The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-31

Cecil Rhodes as member OF the privy
council. altoeether with IRRITATING and
reckless methods that plunged the cosin-
try into war before any adequate prepar-
ations were possible"
The debate was then adjourned.
Lord ssIisbury's Explanations.
Lord Salisbury. speaking In the house
OF lords. asserted that there was nothing
in the stipuls.ions OF the conventions to
limit and hinder the importation Of arms
and ammunition Into the Transvaal
through Lourenzo Marquee
Continuing. the premier said
"Why were we to know about the i'm
portation OF arms? I believe guns we're
introduced into the Transvaal In boilers,
and munitions of war In piano cases. We
had small secret service fund. IL you
want more information. you must give
more money. / consider the enormous
amounts spent by other governments. es-
peically the Transvaal. which l have
heard on high diplomatic authority spent
esOo,o0o In single year. and the small
sums spent by England, made II Inn
possible for US to have the ornnipotence
attributed to us by Lord Kimberley. I am
glad he has not pressed an immediate in
quiry into the action Of the military au-
thorities at a time when our generals in
the field and many of those who could
give the most valuable information are
unable to appear. We should defer an
inquiry to more convenient season.
Later the premier admitted the deficien-
cy Of the existing system, remarking that
the treasury had acquired a power which
was not to the public benefit. He had not
thought OF looking into past history, of
examining the amount Of blame to be at
tached to this or that minister.
United Action Required.
1T u.s." he said, quite the right way OF
dealing with the present crisis; we must
Join together and exercise all our powers
In extricatlng ourselves from a situation
full of humiliation and not free from dan
ser. viii net say with danger which
may not have been exaggerated. Many
country has commenced a war with diff
culties OF the kind we experience. We
have to look only at what the Northern
states OF America went through Mt the be-
ginning of the civil war to see how easy
1t would be to draw mistaken inference
from the reverses we have met at the OUT
set. We have every ground to think that
If we set ourselves heartily to work and
exert all the undoubted instruments Of
the power we possess we shall bring the
war to satisfactory conclusion. We
have work which appeals to us as subjects
of the queen, and II must throw In the
shade all thoughts OF party expedlency.
Our effort the premier continued,
'must be to retrieve ourselves from the
present situation. This empire Is valuable
and splendid. but responsible possession.
We must concentrate our forces. II we do
not tame all the smaller passions into one
great duty we run the danger of convu.-
sions. which will tarnish the empires lus.
ter and perhaps menace its integrity
On the resumption of business In the
- L..
There was an unusually large attendance
of peers.
Duke Of sOmerset's Speech.
The Duke Of Somerset moved the adj
dress in reply to the queens speech, and
the Earl Of SALISBURY seconded the mo-
ton. The Duke Of Somerset. in moving
the address, said he looked forward con-
fidently to successful termination of the
war. He urged the necessity for reform
in the military administration, and said
hitherto the army seemed to have existed
for the benefit of the war office, and that
in future the war Office must exist for the
benefit of the army.
Earl of Shaftsbury's Remarks.
The Earl of SALISBURY conservativeIy
emphasized the debt Of gratitude which
Great Britain owed to her colonies, and
expressed satisfaction at the settlement of
the Samoan question.
Kimberley Has Few Criticisms.
The Liberal leader in the house of lords
the Earl OF Kimberley, followed. He said
he was glad to learn that Great Britaln's
relations with other states were friendly
He added that he believed the term could
be justly applied to the relations with Eu-
ropean governments ana the United States
and deprecated undue attention to the at
lacks of the foreign press.
His lordship congratulated Lord Sails
bury upon the conclusion of the agreement
with Germany. but strongly disapproved
of the tone of Mr.. Chamberlain's speech
In this connection, however he paid a
warm tribute to the conduct of the soldiers
in the field and to the loyalty of the Brit
ish colonies.
The Earl of Kimberley continuing, said
that although the moment was one of the
deepest gravity, he would entirely abstain
from criticising the conduct of the gen.
erals. 1t was the duty of the government
to select men to conduct those operations
and it was their duty to support the gov
eminent. 1t was therefore unwise to crit
icise the generals in these operations. He
ulu HOL AiedH IL Imply tiidt lHc generals
were not doing their utmost to fulfill their
arduous duties. but the government would
be wise If it made every effort to prepare
thoroughly for what might occur in the
future.
Continuing, Lord Kimberley said:
1--WE might meet period of disaster, and
although our relations with the other pow
ers are friendly, 1t would be we'll to con-
slider the possibilities of the future, and
it would be well II the government pre-
pared for all eventualities and all dangers
and been ready with the means to sur
mount them.
1.-THE government does not seem to have
been aware of the scale of preparations of
South African republics"
Rosebery's Fiery Speech.
After Lord Salisbury had spoken Lord
Rosebery made a fiery speech, demanding
of the government what 1t was going to