The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-18
PARLIAMENT IS
NOW IN SESSION
Considering the South Afri-
can Situation.
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SPEECH FROM THRONE
PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE or ALI
MIGHTY GOD.
SALISBURY Defends TIE GOVERNMENT
The AudaeiN of the Beers Fefance Was More
he lntmates, than Any Briton Gould
Stand. This Insult BlotS Out
All Other thoughts.
All Other thoughts.

London, Oct. IL Parliament opened
today in extraordinary session to con
slider the South AFRICAN situation. In the
speech from the Throne, Her Majesty
said:
My Lords and Gentlemen;
within very brief period after the
recent propagation l am compelled by
events deeply affecting the interests
o. my empire to recur to your advice and
aid
The state of affairs in South Africa
has made il exneiient that my Gov
eminent should he enabled to strengthen
the military forces OF this country by
calling out the reserve. For this pur-
pose the provisions of the law render
il necessary that Parliament should be
called together.
Except for the difficulties that have
been caused by the action of the South
african Republic, THE condition of the
world continues to be peaceful.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
measures will be laid before you for
the purpose of providing the eXpendi-
ture which has or may be caused by
events in South Africa. Estimates fol-
the ensuing year will be submitted TO
YOU in due course.
My Lords and gentlemen, there are
many subjects of domestic interest
to which your attention will be invited
at later period when the ordinary
season for the labors of parliamentary
session has been reached. For the
present / have invited your attendance
in order to ask you to deal with an ex-
ceptional exigency; and | pray that, in
performing the duties which claim youl
attention, you may have the guidance
and blessing of Almighty God"
After some rather warm criticism of
the Government by members of the OPP
position. the Premier, the Marquis of
Salisbury, said:
1.-The Boer Government were pleased
to dispense with any explanation on OH
part respecting the causes or justiica-
tion of the war. They have done what
no prorocation on our. part could have
justified. They have done what the
strongest nation has never in its strength
done TO any opponent it had challenged.
They issued a defiance so audacious that
1 could scarcely depict it without using
words unsuited for this assembly, and
by so doing they liberated this country
from the necessity of explaining to the
people of England why we are at war.
But for this, no one could have preuict-
ed that we would ever be ait war.
There have been very grave questions
between us, but up to the time of the
ultimatum the modes we had suggested
of settling them We're successful and
the spirit in which we We're met was EN-.
couraging. We lately had hoped that
the future had in reserve for us bet
ter fate.
but now all question of possible
peace. all question of justifying the at
titude we had assumed and all question
of pointing out the errors and the grave
oppression of which the Transyaal GGy-
eminent has been guilty. all these ques-
tons have been wiped away in this one
great insult, which leaves us no other
course than the one which has received
the assent OF the whole nation. and
which it is our desire to carry out
After several less important speeches,
the House of Lords agreed to the adj
dress and adjourned.