The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-16
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Il LON ON, March Premier I3a ! tours, 3
government to-day was defeated SIN the
House Of Commons by tho con, bin. blne 9.
Liberal and Nationalist vote. fliis re-
1vyndham, chief secretary for ireland
Of tho teaching OF the Gaelic In tho
Junior grades of tho Irish Nationalist
schools. Mr. Isalfour, though defeated
by a ina orltyS Of clever OH this question:
does not regard the vote as ono of want
oc nfi1eice, jnnd lie will Not resi- ign ON
this ACCOUNT. M His determine tlon, no t TO!
resi- grlAwns strergt hened by tho fact tllat =
shortly afterSktle 4. foregoing defeat he
WAS abls to secure a majority q twenty
five. 81 ff5E "A H
s5 rho failure OF the government to carry
tbs House 3wthdl Oil u question Of purely
illustrative policy In Its. Irish depart
|Sment Is generally admitted to greatly
weaken; Its alrendy. warning prestige with
tho country, although II, is mot thought
probable thatllny immediate development
will ensuc, Il & y ts $ r. SSs
s"".rhosc terrible irish Sas8 they are de-
scrlbed for tho mDment@by tho Unions
ISIS, were entirely responsible for Mr.
Balfour's defeat. On tho question Of
Catholic education. Monaay'Snight. the
Nationalist had voted with tho Urion-
list government, but eVcn Whileiso d ding,
they were planning the downfall of tho
Cons ervatives. This afternoon# tho mine
SO tingeElously " laid was sot off with q
success that thrilled the country. III Tho
,fnI, la Spn u
planned and tho scenes that marked Its
culmina lion recalled tho times Wien Glad.
stone and tParnells wnged a Titanic strug-}
glai In tho same arena. 53$s S5 ss
| an NJ URKY$ TItANQ Utility. # tt8
w hen the House Of Commons met at 2
o'clock this afternoon tho me,ropolls was
stce ped Sin Its usual mlIrky tranquility.
| Scattered throughout the clubs hotels and
restaurants the unionlst cOnlmpners lan.i
guild w discussed the war NJ VS. :nnd ieyery-
thing else except politics. In this .sereni-i
tyso Y he luncheon hour, hordes of nc VS.
paper boys sud deniy q ppeared yelling the
government efeated - AN Il Il I53
# The early afternoon papers only gave
the figures OF tile voting on division and
not the government had. resigned. a Wild
rush was made for the House OF Com
mons. and many elderly members ran
half n mile or more while others drove
l4recklesslys to Westminster. VA al Il
Within the HOUSE o fCommons itself
strange scenes We're being enacted. e The
House had resolved itself into q q commit.
Irish education, which had already been
debated. John Redmond made a COM
paint about the prohibition OF Gaelic in
the schools, but 4instead 81 q long speech.
Which II would seem lie had prepared.
| judging from the volume OF notes In his
j$hand, the Irish leader said only a. fcw
words. Mr.. NVyndllam replied with equal
brevlty, and It was evident lie was saving
himself for u string OF protests from other
! Irish members. ], E NJ
The treasury bench was desert !. save
three OF his junior colleagues. and barely
$twency supporters OF the government
were in their places. Mr., alfour chatted
mIsa Then tha Solt fs S'h
N o ono rose Il q reply to Mi. Wyndham.
tho irish party or1once utilizing SILENCE
las its deadliest weapon. AR. Redmond
had said there were TO be no speeches.
| and though the rank and file of the
| Natlonalists did not know the reason. not
having been admitted to the aecret plan
their leader and their chief whip. they
obeyed implicitly. Discipline triumphed,
and not one word came from the Irish
lencles;, Tile Liberals too, sat silent.
/ though they Werc ignorant of Z he, pro-
! jected coup and without a, reply divi-
sion was inevitable. Only then did MI.
Wyncillam and the government whips
rcaliz how deliberately hey had been
GET DEsPERATE. ss
In desperation the. government whips
sent messengers In cabs and with tele-
grams and to8the telephones, but without
avail, for when tho tellers of tfeivote
\ returned tlie8 clerk of the House handed
4 Sir Thomas Eslnonde the coveted little
slip = 2 paper which is given to the win
Ii In Il Il second the members who had
crowded ain,3realized that. the govcrl,, lent
had been beaten. and then there arose
heard for many a day. The Irish END
4 Liberal members clambere4 upon the
benches and yelled themselves hoarsc,
and for nearly five minutes pand emonil!l11
monde tried to read out the figures, but
his voice was drowned lin the nproar
Mr., Balfour. who had been Just In time
xGye Eth 'hs F {ees as
4 quiet. ana Sir Thomas ssmonde read
lAyes, III; y ocs., 100. z At this the storm
Il Of cheering broke out nfrcsh. 8I he gov
a rush To- to tho lobby followed, ana the
or not Mr. Balfo.lr would reslg g , Is
by ow ynys at sas a eaai
4 for such action Thanks to- the prolonget
n exuberance Of the irish cheers and thu
a hectoring OF Mr. Balfaur, the q govern
! their bsent supporters. and when, abou
q ten minutes later. John Redmond moved
y to report progress ON the ground tina
the had not ma1orSy apt.
4 the government secured the arrow ma
Z jority OF twenty-five. s43s55. .l 555
Il If tho division had occurred q 10Y, nun
od es asKa psse e s nsSsaR
4, to resign, 4 " d, II IS II FL S5 III
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