The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. X CHRISTENS THE CANAL, Germany’s Ruler Honors the Memory of Wil- liam the Great. TAPS THE CORNERSTON. With This Ceremony the Big Waterway Is Opened to the World. REVIEW OF THE WAR-VESSELS. While the Bands of Many Nations Play the Emperor Passes on the Imperial Yacht. Everybody this m g to sce the stone of the canal at Hol ands flocked to Holtenau t nd and water. N lid the r went m pearance. early on board a st tire h to launch. The en- y from Kiel to the mouth of At 11 kommt!’ ar rival was the n an ad place with m knowledged the smilingly His M position before the dais. Chance! Johe asked the imperial assent to com- mence the proceedings and then read a document relating to the ceremony, after which the K pproached the stone and, receiving t from the Bavarian plenipotentiary in the Bundesrath, tapped the stone. The ceived blo from the royal Pri sent, from the members of the Bundesrath and other state officials. The stone being laid, the r returnad to his place at the dais. The Emperor, in laying the keystonc of the canal, said: “In memory of Emperor William the Der Kaiser mperor, whose ar- Great I christen this canal the Kaiser Wilkelm canal.” His Majesty then t he stone thrice, continuing: n the name of God, in honor of Em- peror Wi and the welfare of the nations.” Chancellor Hohenlohe's document giv ing a history of the canal with a set of coins of the reign of Emperor Frederick III was placed in the stoue, which was then closed. After the Emperor had tapped the stonc with a maliet, the Em- press stepped forward and performed the same act, followea by the Crown Prince of Prussia, the Prince Regent of Bavaria, the King of Saxony, the Grand Duke of Baden, the Grand Duke of Hesse and a number of others, It had been araanged in the course of preparati for the celebration that the assembled warships should steam past the Hohenzollern in review, but for some un- n it was decided later that cht should merely ste: and for- This was ge- mperor’s y i the lines of the Germ eign fleets lying at anchor. cordingly done, all of the ships saluting the llern as she passed. All of the ships were literall red with flags and in the bright sunshine made a magnificent spectacle. The imperial yacht Hohenz ginning the review of the forei man warships assembled in thc harbor & her anchorage at 3 o’clock and steamed out from the mouth of canal, turning southward and going between the first and warships the of the four lines of anchored above the entrance on west side of the bay. These lines comprised the Russi S Swed Norwegian and Rounding the northernmost Dateh ship, she returned between the fourth line, com prised of the Austrian and French and German ships, and a line along the east Dank, consisting of one Austrian, two Roumanian, two Italian and one Turkish ship. She contirued on that side toward the second other end of the bay, passing the French | fleet, and, rounding the British Blenheim, went up between the English and German lines. The Emperor stood alone behind the mainmast, and above the commander’s bridge the Hohenzollern’s band playing unceasingly, while the bands of the various ships, without regard to nationality, played “Heil Dir in Siegerkranz.” Most of the warships had their yards manned, and the cheering was incessant. The international fleet which was in- spected by the Emperor comprised the following vessels: : Germany—Hobenzollern, Kaiser Adler. Kurfurst, Friedrich Wilhelm, Brandenburg, Weissenburg, Woerth, Baden, Baiern, Wurtemberg, Frithjof, Hildebrand, Heim- dah], Hagen, Beowulf. Siegfried. Stosch, Gneisenau, Moltke, Kaiserin Augasta, Jagd, Pfeil, Blitz, Mcteor, Grille, Mars, Corola, Bluecher and Hay. Great Britain—Under Rear-Admiral Lord Kerr and Captain Alington: Royal Sover- eign, Empress of India, Resolution;, Re- pulse, Blenheim, Bellona, Speedy, Halcy- on, Enchantress, Osborne. Total, 80,510 tons. Italy—Under the Duke of Genoa, Vice- Admiral Accidi and Rear-Admiral Gran- ville: Savoia, Re Umberto, Sardegna, An- drea de Ria, Rnggerio di Lauria, Stromboli, Etruria, Arufrusia, Partenope. Total, 38,- 317 tons; 180 officers, 3309 men. United States — Under Rear- Admiral Kirkland: New York, Columbia, S8an Fran- cisco, Marblehead. Total, 21,747 tons; 75 officers, 1479 men. Russia—Under Rear-Admiral Skrydlow: Imperator, Alexander II, Rurik, Grosias- tochy ; 70 officers, 1305 men. France—Under Rear-Admiral Menard: Hoche, Dupuy de Lome, Sarcouf. Spain—Pelayo, Infanta Maria, Teresa, rquesa de La Ensenada; 56 officers, 2 men. Austria-Hungary—Under Rear-Admiral Archduke Charles Stephen; Kaiserin und Konigin Maria Theresa, Kaiser Franz Joset I, Kaiserin Elizabeth, Trabant; 52 officers, 1212 men. = Sweden and Norway—Under Admiral 1 Tohen- | m I, for the weal of Germany | {of peace. { i | 1 £ THE K. [ MPER IT ATISER. FFICE. TAL PRINCES. OF IMPERIAL PRINCES, [Reproduced from the New York World.