The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-18
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government of the South African repub-
lie were such as 10 make IL impossible
for the government Of any se1f-respecting
country ever to take them into cousid-
Grafton.
actual hostilities have commercial -
said Sir Henry, land an active augrfs-
sion has been committed which 10 is the
plain duty OF our ministers of Parlia-
mept and of the people TO resist. Cheers.
There win be no disposition on the part
OF this house to place any obstacle In
the way OF granting such supplies and
such powers to che crown as may Re
necessary to secure the rapid and effec-
tive prosecuting Of a war com meucsd 20
campaign should be vigorously and
promptly prosecuted and nothing neces-
sary for that purpose should be refused
by the House of Commons
The leader or>the opposition went on to
congratulate the government upon the
choice made OF officers t, whom the
main charge of "the expedition" had
been given. Never he believed, had 80
capable and experienced a staff been de-
spatched from the shores OF England.
Our natural position IN South Africa
ne declared. "has place1 upon us the duty
OF seeing any impairment to our own
supremacy removed. On that we are all
agreed. have no intention OF entering
upon minute or detailed criticism of
the steps taken by the government The
proper to walt further explanations.
But may say 1t does appear to me that
th1 government are engaged in a game
Of bluff. Opposition cheers and ministe-
rialist cries of "No. (which 10 net very
worthy one for great country like this
The raising of the suzerainty question
was utterly unnecessary and did more
than anything else TO remove all chances
OF SUCCESS from the negotiations" Top
position ctesrs.)
Mr.. Balfour, who was received with
loud cheers, expressed satisfaction at the
declaration OF Sir Henry Campbell Ban
herman with much Of which he said hs
was himself in hearty agreement.
MIR. Balfour complained that while Sir
Henry Campbell Zimmerman Infatuated
that the war was due TO errors of the gov
eminent, he did not specify these errors.
The government would like to have
charges brought forward SO they could
refute them.
He repelled the allegation that the gov
eminent had goaded the South African
republic into war by haunting Great
Britaiu's suzerainty in their faces. The
South African republic made claims to
being an independent sovereign state, but
these were inconsistent with the con ven-
lions of 1881 and 1884. Mr.. Balfour said
he could not understand Sir Henry Camp
bell Bannerman'a declaration that the
government had played a game of bluff.
"Bluf," said TIE government leader
means person acting as though he held
cards he does not possess; but this ooun-
try holds cards and means to play them.
"Sir Henry Campbell Bannermsn dis.
approved OF sending troops to South Afrl
ca az an Irritating menace to the Beers.
But where would we tie now but for
those troopsp Not to have sent troops
would have been to betray the country"
Mr: Balfour said further that he felt
entitled to say: "If war must come it
haQ al
Britain upon an Issue which was more
clearly an issue Of righteousness and lib
erty; and We have undoubted pre- of that
our self-governing colonies beyond the
seas are with us heart and soul"
Mi. John Dillon, Nationalist, moved an
amendment to the edCrSss, as follows:
"Me hunbly rsrresent to Her Majesty
that the state Ct wsr now existing re-
tween Great Britain and the South AfrI-
can republic has been caused by the asser-
ton OF claims which interf. re with the
internal government of the public in
dirsct violation of tie Ct rms of the con-
vention of 1854 and by mssslng large
bottles OF British troops on the frontier
Of the republic.
1--WE humbiy submit that before blood
shed taxes places proposal be made In
the spirit OF the recent conference at The
hague with view Of finding In inde,
pendent arbitration q settlement of tie
differences between the two Governments
and IN order that an ignominious war be
thus avoided between the overwt Ginning
FORCES Of her Majesty's empire and those
OF two small natiors, numbering alto
Rether less than su0, 600 souls. Mr.. Dillon
claimed that this amendment would an
peal to an overwhelming majority of ire
civilized world outside OF Englsni. He
was proud, he said, that Ireland was
against this unjust and cowardly war;"
IL was not war. he continued, for the
freedom of the Outiander3, but war
against the yoke of Cecil Rhodes bein =
put upon there poor people.
Mr. henry Labouchere. Liberal MEM
Der for Northampton, seconded the amsnd-
ment. declaring the war the absolute act
OF Mr.. Chamberlain.
AFTER some sharp passages between Col.
Edward j. Sanderson, who sits for
North Armagh in the Con sentative inter-
est, and the Irish memters, a division
was taken on Mr.. Dillon's amendment.
The amendment was rejected by vote
Of S22 to "a.
The minority consisted mainly of Irish
members and a few radicals, Including
Mr.. Henry Labouohere, MIR. J. J. STAN
hope, Mr.. K. ID. Pickersgill and others.
The majority included the occupants of
the front opposition bench and the hulk
Of the Liberals.
IN HOUSE OF LORDS.
London, October 17-Ghe House of
Lords rs-asIembls5 at four o. clock, the
floor and gallsrie' being crowded. The
Prince of Wales sat amid the croi 10
benches and there were many peerssses in
the galleries
The Marquis of CRANKY. in moving the
address Of the peers In reply to the
Queens speech, said that the present SIT.
uattop had been brought about by tie
deliberate action of the Transvaal and
Orange Free State gov ernn ents. DIM
culties had teen accomplishing for years.
They were not the creation OF day. he
went on 30 dwell upon the gr'eyantel of
the outlanders and emph>tically ceoiare
that the British government had res ,riei
to very possible means Of efeoting a
peaceful issue, After oriticising the ac-
tion OF tie Transvaal executive council In
sending the ultimatum, the Marquis of
CRANKY observed that 1t was ''not impos-
sihle that the union of the two states
originated In some deeper scheme which
may have lurked in the minds of the two
So