Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-16
COMMONS STIRRED
Over London Illness Alleged
 Breach of Secrecy.
THE TIMES MAY BE SUSPENDED

Inst to Give It a Much Needed Lesson
 United States Has Recognized
 Eugland's Right to Annex the TWO
 South African Republics-kichener
 Sends News of the Capture of Abel
 Erasmus
 London. March 16.-The members or the house of commons are grea'lS stirred up by the London Times al- legged breach of secrecy in regard 10 the publishing in advance the govern ment's civil list proposals. \ curlous feature which has not leaked out m the papers is the implication or the Birmingham Post in the same charges, and there is a haJf-humorous and half serious attempt upon the part Of the Irish members to connect Joseph Chamberlain with the affair. inc Post is one of MT Chamberlain's warm est supporters and if the liberals can get this organ punished they will take it as q personal score of the much-dis- liked colonial secretary.
 \ conservative members of parlia- ment informed a representative of the Associated Press that the majority of his party would be delighted to see the London Times suspended for. say week not with the idea of seriously affecting it's news service, but With giving it "a much needed lesson"
 A l. Balfour the government lead- or in the house of commons: Sir Hen ry Campbell Zimmerman. the liberal leader. and William Court Gully. the speaker have been in consultation on the subject Among the suggestions which they will consider is one to eX- anime all the members of the civil list committee separately, under oath, and so run down the snlprit.
 The Daily Mail prints an editorial in 1his connection headed Unusually di- rect charge of venality in high places,' during which it says:
 should the speaker, as he certainly won't. decide to have the Times re- porter thrown out of the house, our contemporary would have no difficulty in employing further honorable mem- bcrs or officials to supply it with such news as it may desire to publish. If the committee cannot find powers to act as the guardian of it's own honor and to prevent the disclosure of infor mation which is solely in it's posses sion, there is no remedy.'
 London. March 16.-A dispatch from General Kitchener dated at Pretoria on March 16, announces that the notorious Abel Erasmus of Lydenberg has been brought in with his family by Colonel Parks column.
 New York. March 16.-A special from Washington to the Herald says:
 The United States has given official. though indirect, recognition to Great Britain's annexation of the two repub- lies with which it is at war in South Africa. This recognition is accorded in the state departments annual re- view of the commerce Of the United States with foreign countries, which was issued to-day.
 In this publication the republics which have previously been known as the South African republic and the Orange Free State, are referred to in every instance as ''The TransvaaF' and Orange River Colony" which are the names Great Britain's annexation proclamation applied to them.
 It is explained in a foot note that the former republics have been an- GeXed 10 Great Britain. and that they are now only colonies of the empire.
 The United States is the first power to recognize the annexation, all other powers having taken the stand that recognition of the annexation is not in order until they have had formal mo- tiee of it. which Great Britain has not yet given them.
 Eoer sympathizers are considerably wrought up over the fact that the United States should be the first to accord recognition to the hated and disputed annexation.