The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-16
GOVERNMENTS PLAN ADOPTED.
RUssia's, Movements tn Persia Dis
cussed I'm Parliament

HUssIa's, movements IN Persia Dis
cussed in Parliament.
London, Feb. 15.-The House Of Com
mons this evening adopted the govern
ment's military scheme by vote of 2S9
against "a. the minority consisting chiefly
of Irish members.
In the House of Lords the Earl of Dun
raven raised question on the government
military proposals and expressed a doubt
as to whether these were sufficient
The Earl of Rosebery said he fully rec
ognized the gravity OF the situation, and
agreed with the previous speaker in think
ing that the measures adopted were mad
equate in the circumstances. He also
doubted whether "the paper force of 4O9-
600 men in Great Britain" to which the
Secretary of State for War had referred
would stand analysis. For the volunteers
Lord Rosebery said he had the highest
respect; but by no stretch of the imagina-
ton could they be called soldiers. as 1t was
admitted that they needed months of train
ing annually to render them efficient.
Must watch Russfa.
"The crisis in South Africa is urgent"
continued Lord 'Rosebery, but we must
not keep our eyes upon South Africa
alone. Last December the government
made urgent overtures to great Powers
Germany and the United States for an
alliance, but those overtures were not re-
ceived with such cordiallty as to encour-
age the government to pursue them. 1t
does not appear that the friendship Of
France would bear any great strain, and,
as to Russia, events have been recently
witnessed in Persia about which England
formerly would have had something to
say, but which now she passes unnoticed.
1T becomes the government to take a
large grasp of the situation and to make
adequate proposals If Great Britain were
to lose South Africa she would lose the
most important base outside of the Unit
ed Kingdom and she would lose that COO
nial support which has been given be-
cause the colonies have believed they
We're associating themselves with a pow
erful empire and thus the empire would
break away from us. If this be not life
and death crisis, do not know what is"
The Earl of Kimberley, the Liberal lead
er, said he felt the danger of the situa-
tion equally with Lord Rosebery. AL
though he would not ascribe a direct hos
tile intention to Russia al the present mo-
ment, he said that he could not overlook
the facts that there was a movement of
troops in progress, which il not menacing,
showed that possibilities of the future
were not absent from the Russian mind.
saIisbury's View of 1t.
The Marquis OF Salisbury, the premier,
in the course of his reply for the govern
ment, said:
II cannot enter upon the springs that
guide the Russian government or the
course it is likely to take, nor. can l. dis
cuss the health of the Ameer of Afghanis-
tan. As to whether our forces are ade-
quate for the work in South Africa, or
whether 1t is true that the government
have always been too late and have neg
lected opportunities, | would gladly accept
a challenge, provided the words would not
go beyond this chamber The present
troubles are not due to the expansion Of
the empire, but to mlscalculations made in
1881 and 1884 Our forefathers were not
discouraged by bad beginnings and we
should follow their example and not be
cast down. The government are convine-
ed now, as they have always been. that
the issue will be brought to a successful
conclusion. do not think any advantage
Is to be obtained from taking a gloomy
view"