The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-20

respecting Aie Interpretation that should
be placed upon Mr.. Chamberlain re-
| ply, the colonial secretary maintaining
| atory, saying; I'VE could not accept all
of President Krugers conditions, though
we accepted nine-tenths."
Sir Edward reioined that Mr.. Cham
berlain S remarks made the matter
more ana more sad. If this sort - of
thing had been going on the war was
crime against civilization. 1t was
very unfortunate that parliament was
not sitting the first week in Septem-
Der or the seven-year franchise would
have been accepted and there would
have been no war, Mr.. Chamberlain S
conduct of the correspondence he char
acterized as most clumsy. He had
given twenty years answering sup
port to his party, but there was, Sir Ed
ward continued, a deeper and truer
loyalty to party than blindly going with
it in division and in the lobby and
some day his friends would acquit him
of dlsloyalty in having striven to pre-
vent his country from suffering cal
amity and his party from suffering re-
proach for having embarked on an I'M
necessary war Opposition cheers.)
John Morley, liberal on rising to
speak, was greeted with loud cheers by
the opposition. He said: "A very ma
terial change has come over the spirit
of the discussion since the brilliant,
eloquent, forcible and unanswerable
speech of Sir Edward Clarke and it
now seems as if we are going to war,
not for the franchise but for suzerainty.
Under the name Of paramoutcy we are
going to impose upon the Transvaal
obligations which the government
would not for the life of them dare i'm
pose upon any governing colony"
Mr.. Chamberlain interposed: 'If we
could imagine such a case as a self
governing colony imposing upon ma
jority of its inhabitants such conditions
as the Beers imposed upon British sub
jects we should interfere or cut the con-
nection.'
Mr. Morley contended that in New
foundland was a remarkable case of
alienation of territory in favor of an
individual but though that correspond
ed to the position of affairs in the
Transvaal Mr.. Chamberlain refused O
interfere. Mr.. Chamberlain said the
cases were in no way comparable.
Mr.. Chamberlain resumed his seat
amid loud and prolonged cheering.
Just preceding the speech of Mr..
Chamberlain, Henry Seton Kari, con-
sentative member for st. Helen's. Lam
cashire, in accordance with notice given
yesterday, asked the first lord of the
treasury whether the attention of the
government had been directed to GER
tain speeches and letters by and ema-
mating from the members for Kilkenny
and East Clare, Patrick O'Brien and
William Redmond, Parnellites, advocat-
ing the cause of the Beers, attempting
to seduce British soldiers and melting
them actively to assist the enemies of
the queen, and what action, if any, the
government proposed to take in the
matter.
Mr.. Redmond rose quickly and said
that before the first lord of the treasury
replied he desired to ask him whether
it was not fact that he (Mr. Redmond)
in suggesting message of sympathy to
President Kruger had only followed the
precedent set by her majesty's grand
son, the German emperor cloud laugh
ter.)
Mr.. Balfour replied as follows: "I
was not aware that the honorable MEM
Der for East Glare framed himself upon
such an august model (Laughter.)
may point out, among the differences
between himself and the Emperor Of
Germany, that his imperial majesty is
not Britisher nor a member of this
house. I have reason to doubt the ac-
curacy of the statements contained in
the question. So far as my memory
serves, support of similar character
has invariably been offered by the same
quarters to those engaged in hostilities
with her majesty's government quite
irrespective Of race, creed or the theater
Of hostilities. | have no ground for
that such support was ever
regarded as important by those to
whom it was proffered; and advise the
house to take the same view now"
(Peals of laughter.)
Parliament later adjourned for
week.