} RECELVES REPORTS. | 31. OFFICERS' MESS. KYLIGHT, T . CON . AIR-SHA . BOILER-ROOMS, . BACKBO, 45. COAL-RU. 5. NARROW 47. AXLE-] 2 CERS’ MESS, LIGHT. S OF TILE CREW 002 3 ARD ENGINE. . BACKBOARD ENGINE. 3 R T OF THE ENGINE-ROOM. 3. STARBOARD BOILER. AED BOILER. ! UGE RAILWAY FOR COAL TRANSPORT. | 6: TUNNEL. 6! . BA {angstep THE GERMAN EMPEROR’S YACHT THE HOHENZOLLERN — CROSS-SECTION VIEW. . STARBOARD SCREW. < = PRICE FIVE CENTS. MPEROR. ANDER'S STEAM LAUNCH. 'H (or “gig) OF THE | Sleipner, Baats. Netherlands—Atjeh, Alkmar; 25 officers, 413 men. Denmark, under Commodore Gad— Geiser, Hekla, Havhesten, Varulyen, So- loven, Storen; 32 officers, 370 men. Portugal—Vasco di Gama. Turkey—Fuad. Roumania—Elisabeta, Mircea; 400 men. As soon as the naval review was finished grand banquet was held in the imperial marquee at Holtenau, where 1066 guests sat down to dinner, which lasted a long time. The great hall in which the Kaiser’s banquet took place is built on the south side (Kiel side) of the canal along the tor- pedo shelter, which runs from the mouth | of the canal toward Wik Bay, and is sepa- rated from Kiel barbor by a mile. The idea to give the building the appropriate shape of a ship originated with the Emperor himself, Eleven hundred guests were at the ban- quet. The Emperor sat at a horseshoe table on a raised dais, amid German sovereigns and other royal personages. ancellor von Hohenlohe sat opposite, with Sir Edward Malet, the Brifish Em- bassador to Germany, on his right, and Ahmed Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish Embas- | sador, on his left. The other guests were | diplomats, admirals, officers, ministers, | members of the Reichstag and one news- | | i 23 officers, | paper man for each nation. Tpon the conclusion of the banquet the { “It is with delight and pride that I | look around this brilliant festal gathering, | and in the name of my high allies I bid all a hearty welcome and express my heart- felt thanks for the good feeling shown us on the completion of a work which,planned d achieved in peace, is now open to gen- traftic.” | His Majesty described the inception and | progress of the work, and then continued: | “The participation in the festival of the powers whose representatives we see mong us, and whose splendid ships we to-day admired, Tacknowledge the more lily as T believe I am rightin perceiv- ing therein a complete vindication of the eiforts we directed towara the maintenance Germany will range this work on the side of those accomplished in the service of peace and will esteem herself fortunate if the canal in this sense further strengthens our friendly relations with | other powers. I drain my glass to the | welfare ol friendly sovereign powers.” ‘Throughout the speech cheering was fre- quent, and especially at those parts in which the Emperor made references to peace. Afterward his Majesty received the foreign admirals, including Admiral Me- nard. After the banquet, his Majest; watched the ships and firewor! Amid the brilliancy the darkness of the French vessels which were under steam ready to depart made a curious contrast. They sailed during the night. It was officially declared that the only reason for their departure was that they might be able to be in French waters on the anni- versary of the death of President Carnots Many visitors were received on board the French flagship during her presence here. Admiral Menard, in conversation with press reporters, declared that he was greatly satisfied with his reception and the festival generaily. He added: “I am very happy to see that this festival of peace has taken so brilliant a course, undisturbed by the slightest unwward ircident.” To-night