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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDN DAY, JANUARY 31, 1900. T R N A B N BRITISH ADVANC B e S e R e e e e e e e e o e e e et ] ) Thebus Qfi—nn Seized ya Column Under the Command of eneral Kelly-Kenny, RO 0l BULLER TO TRY AGAIN May Attempt to Relieve Lady- smith by Tuming the East Fank of the Boer Am That Has Twice Defeate Hi: For J d to Durban, recelved he troops, but to rotur: f tramsports have arrived at recemtly, but nothing 1| of the troops s are just ar- Lord Roberts 1d considera rward Kell s Cape Town correspond- that paper claims excep- whom 1 means of information, tn ad his tro: opint the £ his k +h place he hoy The obvious sugges ro wh convey v these words is that t nee upon g of the d amy the re reinforcem eneaw the attack, but so far as knowr atal h seems bear supposi t Bul not ready t of reaching Ladysmith right is contained in a t General Lyttelton's orth k of the »ut whose mount- some anxiety, according to the same dispatch ing has been aroused t the sights on litta and yol- Africa were de Woolwich have d found the charges 1at new t is clear t members o ing for ming on e ‘eet clear of a Boer, it may bie with a Lee-Metford rifie to hit Rosebery's f L flery yesterd speech in ng the has fcal ¥ politi me quarters was part of wtir to and a fixed re. * at If the downfall of ‘}:\? nment were to come ,Roseber 1o accept the burden of the Premiersh FRENCH RECONNOITERS AND A FIGHT ENSUES Friday. 1 yestor- a force of H en-my nd infantry wh 8. < A Fr whe replied with ar- fir wer well protected, nine « ter of d three men are E e found in great confirmihg reported reinforce- and in & strong position, General French discontinued attack and’ returned to_camp. PRETORIA, Saturday, January 27.—A dispatch from Colesberg, Cape Colon: says Command: Delarey reports that . large body of British advanced on Thurs- day, January 2, and he attacked them, causing the British to retire after suf- Pears’ What a luxury Pears’ soap is! The cheapest soap in all the world be- sides, cables | | bank of the Tugela on | f a care- | = Colesberg, | E INTO THE ORANGE FREE STATE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN L] . N 1KY | THOMSON m M.D PP PIP PP IPIPIIIIPIPIP IV I PIIIDIIIVDIPIP O PTG OOIPOIP PO P*eded . : SOUTH AFRICA. @i e v e e ieiedededei e g severe lc e two men slightly wounded. ler reports heavy fighting k. the British in great force g surround the Boer posi- neral Schoeman hastened to the a >ral Groebler. General Schoeman retur: this evening and re- ports that the British were repulsed and that the Boers held their positions. The Boer loss was four men slightly and one man severely wounded. The British loss i€ not known, but must have been severe, The bombardment of Kimberley contin- The other Boer forces are reported S ENGLAND’S SEA FORCE MAY BE MOBILIZED LONDON, Jan. 31, 4 a m now known that the Cabinet devoted much of its 1 Saturday to the mobili- n of the fleet. Nothing was settled except that until further security to the home coasts has been obtained by naval the Eighth Division shall not th Africa | preparatios be sent to & On Monday the Admiralty issued tha the Channel squadron, instead of leaving Portland this week for Gibraltar, as previously directed, shall assemble on Febru tone and proceed to Bantry for a fortnight's exercises off the Irish coast, thus keeping in home waters or & time. This decision to delay the ghth Division at a time when reinforce- urgently required may mean only that more troops are not yet avail- able and that the division will embark when the shipping is ready. The mobilization of reserve warships, if such a course shall be determined upon. would be of the utmost Influence. There 1s nothing in the intelligence possessed by the public to cause the Cabinet's pro- Jonged dlscussion of this matter, and the infer e is that the fleet may be. mob- {lized as a general warning to other coun. | tries to keep their hands off the Trans- al &ituation, or that the Ministry may | have definite knowledge that the neutral powers propose to take some advantages : | slsewhere while England is busy in South | Africa. One thing is certain—ten thousand men all ready to go to South Africa are de- tained for reasons of which the public has | no knowledge. There is talk of forty- geven military battalions being embodied. These are all of the militia not previously warned. A sharp look-out is being kept n volunteers for the various South Afri- n regiments. The Daily Chronicle says: “Three sus- picious characters were rejected by head- quarters in one regiment on Monday. Two were unmistakably of Boer origin. The third, whose English was faulty, had been 4 German officer.” Natives report that three Boer guns bave been removed from Spytfonteln to Kimberley. The | making a special effort to reduce the place quickly. The Kimberley garrison was safe last Sunday. SPENCER WILKINSON ON THE SITUATION LONDON, Jan. 31.