The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-21
STORM In COMMONS
IRISH MEMBERS OPPOSE VOTE OF
SUPPLIES TO CARRY ON
THE WAR
MR.. REDMOND ORDERED OUT
Saved the sergeant-at-Arms Any
Trouble by withdrawing Before
the Order of the Speaker Was
ing Troops to Africa Forty Mill
ion DOIlars.

~
ing Troops to Africa Forty Mill
ion DOIlars.
LONDON, 6ct.-20.-The house of COM
mons having gone into committee OF sup
ply today the parliamentary under sec
rotary of state for war, Mr. Wyndham,
introduced the supplementary army esti-
mates. In the course Of an an explana-
ton Of the natureeof the call and of the
manner in which the nation had respond
ed to it, he said:
1.-THE British military system, II 1t Is
worth anything, must enable us to send
an expedition abroad without depr1v1ng
our homes of3protection. We cannot be
satisfied unless we can send such an ex-
petition without destroying the ma
chinery for maintaining our army abroad
The result of the recent test had been
source of legitimate satisfaction and an
encouragement to further effort in the
future.
Dealing with the army corps now go
ing out, Mr.. Wyndham said it numbered
$4,000 regulars all trained and mature
men, including 5000 cavalry, ia guns, 26l
wagons, from 5000 to 11,0O0 horses and
A. 900 mules. 1t had been necessary to
call a portion of the reserve in order TO
bring some of the regiments to their full
war strength. The government therefore
had called for %, 600 men. Assuming that
q, GOO would be effective-and this expecta-
ton had been fully verifed-the British
force in the field would consist OF 2b,VoO
men with the colors and q 900 reservlsts.
'This may seem large force, SAID MI.
Wyndham, but we must reflect that the
two republics by their juXtaposit1on ana
situation have a strategical advantage
enabling them to concentrate Tor attach
at any point on a frontier of 2ozo miles,
a frontier everywhere hundreds Oh lilies
from the sea, and when We further con-
slider the area involved, which is in
habited by 100000 natives, it is clear that
considerations of humanity dictate that
the empire should make an unmlstakaoie
exhibition of strength in order TO rescue
one of It's greatest dependencies from the
horrors of doubtful and dilatory opera
tons"
enormous transport service, Mr. Wyho-
ham said the reason it was not moollzeo
earlier would be apparent when ne oe-
clared that the embodiment of three army
CORPS for home defense, and the dlSpdtch
of two army corps to country Where
few facilities of locomotion existed, Would
be a graver yet shorter ana easier
task By Oct. 25, 24,OO0 men Would De
shipped; that is, in less than SIX days
The cost of modifying 47,000 men, trans
farrine them 5000 miles, equipping them,
maintaining them for four months IN
land destitute of surplus supplies, MI.
Wyndham said, would be eS,O00,OOo
ARMY MEASURES.
ssWe should have violated a funda-
mental principle Of our army system II
we had modified without militia tpat
principle being that when all the bat
taions of a regiment are sent ABROAD
we must call out the affiliated militia pat
talon and form a provisional pattalloll
by welding the militia ana the men ui'ooi
twenty left behind.
"Cayalrv and field artillery are
strengthened differently We propose 10
raise the severn cavalry regiments re
manning at home to a~higher estahlish-
ment and to raise the nineteen home pa
teries to six-gur esta blishments' lse
steps I have described will not De maui
to assist in the war against me TWO te
puhlics but 10 put the army In the same
nosition as it was before the war Suea
stems are necessary unless we are Goa
tent. firstlys to eXistfas nation on SUI
ferance of other powers, and, secotuS,
to allow TO perish the army macflIio
contrived during the last nineteen Years
at a great sacrifice on the part Oh tIlt,
taxpayers. to protect these 1slanoS aiio
tn train forces to defend the empire over
sea-
Mr.. Wyndham concluded with euosV
of tbe commandar-in-c chief. Lord Wolse-
lev and of the officers OF the colonies.
The Irish members and Henry La
bouchere alone opposed the es 1matos.
Mr.. Michael Davitt,5 Nationalist meh'oer
for South Mayo, characterized the W.T.
as a "hideous and dan1nable massacre i
He said there had never been such mag
nifcent robbery by force" doubtless be-
cause the prize was the greatest that
ever tempted the c'lpidity of the en-
pre-
John Dillon Nationalist member Tor
East Mayo, thought that great country
ought to be ashamed to have to call out
it's reserves.
/. william Redmond. Parnellite member
for East Clare. vigorously denounced the
policy of the government and was re-
neatedly called to order by the speaker
for rambling. He cGntrasted the attl-
tude of Great Britain toward venezuela
with her attitude toward the Transvaal.
SIN the former case he said, the
United States announced that Great
British lion went to sleep. There mas
been no arbitration with the Transvaa,
because the Transvaal has no neighbor
like the United States.
STORMY SCENE.
Proceeding to discuss the vote of money
for the troops Mr.. Redmond again pro-
tested against the vast sums being spent
in war declaring that the money ought
,3II of d:GtrG
land.
At this point the chairman interpossd,
declaring Mr. Redmond's remarks Tree
want.
Mr.. Redmond, however, insisted that
the money be spent in Ireland, where
upon the chairman called him to-order,
but Mr.. Redmond persisted in his re
marks and the chairman asked him ID re-
sumo his seat This he refused to 10
and he was then ordered to withdraw,
which order also he refused to obey. An
uproarious scene ensued, MIR. Redmond
attempting to contintie, and his voice BE-
ing drowned by the cheers of the Ilisa
members and cries Of order and Win
draw from the opposite benches.
The chairman, at length being able
to make himself heard, asked Mr.. Red
mond if he declined to withdraw.
The latter replied that he did not
wish to be discourteous, but he main
tanned his right to protest that the
money ought to be spent In Ireland, add
ing: Z
berry or plumber.
The chairman then called Upon the
sergeant-at-arms 20 remove the offending
member and Mr. Redmond, amid scene
of confusion, said he would not trouble
the sergeant-at-arms and walked out
amid Nationalist cheers and the lau;ghtsr