Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-05-03
AN EXCITING DEBATE.
Forcible Detention Of Sir Al
bert Cartwright in Africa
Stirs Liberals.

London, April 26.-The forcible de-
tention in South Africa Of Albert Cart
wright, who, while edlto" of the South
African News, charged Lord Kitchener,
prior to the engagement with General
DeWet, with ordering his officers to
shoe. all prisoners, formed the sub
ject OF a heated debate in the house of
m last evening.
John Morley, liberal, moved the adj
journment OF the house, the success of
which proposition would practically
amount to a vote of censure on the gov
eminent I'm general and on Lord Kitch-
ener and Lord Miner in particular.
Mr.. Morley pointed out that Mr..
Cartwright, who had served a years
Imprisonment for libel, now desired to
come to England, end that his deten-
ton was illegal, unconstitutional and
t~yranniCal.
He added that the explanation Of
Lord Stanley, the financial secretary Of
the war office, who served in the South
African war as chief press censor, that
the government did not think ii desir-
able to increase the number of anti
British propa gandists in this country,
was the most outrageous heard in the
house since Simon de Montfort invaded
parliament.
The secretary Of state for war, Mr..
Brodrick, in the course of a reply,
raised a storm by saying that, al
though Mar. Cartwright had served his
legal sentence, the question of his lib
Grafton was still sub-judiCe.
This brought forth a vehement pro-
test from Sir William Vernon Har-
court, liberal, who declared that such
a proposition was sCandalous, and con-
tIary to the elementary principles OF
freedom.
Winston Spencer Churchill, cOnserVa-
tive, also delivered a few caustic SEN
fences, saying he hoped the house
would force the government to with
draw within the limits Of the law and
observe the constitution.
Mr.. Balfour. the government leader,
came to the support of the sorely har-
assod war secretary, and contended
that the government was justified in
OBTAINING even a British subject If 1t
thought his wanderings were calcu-
lated to injure the interests Of South
Africa.
Those voting for the adjournment
would be condemning Lord Kitchener
and Lord Miner, in whose keeping,
ut this moment, rested the hopes of
peace.
James Brice, liberal, and Sir Rob-
ert Reid, liberal, twitted the minister
for interposing Lord Kitchener as a
buffer between the government and
the house. They both scathingly de-
bounced the present action of the gov
eminent as q gross abuse of power.
The spirit of revolt spread to the
government benches. Ian Malcolm,
conservative, who is said to have been
heretofore an answering supporter OF
the government, warmly r~epudiated
Mr.. Balfour's argument that those
voting for the adjournment would
be showing themselves careless OF Brit
ish honor
After such IN incident he no longer
felt sure the members of the govern
ment could say they had clean hands
in this regard. War or peace would
not be facilitated by this violence of
the liberty of the subject.
Other supporters Of the government
followed in the same strain, even Ivor
Churchill Guest, eldest son of Lord
Wimborne, a conservative and a Cous-
in of the duke of Marlborough, urging
the government to realize that it's post
ton was untenable and to make some
concessions.
The house then divided and the mo-
tion for adjournment was defeated, 259
to lS2.
The government leader, A. j, Bal
four, announced in the house Of COM
mons hat an autumn session of the
house would be necessary to deal with
arrears OF legislation.