—Spencer Wilkinson, reviewing the military situation, in the Morning Post, sa: n a remarkable what is taking There must be correspondents at the front, silent. The column under Gener: nny has occupied us, about ninety mile where at forty-five miles ere the Bosrs op- believed /to be. of Ger Kelly-Kenny's column but as that officer co the whole of which has reached Town, and as there is no word of any part of it having gone o Natal, the probability is that the column is identical with the di- vislon. At any rate it is hoped that this is the case, and that the last has been heard of breaking up divisions into fragments. h 15 operating. & t is not told, | sixth aivision, presumed, it is strong enough for independent Operations, portends a great deal. In the first place, it means that the campaign in Natal is o be left to the care of itself. For, if the eixth divigion is at Thebus. there is no other pe Town capable of turning the ance In Natal. Ladysmith, then, is not to relieved. .Its garrison must hold out as long ossible or make a desperate attembt to t it way out, unless, Indeed, Generai fi Builer, with such forces as he has, tries a third time to drive back the Boer army. This does mot imply that the war will be prolonged and that the Boers are to be given time to push their advantage in Natal. They will try to overcome Sir George White's force and to take the offensive against General Buller, whose army they would, in that case, perbaps, be able to hold by putting severai parts of their own more mobile force into po- sitions in his front, flank and rear. General Builer wonld keep them occupied as long as his supplies and ammunition lasted. During these operations the, British forces in Cape Colony and the reinforcements on the way would be collected into an army to march through the Free State. If that march could be rapld enough to produce an effect on the mind of the Boer commander-in-chief while General Buller's force is still occupying him, the plan might lead to a decisive result, but | there can hardly be a start for another month Boers are apparently | aands the | The dispatch of this column, If, as must be’ SuraicaL A4 O FOR MOUNTED TROOPS® THE GALLOP HOSPITAL CAR BESIGNED FoR SERVICE woiTH CAVALRY 1N SouTh AR EMINENT BRITISH SURGEONS GO TO SERVE IN The Boer casualties | and a march through the Free State must take ders | shot killed his antagonist. i | the Queen, B R R O e R R e S S S N * D S o e . 1 a month at least. It is not easy to-day to fore- see what can happen in Natal by the end of March. Meanwhile the mission of General Kelly- Kenny does not aitogether explain itself. It seems a little strange that the new column ehould not first have been sent to the assistance of General French, who has hemmed in a force of Boers, but finds them reinforced from the north. Anything like a division added to Gen- eral French's force ought to enable him to destroy the Boer forces with which he is dealing by completing his circie around them and.then gradually closing it in upon them. The formation of a fresh column while this kind of concentration was possible looks like a continuation of the old policy of dispersion ad of centration General Kelly-Kenny will have to mend the railway bridge at Steynsburg as he moves east- w and as his advance continues he will a hilly and perhaps difficult country. AMBULANCES ARRIVE WITH THE WOUNDED New York Herald ), by Jam Gordon Bennett. publication of this dispatch is prohibited. All hts reserved in the United States and Great Britain.] LONDON, Jan. 31.—This dispatch from its special correspondent is published by the Daily Telegraph: SPEARMANS CAMP, Saturday, Jan. 24.—There has been a long train of am- bulances arriving at the Spearmans Camp fleld hospitals with the wounded. The Lancashire Brigade sustained the heav- fest losses. There was no panic.. The troops retired trom the hill in good order. This morning several men were shot in returning to positions held ‘before they carried Splon op. 'fimmycmfi's Mounted Infantry and the Third Battalion of the King's Royal Rifles lost heavily. The men of the Imperial Light Infantry received their baptism of fire, shooting and killing Boer marksmen and snipers. Sergeant Mason of Thornycroft's Mounted Infantry had a duel with Boers, who drilled five holes through his helmet. Sergeant Mason caught three Boers creep- ing up behind him yesterday with fixed sights. One he Instantly killed and then another. The third took sheiter and for half an hour they exchanged shots. The Boer hit him in the shoulder, but Mason returned the compliment and at the next [Speclal C: right, e to the Copy- —_————— BULLER’S TROOPS CHEERED BY THE QUEEN [Special Cable to the New York Herald. Copy- Tight, 190, by James Gordon Bennett. Re- publication of this dispatch is prohibited. All rights reserved in the United States and Great Britain.] LONDON, Jan. 30.—The Dally Mafl pub- lishes this dispatch from its special cor- respondent! CAPE TOWN, Jan. 3).—General Buller vesterday read the following message rorn the Queen to General Warren's force: “I must express my admiration for the troops’ conduct during the past trying week, especially those regiments that you specity, and for the accomplishment of your arduous march.” p General Buller said to the men that they ought not to think that because they had retired from their position all their work was of no avail, as In his opinion they had gained the Key to the road to Lady- gmith, in which he hoped to be Within a weel General Buller then called for cheers for which were heard for miles around. e Sl S GERMANY REJOICING OVER BRITAIN'S PLIGHT BERLIN, Jan. 30.