The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-06
FOR TOMMY ATKINS
WINSTON CHURCHILL BRILLIANTLY SCORES BRO
DERICK'S ARMY BILL IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
is UNIONISTS VOTE AGAINST TT-BILL CAR

LONDON Feb 24-After a debate which was at times heat
ed both sides the House of Commons tonight ndorsed the adj
minstraon of the War Office rejecting Beckes amendment OF
censure by vote Of 26I to I45.
Lord Charles other Unons members
also abstaned from voting Eighteen Unonst members ncud
ing Winston Churchill and Sir Gilbert Parker voted against the
Government 1t is curious circumstance that the amendment
rejected by precisely the majori-16as Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman's amendment the subject two
years ago. but that occasion the Nationalist supported the
Liberal leader The Governments normal majority is 2o5 Ru
mo that Brodrck will quit the War Office were again cur
rent in the Hobbies tonight
In the of the debate the Liberal leader Asquh express
ed the general feeling when he remarked that the debate Of
greater significance than the division it, and would be
membeed long after the had vanished into thin
air The criticisms followed mainly the lines of previous speeches.
When the debate Becketts proposed amendment
sumed Winston Spencer Churchill Conservative declared
Brodcks expectations had been realized only two directions
namely the decrease in the number OF volunteers and in the
decrease Of expenditures There WERE he said fewer bayone
and sabers in the British proportion to the number OF
Generals than any army the world except the Venezuelan
The speaker further declared that the whole scheme
'humbug sham and was only introduced with the
ect of marizng England He asked where the Government
expected the three intended for foreign service
needed the Indian frontier They certainly could
plate the three operating Canada for the United
States was mo more pepared TO invade Canada than Great Brit
ain prepared invade the United States Churchill added
amid cheers and long that autary neglect continue
Premier Bafour closing the debate for the Government
compmened Aquth on going to the heart OF the question:
namely, whether the army large and costly for the
pires needs He said the fleet stood first but there limits
the of fleet 1t impossible to bring end
with fleet which could strike heart blow
enemies with which Great Britain might be engaged without
strong attacking force of soldiers and it would be folly de-
pve the country OF means OF offensive action in the event OF an
emergency.
Baour conended that three army corps necessary for
work outside the empire They had to consider the defense Of
India He regarded between England and Russia in
the highest degree improbable but impossible forget
that the Indian frontier the key Great Brtans military
position in the of such and without being alarm
M he wished impress upon them that events moved rapidly
Central Asia.
I'VE have consider continued Premier chow far the
sategca position OF Russia improves year by year The In
dian frontier is the only part OF the empire adjacent to first
class military power and in the improbable and unhappy
of with Russia should require only all the available
forces in India but all the forces that MrBrodrick scheme pa
at the disposal of the crown
In conclusion Balou claimed that the Government deserved
well of the country The Government did trim its sails
popular favor and the public desired army scale that
the Government thought inadequate the house must look
other Government.