The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-21

opinion he cared would be affected by the
charges The manner of conducting the
business of the committee and the closing
of inquiry, he declared, were both carried
out as suggested by Sir vernon-Harcourt.
who certainly did not desire 10 shield any
one in the Colonial Office.
Mr. Chamberlain further said that the
honorable members opposite did not want
an inquiry. ''They want an execution" he
added "Let them do their worst. an
perfectly ready. 1 rely upon the good
sense and generosity of the House aid
country The attack will recoil upon those
who made it,"
AT the conclusion OF his remarks Mr..
Chamberlain was heartily cheered by the
ministerialists.
HARCOURTS ADDRESS.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, who was
an active member of the parliamentary
committee which inquired into the Jane
son raid, followed. He said: ION the very
face Of II the former commissions report
did not find that there had been a full in
Quiry, as, indeed, there had not been. The
suspicious against the Colonial Office were
not the work of political adversaries, but
rather of men who. for their own objects,
stuck at nothing in the way Of mendacity.
forgery and fraud. The authors of these
suspicious were the agents of Cecil Rhodes.
To cover their own guilt they sought to
assert the completely Of the Colonial Office.
DR.. jameson told Sir John Willoughby. a
man of unquestioned honor. that the gov
ernment was behind the raid. and DR..
Jameson has not denied it.
Mr.. Chamberlain-Yes he has.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt continued:
1.-The insurrection was promoted by the
foulest frauds. Was there ever anything
so abominable as the Rhodes telegram TO
Jameson two days before the raid, putting
it into his mouth to lie about the objects
Of the raid? When the colonial secretary,
after the raid, asked for an Inspection of
the telegram Hawkesley wrote back that
this was unnecessary, as the colonial sec
retary knew ALL Therefore suspicious were
set afloat by the agents of Rhodes. but
then there was no suggestion that they
were covered by the completely OF the
Colonial Office That is what 1 want to
have shown up. / want the transactions
of these men brought to light. Rhodes has
deceived everybody. The raid was made by
gold and lies"
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who
defended the committees proceedings. said
he feared the speech of the colonial secre-
tary would not tend to lessen public sus-
picion. He appealed to the government
to allow the inquiry to be reopened, declar-
ing that it would be a great relief to show
to the world that the British government
and people had no part in the ubiquitous
folly of 1885,
Arthur ]. Balfour, the government leader
stigmatized the motion of Mr. Thomas as
personal attack on the colonial secre-
tary which will recoil on his opponents. u
The House rejected the motion to re-
open the inquiry by vote of 2s6 against
l52.
Replying to an inquiry as to the reasons
for the resignation Of Major General Hut
ton, the commander of the foreign militia
Mr.. George Wyndham. the parliamentary
secretary for the War Office said thai
General Hutton had been given employ.
ment In South Africa, for which he had
long been anxious.