—According to private repor received hare, the Cape Dutch are still joining the Boer forces. The German press expresses the belief that Great Britain has about reached the end of her military resources, and would do well to acknowledge defeat and conclude peace. The Kreuz Zeitung, which attributes her reverses largely to the absence of com- pulsory military service, says: ““Among the most interesting results of the South African campalgn is the much- denied truth that the warth of natfons is weighed in war’s balancé, and England is already in the midst of catastrophe.” The Deutsches Tages Zeitung says; “It is evident that not only Genmeral Warren, but General Buller's whole force has been defeated on the Tugela. This it calls “the beginning of the en 3 Boer Shell Factory Destroyed. LONDON, Jan. 30.—A special dispatch from Durban says a refugee who has ar- rived thére from Johannesburg says the destruction of the Boer shell factory at that place was accomplished on January 20. The lgss is irreparable. Common whisky is a curse—the Old Gov- ernment is a blessing. :: BRITISH MINISTRY ASSAILED | IN HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT Reading of the Speech From the Throne Followed by Denunciations of the Government’s South African Policy. LONDON, Jan. 30.—The seventh session | of the Fourtenth Parliament of Queen Victoria opened at 2 p. m., after the cus. tomary formalities. The Speaker, Wil liam Court Gully, arrived at the House | of Commons at 1:33 p. m. There was a | large attendance of members.: The gen- | tleman usher of the Black Rod, General Sir M. 8. Biddulph, summoned the Com- | mons to the House of Lords at 2.05 p. m., | where the Lord High Chancellor, Earl | Halsbury, read the Queen’s speech, which | was as follows: My Lords and Gentlemen: The peace which had recently been broken in South Africa when last 1 addressed you has unhappily not been | restored, but otherwise my relations with other States are friendly In resistin the, invasion of my South African colonie y th South African Repubile and Orange Free State, my | people have regponded with devotion and en- thusiasm to the appeal which I have made to them, and the herolsm of my soldiers in the field and my saflors and marines who were landed to co-operate with them has not | fallen short of the noblest traditions of cur | military history. | I am deeply grieved that so many valuable | lives should have fallen as a sacrifice, but I have witnessed with pride and with heartiest gratification the patriotic eagerness and spon- taneous loyalty with which my subjects in all parts of my dominions have come forward to share in the common defense of their imperial interests. 1 am confident I shall not look to | them in vain when I exhort them. to sustain and renew 'their exertions until they have brought this struggle for the maintenance of the empire and aseertion of its supremacy in South Africa to a victorious conclusion. A treaty has been concluded with the Ger- man Emperor for the adjustment of the rights claimed by the two countries in S8amoa, Tonga and other islands in the Pacific. To a portion of. these stipulations the Government of the United States has aleo been a party. A bill will be introduced at an early date to give effect to the scheme of federation which has been adopted after most careful consider- ation by five of my Australia < I have watched with cordial satisfaction the gradual development of my greater colonies in- {o self-governing communities. 1 feel confident that the establishment of the great federatiou of Australia will prove advantageous not only to the colonies immediately concerned, but alse to the empire at large. The brilliant courage and soldier-like qual- Itles of the colonial forces engaged in South Africa have already earned high admiration, and patriotic offers of assistance which it was | not possible to accept have come from many | other colonies with populations of varfous races. 1 have recetved from the native States of India numerous the ruling chiefs of offers to place their troops and the resources of their States at my d for service in South | Africa. These proofs of their loyalty to my- | self and their devotion to the e of my | empire have afforded me much gratification 1 regret that, owing to insufficient rainfall in the autumn over a great part of Western and Central India, the harvest and pasturage have failed to such an extent as to create a famine. Timely measures have been taken by my Government and by the rulers of the native States affected to relieve the suffering and prevent starvation. 1 regret to add that the epidemic of plague continues and that, although its severity has not increased since last vear, there is at pres- ent no prospects of its diminution. