Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-01
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Alter Brilliant Speech by Balfour
Commons Votes a Grant
to Roberts.
Irish Members Attack His Rec.
ord. But $500. 900 Was
Voted.
Balfour's Eloquence Will Restore
Fame Of Roberts in
England.

London, Aug. 1, 8 a. injustice wal
done Lord Roberts in a fine and clio.
quent speech by Arthur Balfour in NOV.
ing grant of 100000. He told in sim.
pie language how critical was the situa.
ton after the defeats at Colenso anc
Magersfontein, and explained the bold.
ness and originality of the strategy by
which Lord Roberts relieved Kimberly
and Ladysmith, and entered Bloemfon-
TEN after perilous and exhausting
march across a barren country.
Balfour paid also an eloquent tribute
to the intuition, genius and cheerfu
courage which enabled Lord Roberts to
lress on to Pretoria with half force
and three and one-half days supplies
when hesitation Would have involved a
7protracted siege. No other Englishman
has been equally candid in admitting
The deplorable and ruinous conse-
quences from which the British empire
was delivered by the genius and cour-
age of the great general.
Eventually Mr. Balfour moved clos
ure, and it was carried by 257 to 1Os The
Siant OF 91OO, 600 was then carried by 81
Vote of PSI to 10.
The speech made so profound an i'm,
preston on the members of the house of
commons that the objections raised by
Dillon and few radical members were
heard with Impotence and irritation.
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enough to second Balfour's proposal
with genuine Scotch sincerity. Lord
Roberts popularity had been waning UNI
der the unceasing pressure of pessimsm
which has accompanied the prortracted
guerrilla operations and acrid criticism
that he had abandoned the field without
bringing the war to an end.
Baifour's eloduence will restore his
,Gre-eminence as the greatest living SOL
cier and the military situation, more
over. is slowly but surely improving, for
the British clearance operations by va
rious columns. are emptying one district
after another and the Boer bands are
row decimated by slaughter and cap
tured stragglers.
John Dillon. Irish nationalist member
for East Mayo, opposed the motion on
the grounds of Earl Roberts inhumani-
ty and his acts as military politician.
Henry Labouchere, editor of Truth
and member for Northampton. said he
could not understand why grants should
be given to soldiers who did their duty
when they were given to civilians. Earl
Roberts, he said. had performed his al
lotted task, but he was weak man po-
litically.
Swift MacNeill, Irish nationalist mem
Der for South Donegal. made bitter at
tack on Earl Roberts for his predilec-
ton toward peers and his liking fol-
dukes. He instanced the case of Lord
Methuen, who, he declared, was respon-
ssible for four British defeats. "and yet"
he added, this titled BOBBY remains in
the army"
s Successive attacks on Earl Roberts
were made by William Game, progress
,sive liberal member for the Claiborne
division of Cornwall; Henry Joseph Will
son, radical and home rule member for
Works, West Riding: Kerr Hardie, so
eialist and independent labor member
for. Mertyre Tidvil.; Henry Labouchere
tionalist member for the north division
of County Cork. but they resulted in a
dismal failure so far as the voting of the
grant was concerned.