the town is a seething mass of Lumanity, Thousands of sailors and sol- diers in every variety of uniform are 1n the streets or in the public resorts all mingling in the heartiest of good comradeship. The windows of the shops are filled with naval devices and much of the same kind of ornamentation can be seen in the windows of private residences. ‘ The hotels, restanrants and temporary booths are feeding a constant stream of visitors, whose appetites have been sharp- ened by the excitement of the day. At dusk the scene of the water was one of un- paralleled beauty. All the warships were outlined with a fairy-like tracery of lamps, and some of them had brilliant displays of fireworks. Altogether the display was the most brilliant ever seen here, and probably finer than ever seen in Germany. The New York, temporary flagship of the squadron, had asplendid design sixty feet long against her funnels. It read; “America sends’ hearty greeting to Ger- many upon the completion of the canal.” President Cleveland, each forty feet square, were also displayed. 4 Hundreds of officers have inspected the Emperor made a speech, in which he said: | I | the south of that vort. Set pieces and pictures of the Emperor and. von Klinteberg; Gota, Thule, Edda,Viking, | American vessels. | War a board of survey to consist of L They are especially interested in the Columbia. The Russian officers have thrice ex ed her minutely. EXPLOSION O A BOILER. Four Seamen Injured on the Launch of the San Francisco. LONDON, Ex6., June 21.—The Morning Post will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Kiel saying that at 8 o’clock Friday morning the boiler of the launch of the American warship San ncisco ex- ploded. Two men were ser - and two slightly injured. The launch was return- ing to the ship w of the accident. The Jaunch and the suf- | ferers were taken to the San Francisco by alonghoat from one of the German ships. N0 WOMEN ARE RESCUED Denial of the Story of the Find- ing of More Colima Survivors. Mexican Authorities Search the Locallty of the Reported Dis- covery in Vain. MAZATLAN, Mex., June 21.—The lat est report from Manzanillo denies the find- ing of any more survivors of the Colima to The telegram states that no women nor children survivors were found yet. The rescue party sent out has not returned yet, but it is highly improbable that the report is true. The authorities have sent out parties to search localities where rumor said the sur- vivors have been seen, but no more have been found and all rumors thus far have proved misrepresentations. It is highly probable that no more of the Colima’s pas- sengers or crew will ever be heard from. i o A OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Boards Selected to Examine Supplies to | the Army. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21.—A | postoffice was to-day established at Tib- | bots, Inyo County, Cal., with Mattie F. Smith as postmisstress. " By direction of the Acting Secretary of tenant-Colonel Charles R. Greenleaf, deputy surgeon-general, Lieutenant-Colo- nel James G. C. Lee, deputy quartermaster- general, and Major Charles P. Eagan, com- missary of subsistence, will assemble at the general depot of the quartermaster’s department .at San Francisco, from time at the call of the .senior member, for the purpose of ascertaining and fixing the re- spornisibility for any loss or damage exist- ing in articles of clothing, camp and garri- son equipage received at the depot during the next fiscal year. Lieutenant-Colonel Greenleaf, Major Eagan and Capsain Addi- son’ Barrett, military storekeeper, will as- semble at the same’depot to fix the respon- sibility for any loss or damage existing in ariicles of the quartermaster’s supplies re- ceived during the year. Pensions have been granted as follows: California—Original—Thomas Maroney, Benicia; Thomas Salter, Los Angeles; Peter Mooney, National Soldiers’ Home. Additional — George Sonnenberg, alias Jacob Metz, San Miguel. Reissue—Lewis Geitner, Sacramento. Oregon: Increase — John G. Young, Dilley. Washington: Reissue — Cornelius E. Mohundro, Oakdale; Charles A. Moore, North Yakima. g Counterfeiting Haytian Stamps. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 21L.