Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05
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| Or. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. indiana
that the Marquis of Lansdowne Ohe
| war secretary was above the suspicion
of being guilty of such conduct.
Continuing, Mr.. Wyndham said he
! was prepared to discuss the question
Of the judgment and the discretion. but
not Of the honor or rectitude of the
Marquis of LanSdOwne Many miScon-
ceptions in regard to the dispatches
had already evaporated. including the
belief that Lord Roberts and Gen. Bull
Ter had criticised Gen. Methuen's or
crations and that the criticisms had
| been suppressed. rs supposed, by fav-
! orltlSin. Inc only point at issue was
why the criticisms of Gen. Butler had
been published, if the government in
tended to leave him in command Mr.
Wyndham c0ntcnded it was impossible
to isolate the Spion kop dispatches ana
treat them as no other dispatches had
been treated in the history Of the last
100 years. The war office. he asserted
had acted entirely in accordance with
tn" Queens regulations. 1t was said
that the publication would shake the
confidence of the troops in Natal in
their commanders, but Mr.. Wyndhan
said that vne NOT ,ba ,.i,,,. 90 ~. l-..
eminent nor the view of Cen. Butler.
who was in the hest position to decide.
John Dillon. Irish Nationalist. inter
rupted. saying he had never asserted that
he wanted the dispatches published
NNndhdm continued: "Eut. the elllau,
general has been applaudcd for saving ne
would stick to what he had Nritfrn ma
"a Ia
II h" thought no one would know what
ne had written
ms remark was greeted with cries of
IN, on.
Mr.. WEndham then said he th0ITght
Con. Eullcr had merely been unIucilv and
thlt Gen. Wlrrcn'a service should not H..
nFrrlo"kcl. adding that. Will, in publish
ing me dispatches the government had
hccn confirmed in SO doing by tie opinion
o. LORD Roberts:
The cas-" for the government was that
m" right course was 10 publish what it
hAd published and no more He was per
1u4hth jhAi hhth Sen: Fuller ana Lord
hn93yrIS h,tu Srht the dispatches home fer
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MdS u'Iir i" i tnmihthdrr IN 4 dispatch
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suit - 4 great man, who mad deserved
Wei 81 ms country. ana his troops would
pc Eiad Z" know that hi+ strategy was
pr3iS'4 pE Lori lt4n%rtS.
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utHcHtitE dtllHduFtrtcu on thc alleged
untcnahlt position Of the government;
confidence IN Wnich; they asserted, had
hCcn 80 &rlGNouSlN shaken
John Gordon swift MacNelu. Irish N1-
tlon3HSt declared the only reason for
WithhoidlnE GrlticlSm oil Lord Me'huon
I E3S nIGanEr ne nag hH peGn ordered TO save
'TGH lihI'tS ~ an COSTS
li}rnrI, t ,i Advanced liberal;
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