The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-26
THE BOERS AND THE IRISH
FIGHTING SPEECH BY COLONl4L
 SECRETARY CHAMBERLAIS

Admits the Government Made a Mistake | as to the End of the war-.Time fo, 1 Measures of Even Greater Severity . New Rules to be Brought Forward for the House of Com m ons-Irish Repre- sentation to he Cut.
 London, Oct 26.-In his address last
 night at Edinburgh, MT. Chamberlain
 as usual made a good fighting speech.
 In reviewing the war in South Africa,
 which he declared again had been fore
 ed upon Great Britain by the Boers, he
 said the government acknowledged that
 it had made mistake as to the time of
 ending the war, and that he admired
 the tenacity of the Boers; but he insist
 ed that it was the duty of Great Brit
 ain to meet this tenacity with equal
 resolution. Then followed what is re-
 garded as a most important declara-
 tion.
 T think the time has come, or is com ing" said the colonial secretary, when measures of greater severity may be necessary; and if that time comes we can find precedents for anything we do in the actions of those nations who now criticise our 'barbarity' and cru city but whose example in Poland, in the Caucasus, in Algeria. in Tonquin, in Bosnia and in the Franco German war we have never approached.
 Mir Chamberlain spoke before fully 5000 persons and announced that the government intended to frame new rules for the House of Commons as to the imminent Irish obstruction. We propose" he said "to bring forward rules which shall give to the majority of the Commons greater control over it's own business and greater control over the men who insult and outrage it; and we shall endeavor to protect the mother of parliements from those who would destroy her usefulness and reputation
 But this was not the only thing MT. Chamberlain declared the government intended to do. "The present represen- tation of Ireland is' said he. "an abuse and scandal No alteration can be made except in immediate an- ticlpation of general dissolution and we are not contemplating that But when we get nearer to the time we shall ask you whether you think Irish representation is go precious to you, is so valuable to then?" The national interests, that it Is desirable to con tinue 1t on a scale which gives the Irish g representation enormously ex- ceeding the proportionate representa- ton of Scotland and England"
 The colonial secretary went on to point out that on the basis of popula- ton Ireland had thirty members too many in the House of Commons and on the basis of the contributions for irn- perial purposes, as considered ct the time of the union, Ireland had from forty to fifty members too many.
 "T say that htis constitutes en abuse" " he continued, "and there is no reason why it should be perpetuated,"
 In another portion of the speech, which was largely devoted to the Irish question, ne oDSerVed. IT these Sen- tlemen who now openly shout for the ] Mahdi and pray for the Boers. if they ] had parliament of their own, if all | the strings of Irish government had 1 been in their hands, if they had the 1 power Is it not certain they would re- 1 Fuse to pay their contribution to the l war and that they would have placed i Us in a position of embarrassment"
 The relations of parliamentary oppo- sition with the Irish party, MT Cham oerain said, he considered dangerous % the emergency"