—Maxi- milian Martret, a Frenchman, was ar- rested last night by United States Secret Service officers and locked up on a charge of counterfeiting postage stamps of the Haytian Republic. When searched 20,000 8-cent stamps of the Haytian Republic were found in his possession. Five plates for making the stamps and a machine for perforating them were found in Martret's rooms. Poseil The Jumpers’ Mine, Johannesburg. LONDON, Exg.. June 31.—A cablegram has been received from the head oftice at Johannesburg stating the following results for last month: Crushed, 10,390 tons; ob- tained from mill, 4761 ounces of gold ; from concentrates, equal to 806 ounces of gold; from tailiugs, by cyanide, 572 ounces o! gold; total, 6139; profit, £8750. ith provisions at the time | WEIRD INDIAN FUNERAL, |A Young Chief Buried From Church in the Presence of His Tribe. | All Were Adorned With Paint and Arrayed in Full Savage Raiment. CINCINNATI, Owuro, June 21.—The | funeral of Hidden Bird, the young Cree | lawyer, who died at the “Zoo” on Thurs- day, that took place to-day in this city,was not only the most weird and impressive | that was ever known bere, but is the only one on record in which an uncivil- ized Indian wae W - od_with all the trappings of his tribe that wasin attend- ance in a modern Catholic church, The chief of the tribe—the only Crees on earth —attended the services, horribly painted and clothed in savage raiment. The funeral was in 8t. Loomis, the larg- est Catholic church in Ohio. The Crees are charitably kept at the “Zoo,” as they are homeless, having been abandoned by a show. The procession of Indians started from he “Zoo.” At the head of the line in a ‘700"’ wagonette, was the big chief, Little | Bear, while beside him were Brush Tail, | Buffalo Face and an interpreter. | Following were White Snake and Maggie, | brother and sister of the dead. Next J‘ was the medicine man and fifty | braves and squaws on ponies, painted in | the most startling manner. They wore beads and carried feathers, and ail wore { moccasins. At the rear of the procession | was a rough cart containg the squaw sand children of Little Bear, all painted and wearing blankets loosely wrapped about them. The crowd was enormous, and it became uecessary tocall police aid. At the church all dismounted and followed the chief into the sacred edifice. Professor A. J. Box presided at the or- gan. Fathers Peters and Kuppens, also wearing moccasins, aided by two chancel bovs, sonducted the ceremonies. Many women and children were fright- ened as the Indians filed in. Napoleon, the interpreter, was called upon by the priest and addressed the tribe in its own language. The church was dark and awe- | inspiring in the low lights, but the painted faces looked straight ahead. A black coffin containéd the body of the painted corpse, and it was clothed in garments of barbaric colors. ‘When the corpse was exposed for the last time cach Indian stooped and as he passed kissed the face three times. The procession to the grave was viewed by thousands. - At the grave Indian rites prevailed, and the cemetery was crowded | to the gates. Not a word, not a sound, came from all the painted crowd. At the end they went back to their desolate camp stolid, silent and without signs of grief. CONSPIRED TO BURN HOUSES. Insurance Companies Swindled Out of Nearly One Million Dellars. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 21.—After the result of investigations made during the last few weeks much evidence has heen accumulated in the District Attorney’s office tending to show the existence of a conspiracy to burn houses, to defraud in- surance companies and to divide the in- surance money. Samuel Milch, one of the ringleaders, has made a confession, as a result of which detectives yesterday arrested George W. Holtand Policeman C. F. Lenz. The de- tectives hold warrants for the arrest of other persons, two of whom are Henry Cohn and Coppel Freedland, the shirt manufacturers. Holt is one of ‘the best known fire insur- ance adjusters in the city. According to the conlession in the hands of the District Attorney the public adjust- ers who were in the conspiracy were Max Grauer, now in the State’s Prison; Adolf Hirschkof, who has confessed and disap- peared; Morris Schoenholz, now in the tombs awaiting trial, and Louis Grauer, a fugitive. According to Milch, the real