The Portland daily press., 1899-07-29
And Outlanders are Civ.
en- Tn cir Rights.
If These are Not Obtained
Peacefully Beers viii Suffer-

London. July SIN tho House Of Com
mons today the colonial office vote fur
nished the Liberals with an opportunity
for detato upon the royegnrsent's poll
cy In tie Transyaal. Cainphell- Banner
man, the Liberal leader. said he thought
In view of the negotiations pending that
reticence and reserve might rule debate.
While he did not sympathizs with Boer
opposition to franchise extension he saw
nothing from this end Of the story to jus
tify armed Intervention. War In South
Africa with one OF the dependent states
=, would be one Of the direct calainftios pos
sible. The spsaksr asked for further
friendly and prudent aotion through
Dutch sympathisers at the Cape.
The secretary OF state for the colonies
Mr.. Joseph Chambsrlain, opsned bis
speech in reply by declaring that Sir II.
Campbell Bannsrman's language was
calculated to embarrass the action of the
government.
The grievances OF the Outlanders, Mr..
Chamberlain said, wers admitted on all
hands to be serious; bus the most serious
part was that the oatra icons treatment
to which they were sui jscted was part OF
the settle1 policy pursued By the Boers.
The situation was dangerous to imperial
interests As regard the racial feud, com
Ing out OF war, racs antagonisn, already
existed and was poisoning the communi-
ty. The danger of disauerEion in Cape
| Colony and the Ofanes Free state, was
entirely due TO the action OF the TraussaaI.
Ii was not question OF a i've or seven
| years franchise. but OF tho power ana
authority of ths empire and the position
OF Great Britain In South Africa. Mr..
Chamberlain justified the right OF inter
| vention. firstly, because IL was the right
of every civilized power to protsos its
own subjects. secondly because Great
Britain had the right of Intervention un-
der the convention as the Suzerain pow
err; and, thirdly, because the convention
had besn broken in lstter and In spirit.
In dealing with the latter proposals MIR.
Chamberlain said; president Kruger
has invitsd friendly advice aad the gov.
ernment has thought itself justified in ap-
pealIng to him tina. a joint inquiry
should be held. We have undertaken the
cause of the Outlanders and are hound to
see 1t through. We shall not rest until a
conclusion satisfactory to us has been
reached. anticipate that the efforts will
be successful; but we will not tie our
| bands In regard to measures that may
be necessary to fulfill antiripations.
IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
London, July ss.-In the House Of
| rIa kn Eor -
called attention TO the Transvaal situ-
alton. The Earl of Dunraven and others
followed, all declaring that any departure
from ihs recognized policy Of the govern
mnst would be an act of inestimahle dan
| ger to the position OF Great Britain. not
cniy in South Africa. tut it might shaks
the imperial existence OF Great Britain
itself. Ihe Earl of Selbourne, under sec
rotary for the colonies, made statement
similar in purport to that made In the
House of Commons by Mr.. Chamterlain.
Lord Salisbury reminded the House
that he absolutely dissented from the poll
cy of 1881 which was tainted with the
grave fault OF optimism. Nevertheless
President Kruger assented in the protocol
OF the 1881 convention to friendly co-ope-
ration of the races; while he has since
taken an absolutely opposite line, one
effort being to separate the En- a and
South African governments and to re-
duce the English to the status of subju.
gated race.
The premier declared that he was not
surprised that panic overlook President
Kruger at ths Interruption Of the gold
digging of 1856; but he blamed him for
not consulting the British government as
how TO deal with the phenomenon He
agreed that If the latest concessions were
genuine, they carried out, the govern
ment might look forward to a peaceful
solution of the crisis. Her Majesty's gov
ernment he said, had put their hands to
the piow and certainly did not intend to
withdraw them,
| Regarding. the dispatches OF Lord
George Hamilton, [secretary of state for
India, to Lord Curzo of Kedleston, the
Idian viceroy, the premier stated that the
report OF the committee on the India cur.
rency said the government had decided to
maintain the closing of the mints and
directed him to take the necessary stops to
make a sovereign legal tender at the
ratio Of IS rupees to the sovereign.