Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-08

relieved as soon as the British force al
ready on the way to Kimberley can
raise the seige Fresh intelligence as
to what Lord Roberts is doing has
ceased again and his silence taken to
mean that something has happened Or
is about to happen. Boer raiders are
uncomm0nly active in the northWes-
tern section Of Cape Colony, where
they are stirring up the
Dutch. Martial law has conse-
quently been declared Chamberlain
request for $500 additional
Australian bushmen is understood to be
explained by the fact that the war Of
fee requires this force for the pursuit
of the irreoncilable beers who, accord
ing TO the intelligence department,
have been quietly collecting great guam
titles of ammunition and stores in the
mountain Businesses of the Zoutpans-
berg district in the north Of the Trans
vaal, where they are preparing to carry
on guerilla warfare. Winston
Churchill, describing the relief OfLady-
smith, says it has been effected at a
cost Of upward OF 5000 officers and men
in the army Of only $4,000. Churchill
points out that the beers now hold
Van Reenens pass, but that the ma
jority of the Free Staters have accom-
panied the Transvaalers northward.
Tremendous Cost of War
London, March 6.-In introducing the
budget in the house of commons yester-
day the chancellor of the eXchequer, Sir
Michael HickS-Bea showed an ex,
penditure of E154, 1882 900 has been pro-
vided for. The supplementary war es-
Inmates of $4,000. 600 makes the eXpen-
diture exceed the revenue by &17,770,-
900 The chancellor after laying the
figures before the house pointed out
that the country had to face a total
estimated expenditure in consequence
OF the war of no less than six times as
much as was estimated in October last.
Against the estimated expenditure of
Gl54 ,082 900 pounds forthcoming
the chancellor Of the exchequer esti-
mated the revenue, on the existing
basis of taxation, at E1l6, 900, 600 or a
deficit of E37 1000, 900 Dealing with
the war expenditures, he said it was
impossible to say when the war would
be concluded and the expenditure might
be large. He might be obliged. in July
or August, to ask parliament for farther
relief but believed he was fairly justi-
fed in hoping the intended expenditure
would suffice to successfully conclude
the war. He estimated the total war
expenditure including the deficit at
G60,000,000 He also said he would
propose that stamp duties on
stock exchange contract notes
he extended to stock on the produce
exchange that beer duties be made a
shilling a barrel and that there be an
Increase in duties on spirits of six
pence per pound. He anticipated the
above changes would increase the rev
enue G12, S17, 900. He proposed to
save G4,6400 by suspending the
sinking fund in relation to certain
annuities. He proposed to borrow
the rest Of the necessary funds.
The opposition leader, Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman, said the oppo-
sition would give every facility for the
passage Of the necessary resolutions
He complmented Sir Michael Hicks
Beach on his "straig htforward, states
manlike and discreet measures"
Timothy Healy, Irish nationalist pro-
tested against Ireland having to pay
anything toward the war expenses, as
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