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cause; cause gold had been discovered in the
Northampton, seconded the amendment,
declaring the war the absolute act Of Mr..
Chamberlain.
IF there had been no Rhodes, or if
Lord Salisbury had been in the Colonial
Office, said Mr.. Labouchere, there
would have been no war. There is too
whole business
Michael Davitt member for, South
Mayo Vigorously, supported the. amend
cles and stock jobbing rings the whole
British empire cried shame. The result
OIL war between a giant and a dwarf
YOU'D Woi!ic bring neither honor nor prestige to
British arms.
William Redmond, Parnelnte member
for the East Division of Claire, main
ireland against the iniquity of the war.
II would be a sorry thing, he declared, for
the dignity of the oath Of allegiance If it
compelled those who took it TO acquiesCe
IN every act OF a lingo government.
Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, Conserva-
! tive, representing the Ecclesall Division
! of Sheffield predicted that within five
years after the struggle the Dutch popu-
lation of the Cape. the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State would be perfectly
contented and happy.
After some sharp passages between
Colonel Edward j. Saunderson, who SITS
1 for North Armagh in the Conservative in
terest and the Irish members, dtVl-
sion was taken on Mr. Dillon's amend
ment, which was rejected by vote of 522
to 54
The minority consisted mainly of Irish
members and a few Radicals. including
Mr.. Henry Labouchere, Mr.. P. J. Stan
hope and Mr. E H. Pickersgill and others:
The majority included the occupants of
the front opposition bench and the bulk
of the Liberals
The House of Lords reassembled at
crowded The Prince of Wales sat amid
the cross benches and there were many
peeresses IN the galleries The Marquis
Of CRANKY, in moving the address of the
peers in reply to the Queens speech, said
that the present situation had been
brought about by the deliberate action OF
the Transvaal and Orange Free State
governments. Difficulties had been &C
cumulating for years. They were not the
creation of a day He went on to dwell
upon the grievances Of the Outlanders,
and emphatically declared that the Brit
ish Government has resorted to every pos
stble means of effecting a peaceful issue.
After criticising the action of the Trans
vaal executive council in sending the ul-
timatum, the Marquis of CRANKY OBJ
served that 1t was not Impossible that
the union of the two states originated
In some deeper scheme which may have
lurked in the minds of the two govern
ments for some time
This scheme for a joint movement"
he continued, "is not aided, trust, by
Atrlkanders IN other parts of Sonth
Africa; but, if it exists, it is one that
would tend seriously to impair the power
here, however. is that the paramount
power in South Africa should be Great
Britain"
Baron Barnard seconded the address
The Earl of Kimberley, the Liberal
leader. said Parliament had been sum-
moned at a solemn moment when Brtons
found themselves engaged in war which
was, IN some of its aspects, civil war.
OF course, it was not civil war precisely
B put II was war IN which a number of
British subjects. not Of the English race,
Regarding the calling out Of the re-
serves ana the voting of supplies, he con-
tnued: Il can speak with no doubtful
voice. Whatever may be our opinions as
TO the past history of this melancholy
business, we are as ready as the usual !
supporters of the Government to give our
support to whatever measure may be nee |
essary TO vindicate the honor of the en- /
pire and to protect it's interests.
Lord Kimberley said the Government /
could not have sent any other reply than I
it did send to the extraordinary ulu- /
matum of the Transvaal. He warmly +
praised the readiness Of the reserves and /
ish soldier would do his duty in South (
Africa in the future as he had done every /
where in the past.
There are some points in the negotia-
uons, however" observed his lordship,
which | have not viewed with satisfac- /
ton. The negotiations have not peen con /
Quoted in a prudent and certainly not in /
successful manner. My own interpre- /
tation of the word 'suzerainty is that /
tain stipulations which limit British SOW /
eretgnty in the TransvaaI and to the ex-
tent of these limitations there is con
structive suzerainty."
Lord Kimberley in closing criticized the (
speeches.
The Premier, the Marquis of salibury.
replying to Lord Kimberleys criticisms Of /
the negotiations said: :
The Boer Government was pleased TO |
dispense with any negotiations on our !
ton of the war. They have done what no /
proVocation on our part could have ms
tllled. Ihey have done what the strong
est nation has never in its strength done
to any opponent it had challenged They |
issued a defiance so audacious that 7 |
could scarcely depict it without using |
words unsuited for this assembly, and bV /
so doing they liberated this country from /
the necessity of explaining to the neor,Ia |
OF England why we are at war. But for |
this no one could have predicted that we /
would ever be a war. There have been |
very grave questions between us blt nm |
to the time of the ultimatum the modes |
we suggested of settling them were suc-
cessful and the spirit in which we were
met was encouraging. We lately had |
hoped that the future had in reserve for |
us better fate.
But now all question of possible peace |
all question of justifying the attitude we |
mad assumed and all question of point-
preston of which the Transvaal Govern
ment has been guilty-all the questions
nave been wiped away in this one great !
insult, which leaves us no other course |
than the one which has received the as
sent of the whole nation and which IT is |
our desire to carry out
1T is satisfactory feature of orr
policy during these later days that on
questions involving the vital interests and
honor Of the country there are no distinc. /
tions of party
His Lordship said he believed that a
desire to get rid of the word "suzerainty'
and the reality which 1t expressed had
been the controlling desire-the dream OF
President Kruger's life 1t was for that
the President of the Transvaal had SET nm
the negotiations of 1884 and In order to
get that hateful word out of the conven
ton he had made considerable sacriffces.
Mr.. Kruger has used oppression Of the
Outlanders as a screw to obtain a CON
cession the subject of suzerainty
II quite agree" he remarked that tha
word suzerainty is not necessary for Great
Britains present purpose. Situated as
Great Britain Is In South Africa toward
the Transvaal and Outlanders she has
a duty TO fulfill which has nothing to do 4
with any convention any question Of
suzerainty This word, however, being
put into the treaty, obtained an artificial
value and meaning which has prevented
Great Britain entirely abandoning II II
Great Britain dropped Ii she would ha IN