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, the estimates for the public service of the year will be Iald before you. The provision for mil- itary expenditure must bo largely Increased on account of the charge for military operations in South Africa. The experience of a great war must necessarily afford lessons of - the greatest importance to the military administra- tion of the country. You will not, I am con- vinced, shrink from any outlay that may be required to place our defensive preparations on a level with the responsibilities which the ssession of 80 great an empire has laid ypon B ™At @ time —when mseveral nations are perfecting their naval preparations at the cost of increasing efforts and sacrifices, the solci- tude with which you have provided for the efficlency of our navy and our coast defenses will assuredly not be relaxed. The rest of the speech recognizes that the time {8 not propitious for domestic re- forms Involving large expeditures, rec- ommends amendments to the agricul- tural, educational, compan and accident laws, and conclude: It appears that service in South Africa may have the effect of disfranchising those taking part in it, and you will be asked to sanction a measure by which this injustice will be pre- vented 1 commend your deliberations at this anxious time to the blessing and guidance of Almighty God. After the reading of the speech the House adjourned until 4 p. m. and the Commoners returned to their House, which also similarly suspended its sitting until 4 o’clock. There was a conspicuous absence of public excitement in connec- tion with the reassembling of Parliament. A small knot of people witnessed the ar- rival and departure of the yeomanry of the guard, the crowd around the entrance to the palace yard at no time exceeding 500, and the few who were hoping for some demonstration against the Ministry were disappointed. s SALISBURY ATTACKED IN HOUSE OF LORDS Rosebery Demands Information as to the Intentions of the Gov- ernment. LONDON, Jan. 30.—On the resumption of business in the House of Lords the gal- leries were thronged. There was an un- usually large attendance of peers. The Duke of Somerset moved the address in reply to the Queen's speech, and the Earl of Shaftsbury seconded the motion. The Duke of Somerset, in moving the address, sald he looked forward confidently to a successful termination of the war. He urged the necessity for reform in the mil- ftary administration, and sald that hith- erto the army seemed to have existed for the benefit of the War Office, and that in future the War Office must exist for the benefit of the army. The Duke of Somer- set eulogized the loyalty of the colonles, especially Canada. and strongly deprecat- ed the adverse criticism of General Buller, his remarks in this connection being cheered. He sald he had every confidence in_General Buller and Lord Roberts. The Earl of Shaftsbury, Conservative, emphasized the debt of gratitude which Great Britain owed to her colonies, and expressed satisfaction at the settlement of the Samoan question. The Liberal leader in the House of Lords, the Earl of Kimberley, followed. He said he was glad to learn that Great Britain's relations with other States were friendly. He added that he believed the term could be justly applied to the rela- tions with Eurcpean governments and the United States, and deprecated undue at- tention to the attacks of the foreign press. His Lordship congratulated Lord Salis- bury on the conclusion of the agreement = with Germany, but strongly disapproved of the tone of Mr. Chamberlain’s speech. In this connection, however, he paid a W dier rm_tribute to the conduct of the sol- in the fleld and to the loyalty of the British_colonies The Earl of Kimberley, continuing, said that, although the moment was one of the deepest gravity, he would entirely ab- stain from criticising the conduct of the generals. It was the duty of the Govern- ment to select men to conduct those op- erations and it was th: duty to support the Government. It therefore, un- wise to criticise the generals in these op- erations. He did not mean to imply that the generals were not doing their utmest to fulfill their arduous duties, but the | Government would be wise if it made | every effort to prepare thoroughly for | what might occur in the future. Continu- {hg, Lord Kimberley said: We might make a period of disaster, and al- though our relations with the other powers are friendly, it would be well to consider tie pos- sibilities of the future and it would be weil if the Government prepared for all eventualities and all dangers and be ready with the means to surmount them. The Government does not seem to bave been aware of the scale of prep- arations of the South African republics: Lord Salisbury, in reply to the Earl of Kimberley, asserted that there was noth- ing in the ‘stipulations of the conventions to limit_and hinder the importation of arms and_ammunition into the Pransvaal through Lourenzo Marquez. Continuing the Premier said: Why were we to know about the importation f arms? 1 belleve gans were introduced into the Transvaal in_botlers and munitions of war in plano cases. We had a small secret service fund. If you want mugh information you must give more money. 1 consider the enormc amounts spent by other Governments, espec Iy the Transvaal, i which 1 have heard on high plomatic authority spent £500,000 in a single small by England, making it impossible ave the omni science attributed Lord Kimberiey 1 am glad he h: uiry (nto the a to us by not pressed an Immediate in- thorith ion of the military a At a time when our generals in the fleld and | many of those who could give the most v uable information are unable to appear. W should defer an inquiry to a more convenient season. Later the Premier admitted the deficien. cies of the existing system, remarking that the treasury had acquired a power which was not to the Eubllc benefit. He had not thought of looking Into past his- tory or examining the amount of blame to be attached to this or that Minister. Said "he: It is not quite the right way of Wealing with the present crisis. We must foin together and exercise all our powers in extricating ourselves from a situation full of humiliation and not tree from danger. 