pursuing and which 1t will pursue and persevere unto the end" (Cheers.)
 When the house of commons again met Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman, liberal leader in the house of commons, said that parliament had been summon ed to give its approval to the early steps of war. Never had the house met in circumstances more serious CT amid con- ditions engaging to greater degree the profound interest of the British people. The demands made by the government of the South African republic were such as to make it impossible for the govern ment of any self-respecting country ever to take them into consideration. Cloud cheering).
 Actual hostilities have commenced" said Sir Henry "and an active aggres- sion has been committed which it is the plain duty of our ministers, of parlia- ment and of the people to resist. (Cheers.) There will be no disposition on the part of this house to place any obstacle in the way of granting such supplies and such powers to the crown as may be necessary to secure the rapid and effective prosecution of war com menced to vindicate our rights. (Cheers) The campaign should be wig orously and promptly prosecuted, and llolIllIlS lSCGoadly lcI Llldl pul pOSC should be refused by the house of com mons"
 The leader of the opposition went on to congratulate the government upon the choice made of officers to whom the main charge of the expedition" had been given Never, he believed, had SO capable. and experienced a staff been from the shores of England. Our natural position in South Africa" he declared, has placed upon us the duty of seeing any impeachment to our own supremacy removed. On that we are all agreed. l have no intention of upon minute or detailed crit icism of the steps taken by the govern ment. The time for that has not yet come, and it is proper to wait for fur ther explanations. But I may say that it does appear to me that the govern ment is engaged in a game of bluff (op- position cheers and ministerialist cries of NO! No'O, which Is not very wor- thy one for great country like this. | The raising of the suzerainty question | was utterly unnecessary and did more | than anything else to remove all chance | of success from the negotiations" (Op- | position cheers). ..
 MT. Balfour, who was received with | oud cheers, expressed satisfaction at l oalo r Ap Cy