The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-20
WANTED IO'IALK IRISH
NATIONALIST MEMBERS IN BRIT
ISH HOUSE OF COMMONS
WE'RE UEsRULY
SPEAKER WOULDN'T HAVE IT
MIR. O'DONNELL, REFUSING TO
TALK ENGLISH, HAD TO
SIT DOWN
DEBATE ON THE BoER WAR
Liberal Members Critic1se Joe
Chamberlain for Using "BilIings-
gate'' in His Address to
the House.

LONDON, Feb 19.-In the house Of
commons today, John Dillon, Nationalist
asked a question regarding the alleged
decision to erect an extensive fortress
in the heart of Pekin for the protection
of the legations.
The under secretary of foreign affairs
Lord Cranborn, replied that the question
of protective measures was still under
discussion The government had not vet
reached any decision, but was fully con-
scious of the expediency of keeping any
arrangement within reasonable bounds
Mr.. Thomas ODonnel Nationalist
member from West Kerry. began to ad-
dress the house in the Irish Language,
and the speaker called him to order af-
ter he had spoken three or four SEN
tences, reminding him that to speak
Irish was an unknown practice in the
house of commons
Mr.. O'Donneu continued to speak in
the Irish tongue, greatly to the delight
of the Nationalists around him. The
speaker severely requested him to de-
sst.
Mr.. John Redmond, the Nationalist
leader, said: There is no written or IN
written law against a member using a
language which is most familiar to him.
l once heard a member of the New Zea-
land house of representatives speak in
the Maori language
SPEAKER CALLED HIM DOWN.
The speaker: There is no rule on the
subject, but there is no precedent during
the existence of the house. of commons
Tor a member speaking anything but the
English tongue"
Mr.. Edmond Leamy Nationalist from
North Kildare, pointed out that the Irish.
before the act OF union were invited nv
the house of commons to speak Irish.
The speaker. Not in 100 years of union
mas an lrishman tried to speak Irish in
this house until now
Mr.. Redmond inquired whether Mr.
William Abraham, one of the Welsh
members, had not addressed the house.
in 1855, in Welsh
10 this thet speaker replied that Mr..
Abraham had merely introduced a ouo-
tatlon in the Welsh language. and he
insisted that Mr.. O'Donnell could not be
allowed to proceed
Mr ODonnell refused to speak in Eng
nsh' ana reasserted his. right as the rep
resentative of an Irish constituency and
the representative of a nation still re-
tanning language of it's own to address
the, house in his native. tongue.
AZ tlis point the speaker stopped him
peremptoriIy.
The Irish members denounced the linn
ltatlons imposed by the speakers
CHAMBERLAIN CRITICISED.
When the debate or1zthe address in re-
ply 10 the kings speech at the opening
oL parliament was resumed in the house
OF commons today Fl. H. Asquith, Lib
eral, the former home secretary char
acter1zed the speech of the seretarv of
state for the colonies, Mr.. Chamberlain
delivered last evening, as a revival of the
Bllllngsgate Of the general election"
lie repud1ated the suggestion that the
opposition favored the undoing of the
annexation of the two republics but he
said, settlement would not be acceler-
ated by insulting language, but bv the
combination of a strong army capable
Of commanding respect and the offer of
terms not derogatory to either the vic
tors or the vanquished
The secretary for war. Mr. Brodericlx.
who followed declared that the terms Of
fored the Beers We're better than ever
tefore rendered to a Vanquished enemy
Leniency to men on parole had been a
disastrous failure He appealed to the
opposition to stop the delivering of mis-
chievous speeches and the circulation Of
pamphlets which did an immense
amount of harm in South Africa. In
defending the government against the
charge of failing to reinforce Gen
Kitchener, Mr.. Broderick said 10000
horses had been sent out within three
months and they hoped by the end of
March to have increased Gen Kitchen
er's mounted forces by 10000 men,
The house of lords held twenty min
ute session today. The only interest
ing feature was the reading of a mes.
sage from King Edward, thanking the
peers for their addresses in reply to the
speech from the throne at the opening
Of parliament
The first meeting of the joint commit
tee composed of cabinet ministers and
former cabinet ministers suggested by
King Edward to formulate a scheme for
a permanent memorial to the late Queen
Victoria was held today. The commit
tee submitted their ideas for the kings
approval
The members of the cabinet and lead
ers of the opposition met the foreign Of
flee today to discuss the civil list, Lord
Salisbury being desirous of communica-
ting the government proposals to Lord
Kimberley Liberal leader In the house of
lords, to Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man, Liberal leader in the house of
commons, and other Liberals, so that
when the question is introduced the de-
bate will not be unduly prolonged. An
other joint meeting will be held to fur
ther consider the matter.