The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-31
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and for the government to be prepared for
all eventualities and all dangers and be
ready with the means to surmount them.
The government does not seem to have
been aware of the scale of preparations
of the South African republics
Lord Salisbury Heard From.
Lord Salisbury, in reply to the Earl of
Kimberley asserted that there was moth
ing in the stipulatons of the conventions
to limit and hinder the importation of
arms and ammunition into the Transvaal
through Lorenzo Marquee.
Continuing. the Premier said
why were We to know about the i'm
portation of arms? I believe guns were
introduced into the Transvaal in boilers
and munitions of war in piano cases. We
had a small secret service fund. If you
want much information you must give
much money. l consider the enormous
amounts spent by other governments, es-
pecally the Transvaal which 1 have heard
on high diplomatic authority spent fSO00O0
ga, coo 600 in a single year, and the small
sums spent by England, making it i'm
possible for us to have the omniscience
attributed to us by Lord Kimberley, and
| am glad he has not pressed for an i'm
mediate inquiry into the action of the mill
tary authorities at a time when our gen.
erals in the field and many of those who
ton are unable to appear. We should
defer an inquiry to a more convenient
season
Later, the Premier admitted the def
ciencies of the existing system, remark
ing that the treasury had acquired a pow
er which was not to the public benefit.
He had not thought of looking into past
history and of examining the amount of
blame to be attached to this or that min
lister.
1T Is" he said, quite the right way of
dealing with the present crisis. We must
ion together and exercise ell our powers
in extricating ourselves from the situa-
ton
ROsebery's Fiery Speech.
Lord Rosebery, who followed Lord Sails
bury. delivered a fiery speech He asked
: why the Premier made it so difficult for
the man in the street to support his pol
icy. The past conduct of the government
would come up for investigation some day.
he hoped. adding;
eve have the right to know IT, before
the crisis. the intelligence department sup
piled the government sufficient informa-
lion If not. dismiss the department. If
the government possessed the information
their responsibility is heavy | hope
that when the time for the investigation
arrives those VINO have served the Queen
viii be covered with so much glory that
The ewes of the Investigators will be daz-
zled.
II was appalled, at the nature and style
Of ord Salsbury's speech We have now
100 600 men in South Africa, yet we are
with difficulty holding our own. The at
titude of foreign nations is described as
friendly. But that does not strike me as
being so amicable as the word would inn
NV I deem it necessary to know what
The government is going TO do. l agree
with Lord Salisbury that the country can
carry this thing through in spite of all
the impediments of men and methods
which have shackled it in the past, but
venture to say il will nave to be inspired
bv a loftier tone and truer patriotism than
that shown by the prime minister.
THE MARQUIS of Lansdowne Secretary
Of state for War, followed. The govern
ment. he added was not prepared and had
excellent reason for not pushing its ar
rangements further.
The address to the reply to the speech
from the throne was then adopted.
Not Equal to the Occasion.
None of the speakers is considered 10
have risen to a hight BETTING the gravity
Of the situation. Sir John Lennels car
toon I'm Punch represented Lord Salisbury
as addressing the cabinet council and
saying:
never mind what we say, gentlemen,
but let us all say the same thing"
The feeling is that the ministers failed
I'm this apparently simple matter. While
Lord Salisbury professed Ignorance regard
ing the Boer strength and ornaments, Mr.
Balfour and Lord Lansdowne declared That
these were accurately known. Not one oil