1 will not say that the dan- ger may not have easily been exaggerated Many a country has commenced a difficulties of the kind we experience. only to look at what the Northern States America went through at the beginning of the Civil War to see how easy it would be to draw a mistaken inference from the reverses we have met at the outset. We have every ground to think that if we set ourselves heartily to work and exert all the undoubted instruments of the power we possess we shall bring the war to a satisfactory conclusion. We have work which appeals to us as subjects of the Queen and as Englishmen and it must throw in the shade all thoughts of party expediency. Lord Salisbury then said he regretted We have that Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, in the House of Commons, was about to bring this great issue info party controversy, adding that the only place where his a tion would meet with sympathy was In Pretoria. He continued: »rt must be to retrleve ourselves from nt situation, which cannot be allowed This empire is a valuable and splendid, but responsible, possession. We must concen: trate our efforis. If we do not tame all the smaller passions into one great duty we run the danger of convulsions which will tarnish the empire's luster and perhaps menace ite integ- rity. After Lord Salisbury had spoken, Lord Rosebery made a fiefy speech, demand- ing of the Government what it was goin to do, and adding that the country wnulfi shrink from no sacrifice which the burn- ing emergency might demand. Lord Rose bery spoke with great earnestness. He asked why the Premier made it so difi- cult for the man in the street to sup- ort his policy. The past conduct of the Jovernment would come up for investi- gation some day, he hoped, adding: We have the right to know If, before the crisis, the Intelligence department supplied the Government sufficient Information. If not dis miss the department. If the Government pos sessed the information their responsibility is heavy. 1 hope that when the time for the Investigation arrives those who have served the Queen will not be covered with such glory Our ef the pry to lax. that the eyes of the investigators whl be dazzied T was appalled at the nature and style of Lord Salisbury’s speech. We have now 120,000 men in South Africa, yet we are with difficulty holding our own. The attitude of foreign na- tions is described as friendly: but that does not strike me as being as amicable as the word would imply. I deem it necessary to know what the Government is going to do. Lord Salisbury said the cause of our casual- ties was the smallness of the secret fund and the British constitution. But what is the Gov- ernment’'s duty? Some form of compulsory ser- vice must be introduced to meet the grow- ing exigencies of the empire and I am sure the nation will not shrink from either that or any other sacrifice to preserve the empire's predominance. That we should not shrink from sending away vast masses of troops, situated as we are in the center of a universe by no means friendly to us, without having a hint from the Govrnment of the military measures it proposes to take to face the disasters we have met and the sacrifices we have made, is one of the most extraordinary features of the British constitution. - 1 agree with Lord Salis- bury that the country can carry this thing through in spite of all the impediments of men and methods which have shackled it in the past, but I venture to say It will have to be inspired by a loftier tone and truer patriotism than that shown by the Premler. Lord Kimberley urged that the Govern- war with | of | | ment ought to have been aware of the im; | porting of arms Into the Transyaal and | ought to have informed the Transvaal | that unless it desisted it musi result in Great Britain sending a large force to South Africa, e could not believe the | Government wad so fgnorant of the prep- | arations of the Transvaal, and it could | not divi {tself of the responsibility. Baron Balfour of Burleigh said that the Jameson raid had closed the mouth of the Government and prevented it ’gmntlns against the arming of the Transvaal But, he added, the Government must have known . armaments were ac- cumulating to an extent unjustified by fears of another rald, and it was the duty of the Government to communicate on the subject with the Boer Government, but as the first step it ought to have severely punished the raiders. The country had | not reached a pass that if the Govern ment appealed to it it would not have | supported the Government in any prep- arations it thought necessary. He would do nothing to prevent the Government | | carrying on the war to a successful con- | | clusion, | | The Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary | of State for War, followed. He sald he | was prepared to make a statement at a future date. The Government, he added, was not prepared and had excellent rea- sons far not pushing its arrangements further. The address In reply to the speech from the throne was then adopted. