The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-27
PIC. MILITARY MISTAKES IN
SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
Grave CHARGES Have Been Brought Against Gen
eral Sir Henry Colvile.
eral Sir Henry Colvile.
IIJCH UNREST IN PARLIANIE
The Irish Party May Give More Trouble-Other
London News and Gossip.
BY HENRY ". LUCY.
THE Celebrated Parliamentary Reporter.)
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LONDON. January c6.--1t is still far
cry to the opening - tle new session.
but ministers are a,,ely regarding it
with frank apprehension. Up to now, IN
spite OF certain epodls, OF unrest among
their ,,nwieidy majority. they have had
an s,ncomn only good time. The situation
will DE appreciably altered when, SIX
weeks hence, the new Pariiamen; settles
down to work. Even II the state OF Things
sn South Africa be better than IT looks
to-day. there will remain in The public
mind q feeling inevitably reflected in
ahe House OF Commons, that the country
was jockeyed into the general election.
In oiden times men were butchered 10
make a Roman holiday IN the last days
of the nineteenth century peace was
Imagined in order 10 snatch a party ma
iority at the polls
Beyond the moral resentment at this
breach OF the high standard at which the
action of public men in this country is
proudly maintained there is the ever-SroW-
bill of war costs. / rerne.Ii or Sir Mlchaei
TJickS-Beacil IS s,cernf0l smile wien,
wear ago last October, ne made ms il1st
modest demand for 4 war subsidy. ana
was warned from the other side that SO
far from seven or ten millions covering
the cost We should be happy if we got
off with payment of a hundred millions
sterling. To-day the Chancellor of the
I,xchequer would be grateful 10 any syn
dictate of Inillionaires who would assure
him that in his next budget he would
not nave to provide a larger sum IMAM
that ON account of tte war.
THE IRISH PARTY.
Another cloud on the Parliamentary
horizon is in the reformation of the Irish
marty Ever since they came into once
on the downfall OF Lord Roseberys GoS-
eminent the Conservatives have been
practically free from the drag on Inc
Parliamentary wheel OF Irish obstruction
II will be different in the coming session.
Mr.. William O'Brien is not Pa-iia Inent-
a-y general and strategist. as was MI
Parnell. but he was brought up in his
school His rais0n d'etre. his excuse lot
REMEMBRANCE on the Parliamentary stage,
IS the mission to make lie lnsupporlaplS'
business impossible for ministers ana q
ma iority who refuse even to consider the
question of home rule 10Y Ireland. AMID
the internecine dissensions Of the lrlsn
Marty predominant during the past ten
wears these tactics. triumphant under MI.
ParneIl's management, nave l2i4eh ilto
desuetude Mr. O'Brien intends 10 revive
them in their most brutal torn1- Mills
ters will find their legislative movement
hammered at every step There Will be
nightly scenes. suspension OF members
and systematic disorder. After ali TINS
may not be 50 hu-tful as some cenizehs
of Downing Street are disposed 10 regard
A. in advance. Scenes in the House OF
commons may be useful as abstracunS
announcement attention from minlsl.Iiai
short conings. and are calculated 10 iaiis
r,ubIic opinion to the side OF the authori-
ties however much reason they have to
distrnst them on general and particular
grounds.
Mr.. Chanberlains passion for the orchid
as a, sartorial adjunct Is. thanks TO the
caricaturist. familiar TO the public. 1t is
fabulously Sd Is. primrose IN connection
with Lord Beaconsfield. his faVoTlte
flower" But his love for hoTtieu!trre
ranges beyond this particular specimen.
ON the rare occasions when he can get
a morning off-they have been very lie"
during the last eighteen nonths-he runs
down 10 Kew Gardens to see what lfesh
z,riZes the director has imported from ior-
etcn clines. Sir w. Thistleton-Dyer has
correspondents in all parts OF the world
on the hunt for something new ior he"
Gardens In this somewhat expensive uil-
dertallinG he finds himself strenuousiy
hacked lip by the Colonial Secretary, VINO
l.. this as in larser matters. gets ms
own way, even TO the treasury NJ
Cham5erlain.s sympathles in this dnec-
Aim Fave been worked upon 10 the extent
OF sauctioninE the establishment OF
a,otaric station in the Seychelles. 1t VIII
,,e il, direct communication WITH ne"
Gardens and is counted upon TO ehrich
its treasure house. On New-Iear' DAY {
cable message was received by Mr.. Cham
bcrlain announcing the opening Of the new
station
DOORS SHUT IN Ills FACE.
The strange case OF Gen. Sir Henry
Colytle grows stranger as the days pass.
Having come TO London 10 demand fur
aher and fuller inquiry into the charges
brought against him he finds the doors
of the War Office shut III his face. In
accordance with the regulations requiring
that a general officer quitting his post
shall, on arriving in London. report him.
self TO the Acknowledgement. Sir Henry
on Monday called at the War Office and
was Informed, not that Sir Evelyn WOOD
was out or was busy, but that he could
not see him General Colvile, who, as
was shown, when called upon TO resign
refused, is not man to be trlfied with.
The charge against him is that, marching
under Lord Roberts commands to He'll
bron, he disregarded cry for succor
from the commander of 500 yeomanry be-