The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-18

The speaker read the queens speech.
shortly after which Sir Alexander
FulAer McLand Hood, conservatives
4 member for West Somerset. rose to
move the address in reply. He wore
the scarlet and gold uniform of a. cap
tain of the grepadlers.
I SIR Alexander Hood said the house
had never met under grasyer efrcurll-.
stances, not only for South Africa, but
for the whole empire. Dwelling upon
the horrors of war. he declared that
war should not be undertaken except
/ from an absolute necessity, but that in
this case all peaceables means having
failed, war had become necessary TO
establish equal rights for the white race
in South Africa, and to remove the
/ grievances of the Quit znderS'a
! Clement ROyds conservative member
for ROChdale, seconded the address,
/ Sir Henry Campbell Rannerrnans lib-
eTal leader in the h0use of commons.5
\ who followed Mr.. R0ydS. said parIia-.
meut had been summoned to give it's
approval to the early steps of war
| Never had the house, met in circum-
stances more serious, or amid condt~%
ttOnS engaging To a 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
government or any respecting
country ever to take them into G0nsid-,
Grafton.
Actual hositl}ties have commenced
said Sir Henry. 'eand an active agrees
sion has been committed which 10 sfsE-
the plain duty of our minister's OF pSfr-t
lament and of the people to resist
There will be no disposition ON the part
of this house TO place any obstacles In
the way of granting such supplies and
such powers to the CROWN as NAV be-
necessary to secure the rapid and ef~
fectfve prosecution of q war CONF
raenced to vtndicate our rights. The
campaign should be vigorously and
promptly prosecuted, and nothing nee
essary for that purpose should be- re-
fused by the house of commons
The leader of the opposition went on
to congratulate the government upon
the choice made Of officers to- whom the Z
main charge of the expedition had
been given. Never, he, beEieYed.4 had SO
capable and experienced "a STAR been
dispatched from the shores OF Eng
land.
Mr. BaEfours who was received with
loud cheering. expressed ss.tis1aetlorl
at the declaration OF Sir Henry Canp-
bell Zimmerman, with which, he said.
he was himself in hearty agreement
John Dillon, nationalist member 81
the east division of NEaTO, moved an I
amendment to the address as fqllowss
I'VE lumbly represent to her majesty
that the state or WAT now existing De-
tween Great Britain and the S0uth&
African Republic has been caused by
the assertions of claims which interteFef
with the internal government Of They
republic in direct violation OF the terms
of the convention of 1854, and by mass,
ing large bodies Of British troops on the
frontier OF the republic.
we humbly submit that before more
h veha
made in the spirit of the recent confer
ence at The Hague, with a View df
finding independent arbitration 90 set
Element of the differences between the
two governments, and in order that an
ignomini0us war be thus averted De-
tween the overwhelming FORCES OF her6
najesty's empire and those Gf tWnA
small nations numbering altogether
less than 200,0 souls.
MIR. Henry IIabouchare, liberal rne1n=r
Der for Northampton, seconded tnes
amendment. declaring the war the ap-@
solute act of Mr.. Chamberlain
'If there had been no Rhodes or Il.
Lord Salisbury had been in the coIoniaL
office" said Mr.. LsAbOUchere. thereF
would have been no war. There ieG too
much of the stock exchange about tnr5
whole business. -
Michael Davitt, member ear South
Mayo, vigorously supported the amend-s
ment declaring that outside Of lingo
circles and stock jObbiug rings the
whole British empire cried shame. Tfes
result of a war between giant and al
dwarf would bring neither honor nor
prestige to British arms.
Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett. conSer-$
vative representing the Ecclesall de
vision of Sheffield. predicted that width
in five years after the struggle me
Dutch population Of the Cape the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State
would be perfectly contented and$
ha29v.
After some sharp passages betwee11s
Colonel Edward j. Saund6rs0u, who slus5
for North Armagh in the conservatives
interest, and the Irish members. a dr.
vision was taken On Mn. DlllQnis4
amendment. which was rejected DE a.
vote of 322 to 81.
The house of lords Teassen8bled at y
O'Clock, the floor and galleries 0etrtgf
crowded. The Prince of Wales sat-
amid the cross benches and there We're
MANY peeFesses i'm the galleries.
The Marquis Of CRANKY, IN moving
the address of the peers I'm reply to-
the queens speech, said that the pres
emit situation had been brought apout
by the deliberate action OF the Trans-s
vaaI and Orange Free State govern-
ments. Difficulties had bean accuIlll-
Iatfng for years. They were not t1eF
creation OIL Il Qsly. E1E WSAA@ DtA5 -
dwell upon the grievances OF the GItr-
landers, and emphatically declared that
the British government had resorted To
every possible means of Erecting q
peaceful issue.
Baron Barnard seconded the adj
dress. Aa
The Earl of Kimberley. the liberals
leader, said parliament had been sum-
n10ned at a solemn nl0nents when Brit
Qns found themselves engaged In a war
which was, in some Of its aspects. az
civil war. OF course, it WAS not civil
war precisely but ii was a war ne
which a number of British subjects, not
OF the English race lxere deeply ell
gagged.
sSReearding the calling out Of the re-
serves and the voting Of supplies. con-
tinued his IGrdships 70 can speak with
no doubtful voice. Whatever may pc
our opinions asa to- tfieP past history Of
this melancholy business We are as
ready as the usual supporters Of the
government to give cur support 70
Whatever measure may be necessary 70
vfndicafe the honor Of the empire and
to protect its fnfereStss
The premier the Marquis OF Salts
bury saids
The B0er government was piSdSSH
to- dispense with any explanation on
our part respecting the causes or JUS
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