heads, those who profited by the work, were men in the insurance compunies, salaried officials, who, in order to grow rich rapidly, proved false to their trusts. He has furnished the names of all these men to the District Attorney, and it is said every one, provided he does not flee, will be behind the doors of the tombs. According to Milch’s confession the gang had in their employ attaches in the Dis- irict Attorney’s office, who kept the con- spirators informed of every move made by the District Attorney. The arrests to-day are but the first of a series that will occur as the result of the confession. It is confessed that the result of the operations of these conspirators was that seventy-five fires have been deliberately set within the last two years and the in- surance companies have thereby been swindled out of nearly $1,000,000. On one fire $194,000 was received in insurance and another $25,000 was paid. The insurance money was divided between the fire insur- ance company, adjusters, the Fire Mar- shal’s men and the insured. The man who set the fire got a fixed sum, $25, $50 or §500, according to the magnitude of the THNGBE 15 SHAMMING Texas Officials Puzzled by the Condition of a Mur- derer. On Sentence Day He Remains Limp, and Therefore Gains More Time. PARIS, TEX., June 21.—At the present term of the Federal.court Charles Key was tried and convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at death. He swore that he would cheat the gallows. Owing to the crowded condition of the prison he was prisoners for safekeeping. On Monday afternoon he was notified by the jail warden to prepare to make the return trip to this city so as to receive the death sen- tence, a motion for a new hearing having been overruled. He retired to the far end of his cell and without saying a word started up on a run toward the cell door, against which he fell head foremost with all his might, falling to the floor. Although he was thought to be in a dying condition, he was brought here and has never recovered consciousness. I%is thought that ke is “‘possuming,”” in a vain hope that the court will adjourn without passing sentence upon him. An electric battery was applied and had no effect. Starvation was resorted to with a like result, and this being sentence day he was brought into the courtroom and deposited -on the floor, and - expert medical testimony was called, in, and it, too, differed on an opinion as to whether the prisoner was ‘“shamming.” Judge Bryant thinks the prisoner is shamming, but would not pass sentence, not caring to have the United States Supreme Court possibly reserve or remand the case. LI WENT TO SOUTH DAKOTA. A Woman Supposed to Be Mrs. Corbett Failed to Get a Divorce. CHICAGO, Irr.. June 22.—A special from Yankton, 8. D., says: A woman who undoubtedly is the wife of Pugilist Corbett arrived here Monday for the pur- pose of obtaining a divorce, but failing to have good grounds the attorneys refused to take the case, and she went to Ellendale. B Junior Order of Mechanics. 'OMAHA, Ngs, June 21.—The Junior Order of American Mechanics concluded its session to-night. The next meeting will be held next year at Denver. The council to-day formally indorsed the Stone bill unanimously. The Stone bill provides for the consular inspection of immigrants, and is designed to prevent pauper and criminal immigration. The secretary of the legislative committee will receive $1200 per year, and the committee was con- tinued for another year. DL e Harmon at a Banquet. CINCINNATI, Onto, June 21.—Attor- ney-General Harmon was the guest of honor at a banquet to-night by the Cin- cinnati lawyers. Two hundred prominent members of the bar were present, and speech-making continued till a late hour. —— : . Governor Atkinson Will Live. ATLANTA, Ga., June2l.—Governor At- kinson improved steadily to-dey, and while he is by no means out of danger, his re- covery can almost be predicted with certainty. IT GIVES ALL THE NEWS Comparison of The United Press Service With Its Chief Rival. One Instance of Superiority In the Day Report of the Qelebra- tion at Kiel. CINCINNATT, Oxnro, June 21.