Evening star., 1902-03-21
HOUSE IN AN UPROAR
Lively Scenes in the British
Commons Yesterday.
THE LIE rs PASSED
JOHN DILLON SUSPENDED FOR
ATTACK ON CHAMBERLAIN.
The Incident Arose Over a Heated Dis
cussion of the Boer
War.
THE LIE rs PASSED

An Associated Press dispatch from Lon
don last night gives additional details of
the Dillon Cham mberain incident in the
house of commons yesterday. 1t says:
One of the livelest scenes witnessed in the
house of commons since the palmiest days
of the Irish nationalsts ended this after
noon with the suspension of John Dillon.
During the discussion of the South African
affairs the liberal leader, Sir Henry Camp
bell-Bannerman, vigorously protested
against the governments conduct in utter
ing malignant ISLANDERS in calling the lib
erals pro Beers" These ISLANDERS, Sir
Henry said were used for party purposes.
The government, which had been going
from blunder to blunder, claimed immunity
from criticism, and If this continued 1t
would follow the precedent Of the evil
days of the American war. The speaker
proceeded to give a bitter. detailed criti
cism of the governments treatment of the
Beers and it's miscalculations, declaring
that the honor and interests of the cOun-
try were just as dear to the liberals as to
the most SuperCiliouS defender of the gov
ernment's policy. and the liberals would
continue to protest In the name of the
righteous and generous traditions Of the
nation against the methods of the govern
ment.
Mr.. Chamberlain's Reply.
The colonial secretary. Mr.. Chamberlain,
In the course of an equally incisive reply.
said he desired to deliberately accuse Sir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman of losing no
opportunity for slandering his countrymen,
the soldiers and the government. Conse-
Quently the malignant SlanderS had
come from the opposition side
The speaker. Sir William Court Gully,
here interviewed and declared that the term
malignant slander was unparliamentary.
Doth ,hal1- nd
MIR. Chamberlain thereupon withdrew the
words amid cheers.
Mr. Chamberlain, proceeding referred to
the Beers who fighting on the British
side. when John Dillon Urish nationalist)
interjected, ''They are traitors on which
Mr. Chamberlain retorted: THE honorable
gentleman is good Judge of traitors"
scene of great confusion ensued. When
order was partially restored Mr.. Dillon de-
manded ruling on Mr.. Chamberlain's
words.
The speaker said:
Deprecated Both Remarks.
"An honorable member spoke of soldiers
serving under the British flag traitors.
] deprecated the interruption, and 1 depre-
Gated the retort of the other member
Mr.. Dillon then said: Il will tell the
right honorable member that he Is
id liar"
A dead silence followed this remark Such
the house.
The speaker invited Mr.. Dillon to with
draw the expression. but the latter said:
81 will not withdraw
Then l must name yOu, said the
speaker.
The government leader, A. ]. Balfour.
then said: Il beg to move that Mr. Dillon
be suspended from service in the house"
The motion carried by 24S to 4S
votes.
Mr. Dillon Immediately by direction of
the speaker. left the house, amid wild
tionalist cheers. and Mr. Chamberlain re-
sumed his speech.
Mr.. Dillon's suspension, under the present
rules. cannot exceed a week. His offense
would have been much more severely dealt
with had the new rules been in force.
More Bitter Words
The election Of Mr. Dillon did not serve
to clear the atmosphere, and the remainder
of the debate was filled with personal allu-
sions and unpleasant charges, the nature of
which would have excited comment had
they not been discounted by the first
plosion.
David Lloyd-George, Welsh nationalist,
bitterly attacked the government. drawing
narrowing picture of the conditions in
South Africa, and charged the war Office
with pgeonholing important information.
Sir Charles Cayzer, conservative, inter-
rupted Mr.. Lloyd-George. saying the speak
er was playing to the pro-Boers, whereupon
Mr.. Lloyd-George characterized the inter-
ruptiOn IAN inSolent remark This
caused confusion in the house and cries of
withdraw"
John Redmond leader Of the Irish party
In the house of commons, appealed to the
chair, and Sir Charles reluctantly withdrew
his statement.
W. X. Plummer, conservative and Mr..
Redmond then had an alteration and after
more disorder MIR. Lloyd-George succeeded
in finishing with the remark that he did
not know who was responsible for all the
errors and incompetency in South Africa,
but that the men who had profited by these
conditions now sat upon the government
bench.
Mr. Brodrick the secretary Of state for
war, replied to Mr.. Lloyd-George with q
long defense Of the war office.
Pro-Boer Sentiment in Ireland.
The feeling In Ireland is well illustrated
by a resolution now it's way to Mr..
Kruger, Care of Queen Wilhelmina"
adopted yesterday by the Edenderry (kings
county, guardians, an elective body, as fol-
lows:
1--WE desire to record our admiration Of
the magnificent stand the brave South Afri-
can republics have made against the colos-
sal might of the British empire and to con-
gratulate the humane Boer leader De-
larey on his recent great victory, which not
only covers England with disgrace and ridi-
cule, result eminently gratifying to the
rest of the civilized world but which must
have q chaste ming effect on the jingoes of
the greatest Helot empire the world has