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN ‘ ASSAILS THE MINISTRY | Bitter Condemnation of Its Method of Dealing With the South African Problem. LONDON, Jan. 5.—When the proceed- ings were recommenced in the House of Commons, Balfour, First Lord of the | | Treasury and Government leader, Sir | Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal lead- | er, and others were loudly cheered by their respective followers. James Lowther | made his annual motion relative to the interference of persons at elections. It | was rejected by a vote of 337 to 101. The Speaker read the Queen's speech at 4 ul | p. m. Subsequently Captain Ernest G. | Prettyman, Conservative member for the | Woodbridge division of Suffolk, moved the address reply to the speech. | | The entry of the Secretary of State for | the Colonies, Joseph Chamberiain, was | not cheered from any part of the House. | Captain Prettyman, in moving the ad- dress in reply to the speech from the| throne, expressed the deepest sympathy, | which, he sald, was shared by both sides | of the House, with the sufferers from the war and the sufferings in Natal. He fur- ther referred to the feeling of admiration | for the gallantry of the troops which was feit by all parties, and remarked that ad- ditional common ground for pride was the gallantry and national spirit shown by both Great Britain and her colonies. He expressed the hope that after the war all | race antagonism in South Africa would be obliterated. Continuing, Captain Pretty- man, who is a retired captain of artillery, sald an inquiry was necessary as to how the requirements of the war had been €0 underestimated. The captaln then ap- pealed for the union of all parties in sup- port of the Government in its efforts to satisfactorily conclude a just war. Herbert P. Pike Pease, Liberal-Union- ist, member for Darlington, seconded the address in reply to the speech from the | throne. | The Liberal leader in the House of Com- | mons, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, | then arose to reply, amidst cheers from | the opposition benches. Sir Henry, com- menting on the Queen's speech, said he | had seldom known so little to be said in | such a large number of words. As, ho: ever, the war advanced, it became more | difficult and more critical, and he was not surprised that the Government had ot proposed a formidable programme. Affairs in South Africa, political and military, would undoubtedly engage the present Parliament to a great extent. The war was uppermost in all minds when the members separated in October, and it was believed there were troops enough in South Africa to rapidly clear the Queen's domains. But their expectations had been sobered. Week after week had seen checks, disappointments and deplorable loss of life. In every Instance the ad- vance of ithe British troops had been stayed by large bodies of the enemy. But the country had again and again gone through greater perils with courage and composure, and would not now depart from its high traditions. The courage and fortitude of British soldiers were never more conspicuous, and they must associate with this the sons of the colo- nies, who had shown extraordinary apti- tude in this kind of warfare. He appre- clated the gallantry, the devotion which led their countrymen to volunteer, but he wished to know the reasons which necessitated this unusual method of re-| inforcing the army. He and his friends had resolved to SUppoOrt a vigorous pros- ecution of the war, that the Integrity of the Queen's domains be speedily vindi- cated, and he imagined there would be no difficulty in obtaining the additional supplies necessary. ““Here my agreement with the Govern- ment cease: said the Liberal leader. 8ir Henry Campbell-Bannerman then proceeded with a bitter condemnation of the administration and the temper in which it had approached the whole South African problem, saying that the narrow- ness of the Government's provision for military requirements necessitated hostil- ities and asserting that its policy made war probable. e belleved this feelin, was nrgelj' shared by the House m5 he was glad of the opportunity presented to express his opinfon. The speaker re- pudiated the idea that they should await the end of the war before discussing the matter. This was the very time, he de- clared, for effective criticism, and those wishing to disclaim responsibility should do so naw. “The Ministers tell us,” Sir Henry con- tinued, “that this war was undertaken to | the forces sent | four ans o then pro E for criticizing the War Lord Edmond Fitzm. cul ual rights for white men 1 I.igp-r:h:)? will transfer this lauda trine to this country. any ins might be applied when too little eration has been Shown under Mr. berlain’s administration to t Dutch of Cape Colony. The Ca ters, who are as much as Mr. Chamb: fears. The on this subje ed astonishment They now evitable, wh facto opinion, are hopelessly be hurled from pow Arthur J. 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