—The Cin- cinnati Freie Press, of which Mr. Mex Burgheim is publisher and which is con- sidered the leading German Republican daily of the State, prints an editorial nearly a column in length comparing the United Press news service with that of the Chicago Associated Press, Among other things it says: In order that our readers may convince themselves how high the United Press stands abcove its rival a comparison of Tuesday’s cablegrams and other items of mnews in the Free Presse (a member of the United Press and one of the oldest as well) with those of the papers which gets its news from the Chicago Associated Press brings to light the fact that the foreign dispatches of the latter do not cover a column, while those of the Freie Press sum the length of two and a half columns. Not a word was to be found in any other German paper concerning the fes- tivities at Hamburg in honor of the open- ing of the North Sea-Baltic canal—a bhap- pening on which all the eyes of the world are centered. The account which we printed covered a column and was certainly | perused with unusual attention and interest conveyed to Bonham with several other | by our readers; also another whole column of important cable and other news, which would have been séught for in vain by any paper supplied by the Chicago Associated Press. Rarely a2 day passes when The United Press does not eclipse the Chicago As- sociated Press in reporting current events. It is therefore clear that all those who seek the latest news, and who wish to be up to date on current events, must read a paper that prints the news of The United Press. This Is One Specimen. ASHEVILLE, 8. C., June 21.—A sensa- tional story was recently sent out from San Francisco by the Chicago Associated Press stating that Colonel A. R. Cochron of San Diego, Cal, was to come into possession of an immense fortune through a North Carolina land grant. The facts are simply that Colonel Cochron in- stituted a suit at Asheville in 1893 for lands in Mantanga and Mitchell counties based on some supposed land grants. At the November (1894) term of the court General T. F. Davidson, counsel for Cochron, stated his client had been un- able to file the bond required to prosecnte thecase and it was accordingly dismissed. 3 SN AT ki WILL NOT MEET IN DENVER. There Is ¥et Discord Among the Trans- continental Managers. CHICAGO, ItL., June 21.—The Western passenger committee, which was ap- pointed at the general meeting here, decided to-day that it would be .mpracticable to meet in Denver with the trans-Missouri passenger officials to talk about an agreement for one or both sides of the big river. Chairman Cald- well, one of the committee, as a result of the abandonment of the Denver meeting, notified the general agents who took part in the meeting last week, .that the meeting called for next Tuesday was postponed. It will probably be Lield the first half of July, the date fixed by Mr. Caldwell. : There will be a meeting of the trans- Missouri lines at Denver the first week in July to reach an understanding as to the terms of an agreement within their territory. It is also expected that after July 1 the rate disturb- ance in Utah and Montana created by the Union Pacific-Oregon Short Line receivership fight will have been cleared away by a non-fulfillment of the rent- paying eonditions imposed upon second mortgage bondholders of the Oregon Short Line, which would mean a retention of control by the Union Pacific receivers. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 3 and 4. ROSEBERY DEFEATED, England’s Liberals Are Outwitted in the Commons. MINISTERS MUST RETIRE. Adoption of an Amendment to Reduce the War Sec- retary’s Salary. AN OVERTHROW INEVITABLE, With It All Comes the Retirement of the Duke of Cambridge, Army Chief, %G., June 21.—The downfall of Rosebery’s Government came to-night unexpectedly, although so Iong looked for. By a majority of 7 the House adopted an amendment to the War Department re- ducing the salary of Campbell-Bannerinan, Minister of War, by £100. The latter immediately zave notice of his resignation, and the Cabinet meets ta- morrow to decide whether or not to resign in a body It is difficnlt to see how it is possible to avoid appealing at once to the country. Indeed, the overthrow ot the Liberal Gov- ernment seems inevitable, and the time of attack had been carefully planned by the opposition. The Queen is to-night on her way from Scotland to Windsor, where she will arrive to-morrow