The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-20
"STALWARTS'
 KEPT ORDER PrO-BOer Meeting in LOn- lE Was Packed.
 5. LINGO 5 WERE ELECTED
WERE ELECTED
Englisf $resS Severe in De-
 nunc E: on of Assemblage
The, Standard Declares the opposi- tion is as Much an Enemy to
 England as an Armed
 Burgher in the Field.

London. June 19.--Thousands of peo- pie began collecting outside of Queen s Hall ten hours before the advertised time of the pro-Boer meeting held there tonight. When the doors were finally opened .the pressure of, the surg ing mob was so great that many peo- pie tainted. There was considerable disturbance and windows were broken in during the attempts made by per- sons without tickets to gain admission. Some of them were expelled.
 In spite of the vigilance of the pro- motors of the meeting many jingoes gained an entrance to the hall, which was crammed from floor to ceiling Much hooting mingled with cheers, greeted the delegates upon their ar- rival and during the evening the de- livery of speeches was attended with some difficulty from the same cause.
 Henry Labouchere presided and, be- sides. J. w. Sauer (Ex- Commissions of Public Works of Cape Coloney), many prominent pro- -BOers, including John Dillon. leader of the Nationalist party, David Lloyd-George CWelsh Ma tionalist), James Keir Hardie Social ist). and Sir Wilfrid Lawson were present.
 During the meeting fully 10000 jim goes gathered outside the Queens Hall. in Regent Street, blocked traffic and necessitated relays of policemen to keep a semblance of order in the crowd.
 Several of the men mounted the par apet of the Langham Hotel, and wav- ing union jacks, proposed resolutions against the pro-Boer agitation, which they declared to have been carried on when the meeting in Queens Hall ter minated. The usual speeches were made and the usual resolutions were carried amid much comnotipn. The resolutions included an amendment in favor of the complete independence of the Boer republicans, proposed by Bar on Battersea, for the radicals, which did not meet with the approval of the Labouchere party. The meeting ended with the singing of the Marseillaise.
 J. X. Merriman x-Treasurer ef Cape Colony and now representative of the Afrikander Bund in England) wrote letter to the promoters of the meeting apologiZing for his absence.
 Several collisions occurred between the crown outside the hall and the po- lice and the latter had the greatest difficulty in handling the assemblage. No casualties were reported.
 Tie Daily Mail asserts that the pro- motors of the Queens Hall meeting secured the services of six or sevAn hundred "StaIwarts' as stewards. TEese Gangs of foreign rufflans' were found inside the hall, according to The Daily Mail. ready to keep order and eject the malcontents. The 'Stalwarss' were drawn from the low class of for eiRn clubs in Soho. Many of them were armed with sticks and knuckle- dusters." and The Daily Mail says they acted with unrestrained violence in excluding loyalists and throwing out undesirable persons.
 All the loyalist papers public edi- torials protesting against the 'EffrGn- tery'' Of the Queens Hall meeting. It Is generally admitted that the 700 stew arcs were recruited from among stall wart gas workers, market porters. etc. The Standard declares There s no excuse for these Queens Hall rhetori- clans and their kind. From the leader ot the oppc sition downward they as much the enemies of the country as if they were in tlfe field against it with rifles in their hands"
 The Chronicle is in a milder strain, and says: "It was undoubtedly a hacked meeting. The stewards were curiously received, well drilled and suitably armed to eject dissentients. But there had been thinly yelled ln- elements to rowdyism on the part of the dissentients, and, in view of these and previous experiences, the promo ters were not to be blamed for pack ing the meeting, which, howver, served tte useful purpose of letting the cat out of the bag as to the real policy behind the movements. namely, to restore in- dependence to the two republics"