The Northern Guardian. — 1898-01-31 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

UNHAPPY. HOUR, because just befare that Lord Frederick CavenWeb and Mr Burke had been murdered in Phoenix Park. Mr Stcrey went on to say that this clause. prci (=wing that any polieeman at any hour might enter into any house, and if he way refnaed entrance, might force his way, even to the bedchambers of the women, for any secret correspondence. That clause was beaten by 13 votes. Again continuing, Mr Lambton said that clause was necessary at the time. Murder and outrage were rampant in Ireland at the time, sod the only chance was to let the policemen enter the houses and search for the criminals and arrest them. Mr Gladstone did not wish to alienate Mr Parnehl, and he tampered with the rights of Parliament, thinking more of the Irish votes than he did of Parliament. But he was defeat. d. In an unhappy hour, Mr Gladstone br, light hi a Coercion Bill, one of the clauses of which was that the women of Ireland should be put in the Bill. Mr Lambton went into the Lobby and voted against the Irish women being ircluded in the clause. There were not more than six English that voted against the clause; but he (Mr Lambton) was not a eoercionist. What did they think a Liberal paper said at that time?' It said that Mr Lainbton went into the Lobby by mistake.—(Laughter). The Radicals did not argue, but simply said that whatever Mr Lambton proposed must be wrong, and whatever tin Government had done misit be wrong. (I.Pughten. They said the Government had done nothing good at home. Now he thought they ought to eramine that statement. He askid, rculd Lord Salisbury have behaved better than he had done with regard to  THE CRISIS IN CHINA ? He bad said to the nations who are threatening to close ports against us, Germany, France, and Russia, one and all, "You shall not cloee any port against English trade"—(hear, hear)—and also that every port that is open to us shall be open to the rest of the world too. (Applause). That was a bold policy, and one that ought to commend itself to every Englishman. It was a policy ot advancement of the interests of free trade, and a policy which would make the English flag respected in every quarter of the globc—(applaueei—and if they did not support that policy. they would cease to be respected by other nations. (Applause). If they would read the statements made in Parliament by toe :ifecretary of State for India, who was more responsible than Mr Samuel—laughter)—they would see that the war on the frontier was an absolutely necessary war. It was a war of defence, and not of aggression. Lord Kimberley had admitted that it was a war of defence, and that we had to undertake it; and Mr Balfour had also said that it was a just and neceseary war. We had not attacked the tribes. Sir Henry Fowler. when he Was Secretary for India, moved troops across the mountains without asking the leave of Parliament. Now there was a law that the sanction of Parliament must be obtained for the removal of troops outside the boundary of the empire: therefore they had the opinion of the late Secrrtary of State for India that the territory was within our boundary. They had Lord Kimberley saying that it wm; a just and necessary war. Therefore it Wa ridiculous for men to go through the constituency saying that it was an unjust and unnecessary war. Lord George Hamilton had stated that he considered that the war was coming to an end, and he tells us. which we read with the greatest satisfaction, that there would be