merning, and where she prob- ably expects an offic call from the Prime Minister. In the House proceedings began by H. Campbell Bannerman, Secretary of State for War, aunouncing that the Duke of Cambridge would retire from the com- mand of the army. Mr. Bannerman in announcing the com- ing retirement of the Duke of Cambridge as commander-in-chief of the British army said: “At the close of the financial year his royal bighness, the Duke of Cambridge, will relinqu; the position of chief in command of the British forces, which he has held so long. He has de- voted his whole life to the service and has identified himself with the army. It is hardly possible that any one engaged in the civil administration of the army can make this announcement with- out emotion. We can look back with ad- miration and gratitude on his long career, whick has been distinguished by consis- tent zeal and marked by marvelous im« provements in the army. His resignation has imposed on the Government a serious task. The Duke of Cambridge cannot be succeeded by any officer who combines such large and varied powers and abili- ties.” The Government, he said, would accept and proceed in the premises upon the prin- ciples of the Duke of Devonshire’s scheme of an army commission embodying a plan whereby the Secretary of State for War would be advised by a deliberative council composed of experienced officers. [Cries of “hear.’"] Mr. Balfour said that the members of the Houte must all feel that the severance of the Duke of Cambridge’s connection with the army was an event which must move the country for the moment, but they must exclude this feeling from their consideration of practical questions which could not be long deferred. It wascertain, however, that they would never find any man who would inspire greater affection in the army or who would be animated by any higher sense of public duty as well as his duty to the Queen and Parliament. Mr. Bannerman further said that the office of commander-in-chief of the army would be maintained, but his functions would be greatly modified. He would pe subject to the ordinary rules affecting staff officers, and his office would be tenable for a period of ten years, which term would be capable of extension if desirable. The commander-in-chief would be the principal military adviser of the Secretary of State for War, whose council would consist of five general officers. During the debate on the war elements the Hon. St. John Broderick, Conservative mem ber for the Guildford district of Surrey, asked for certain information in regard te¢ the present supply of arms and ammuni« tion. Mr. Campbell-Bannerman said that the estimate comprehended enough to meet the current needs. Mr. Broderick was not satisfied with this answer, and moved that the salary of the Secretary of State for War be reduced £ to cover what he alleged was a deficit the army stores. A short and sharp discussion ensust after which a division was taken, and ths Government was defeated by 132 to 135 The defeat of the Government on a quese tion of the estimates was received with a deafening volley of Conservative cheers. Bannermann moved that the committeg reporting on the estimates be agreed to. Mr. Balfour asked if the Government pros posed to take up further business thiy evening. After much discussion it was agreed to proceed with the naval works bill. Campbell-Bannermann contended tha¥% the estimate for small arms was ample to render possible the mobilization of thres army corps of 110,000 men with sufficienp ammunition. The Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, the Con.. servative leader in the House, held tha the vote asked would not provide a proper . supply of arms. 'Fgey Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the Liberal Unionist leader, said that supply on hand was a long way behing what the Japanese army had when it took, the field. The Right Hon. George J. Goschen, for> merly Chancellor of the Exchequer, said he concluded, after listening to the debatq that in using the word reserve in its ordl- mu-y1 sense Great Britain had no reserve’ atall. The division was then taken. The resuld surprised both sides. The Unionists cheered. Mr. Chamberlain seemed to dance in his excitement. After the House had again calmed down Continved on Third Page.