The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-05
Created a yiscount, Promoted to BE a
General and Parliament Urged
to Vote Him s25O,OOO.
SCENES IN THE TRANSVAAL
BOER AND BRITON FRATERNIZING
AND SINGING SONGS.
General Rejoicing over the End of
the War-Arms to Be Sur
rendered at Pretoria.

LONDON, June liking Edward has
conferred the title of yiscount on General
Lord Kitchener, who was instrumental
liz bringing the South African war to
close. His Majesty also has recommended
a grant of s250.Oo0 to the viscount Besides,
he has been promoted to be a general
In the House of Commons to-day the
government leader, A. ]. Balfour. pre-
sented a message from King Edward, as
follows: His Majesty, taking into con-
sideration the eminent services rendered
by Lord Kitchener and being DESTROYS in
recognition of such services to confer on
him some signal mark of his favor rec
ommends that the King should be enabled
to grant Lord Kitchener $4,000. John
Dillon, William Redmond and Swift Nc
Neall. Irish Nationalists. announced their
intention of opposing the grant at every
stage. A resolution giving effect to his
Majesty's message will be discussed to-
morrow.
The fact that Kitchener's grant is only
$4,000 has already created considerable
discussion in the parliamentary Hobbies.
and some regret has been expressed that
it was not equal to the award TO Lord
Roberts (e100 600. Ii is known, however,
that during the continuance of the war
the question Of granting Lord Kitchener
100000 was seriously discussed by the au-
thorities but the smaller amount was de-
cided upon, on the ground of Lord Kitche-
ners lesser rank, coupled with the fact
that he received eS0,000 at the close of the
Soudan campaign and is still a compare
lively young unmarried man, and at the
height of his military career, while Lord
Roberts is old, has a family and is not
nkPlN 0hQnHp further G
tinguish himself.
Although IT is recognized that the rapid
advancement made by Lord Kitchener mas
not been paralleled since the time of Mel
son and Wellington, and that in the course
of his life he is likely TO attain the greatest
possible distinction the sovereign can con-
fer, almost all the newspapers in London
comment on the grant of $4,000 as unnec-
essarily niggardly. The report that Lord
Kitchener will come home for the corona
ton of King Edward is incorrect. He still
has much to do in South Africa and it is
not likely that he Will leave there before
the middle of July. The South African
commands will then be divided, General
Lyttleton taking charge of the Transvaal
end the Orange River Colony and Gen. Ian
Hamilton relieving General French in the
command of the forces in the Cape Colony.
In spite of the opinion expressed by Sir
Michael Hicks Beach in the House of Com
mons tonight. there is general idea that
IL would be dangerous TO leave too small
garriSOnS in the new colonies for some time
TO come. In a lengthy review of the finan-
cial situation the chancellor of the eX-
chequer said that the whole e40,000000 pI O.
vided for in the budget for the prosecution
of the war would be needed to effect the
rehabilitation and transportation of the
British troops I'm South Africa, to move the
Boer families from the various concentra-
ton camps and to furnish garrisons for
South Africa. Sir William Vernon Har-
court, Liberal, asked Sir Michael Hicks
Beach to state the number of these garTi-
sons. The chancellor said such a state
ment would be premature but he had
grounds for hoping that in the course of a
few months large garrisons in South Africa
would prove unnecessary. He was glad TO
say ne could dispense with the additional
G15, 10000 which he had asked for when
the new loan was authorized by the House.
He said he proposed to continue the new
taxes for the present, but he asked the
House TO resume the sinking fund as the
best step toward re-establishing the credit
of the country. In conclusion the chancel-
lor of the exchequer said one of the first
matters to be considered was to determine
how the revenues derived from the mineral
wealth of the Transvaal could be allocated
to provide interest on portion of the
war debt.
King Edward has ordered that special
thanksgiving services for the restoration
of peace in South Africa be held at all the
military centers Sunday, June S.