The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-29
CHAM BERLAINS VIEWS
THE SITUATION DANGEROUS TO
IMPERIAL INTERESTS.
ENGLAND MUST PROTECT HER SUBJECTS
She has Undertaken lhe Cause Of the 0u'I,n
ders, Who have BEEN Treated Out
rsg,ousIy, and Must See
il Through,
it Though.

London. July 2S.-In the House of
furnished the Liberals with an oppor-
tunity for Il debate on the Governments
policy i'll the Transvaal H. Campbell
Bannerman, the Liberal leader, said he
thought that in view of the negotiations
pending reticence and reserve must rule
debate While he did not sympathize
with Boer opposition to franchise ex-
tension, he saw nothing from the be-
ginning to the end of the story, TO Justify
armed Intervention. The speaker plead
ed for further friendly and prudent ac-
tion through Dutch sympathiZers at the
Cape.
The Secretary Of State for the Col
onies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, opCEed
his speech in reply by declaring that
Sir III. Campbell -Bannerman' language
was calculated to embarrass the action
of the Government.
The grievances of the 0utlanders, Mr..
Chamberlain said, were admitted ON all
hands to he serious; but the most serious
part was that the outrageous treatment
10 which they were subjected was part
Of The settled policy pursued BY the
Bocrs. The situation was dangerous to
imperial interests. Mr.. Chamberlain
justified the right of intervention, first,
Htause it was the right of every civiliz-
ed power to protect its own subjects;
secondly. because Great Britain had the
right Of intervention under the conven-
tion as the suzerain power; and thirdly,
because the convention had been broken
in letter and in spirit.
In dealing with the latest proposals,
Mr.. Chamberlain said:
President Kruger has invited friendly
advice, and the Government has thought
itself justified in appealing to him that
Il joint inquiry should be held. These
proposals were with the view of de-
termining what representation will be
Immediately given aliens, which can
he the only basis of satisfactory settle
ment. If the inquiry is accepted, eX-
perts will be appointed; and the Gov
crnment hopes that then it will be pos
sihle to reach an agreement. In any
case the Government will press for
necessary alterations in order to secure
tie objects in view We have under
taken the cause of the Outlaaders and
are bound to see it through"
The House adopted the Colonial Office
vote without Il division after protract-
ed debate upon the South African policy
of the Government.
In the House of Lords today the
Earl Of Camperdown called attention to
the Transvaal situation. The Earl of
Dunraven and others followed, all de-
clared that any departure from the
recognized policy of the Government
would be an act of inestimable danger
to the position of Great Britain, not only
in South Africa. but it might shake the
imperial existence of Great Britain it
self.
Lord Salisbury reminded the House
that he absolutely dissented from tine
policy of 1881, which was tainted with
the grave fault of optimism. He agreed
that if the latest concessions were
genuinely carried out the Government
might look forward to peaceful solus
ton of the crisis. Her Majesty's Gov
crnment, he said, had put their hands
to the plow and certainly did not in
tend to Withdraw them.