Parliament's UNKNOWN

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7316, 9 June 1902, Page 4

Parliament's UNKNOWN

OJy Electric '-telegraph—Copyright.) (For Proas Association.) London, June 0. la tke Houso of Commons, ilr Balfour moved, ana Sir H. GnmpbellBannerman very wairnly supported, the granting of £50,000' to Yiscouut Kitchener. Mr John Dillon objeetod, !>nd Mr Redmond accused Viscount Kitchener of ranking war on women tind children. A violent scono ensued, find tho closure was applied. Iho grant was voted by 880 votes to 4-1, Messrs "Lahouehoro (Northampton) and Crerucr (Haggerston) wcro the only Radicals in tho minority. The vote 3 for grants to the soldiers and sailors wero carried by 382 to 42, Sir H. Campbell-Banneruum agaiu expressing tho country'a admiration for both services. Mr Chamberlain, in acknowledging n message of sympathy at Birmingham, said tho te-rms grautc-d to tho Boers, although generous, would secure all for which Britain had bo! v lighting, mid lie hoped they would provo tho foundation of a lusting settlement. The Government has congratulated Viscount Kitchener far his energy, skill, and patience, in Iho conduct of tho campaign. They h.-ivn also asked him to convoy to tho troops iho Government's prolound sr-nsc of their spirit and endurance- in meeting every call, their bravery in action, excellent discipline, and humanity thro'.ighoi.t the trying period. Viscount Kitchener replied, sinccrolv th.nking tha Government on behalf of the army, Sehalk-Bnrghcr. addressing tho Pietermaritzburgconcentration camps, advised tho people tij forget and fcr;;ivo. It was hopeless to s.trug»le longer, and it was be,~! to net up ir; tho terms ol surrender. Uii Wet, speaking s>.t the concentration camps ni, Yiudofort road, urged tho liurgh'.-i-:; to rhow wluil good colonists tho Hoerj (.'ouid make. Vifcomit Kitchener reports that 1154 J>oe:s have surrendered their urina at various districts. On Thursday the commissioner.; delivered speeches, tho Bobi-3 responding with three hearty cheers for Lord Kitchener and the King. The best possiblo ri'lutio.^a exist, and thftre has been no hitch nnywhere. President Roosevelt lias asked the lion Arthur Eaikrs, scoretury to the British limba^.-iy at Wellington, to convey to Lord Salisbury his ktr.d and sincere congratulations on the declaration of peace The Lords unanimously concurred in the grant of £50,000 to Lord Kitchener, ami voted grant-* to the forces. Lord Salisbury, in iin impressive speech, said [hat Britain was content to attract the defenders of the Kmpire by motives of honour and patriotism. They never would have cause co repent it, and never before had thero been such abundant cause to thank their colonial fellow-subjects for the support tendered when'; most needed. Continuing, ho said:->-" Tho more the dHl'iulucs increased, tho warmer and closer grow the colonials' loyalty, enabling us to impress all our opponents with our ability to unflinchingly carry on the conflict, whereof thero were few better examples in our history. Whatever our opponents' animosity there was strength enough in the steadfastness of English sentiment, and above rill in tho s'ead- . fast affection of our over-sea kinsmen, to frustrato tlu-ir tft'oris." England, the speaker said, was never .«.ifer than during tho period of greatest dangir, and sho had emerged much stronger from tho conflict than when sho cnieic-d upon it.

Earl Spencer, in cordially seconding iho^ motion for tbo grunt, sail the difficulties overcome had been unprecedented. Mr Chamberlain stat.'-il 'hat si?sisl ancs to restore the pcoplo io their li me would be applied to -ill Britisho s is South Africa. Mr Balfour stated that the promised enquiry into the management of the war was engaging the Government's attention. Mr Chamberlain, in opening (he Colonial Troopers' Cliib, said that Canada ruid Australasia had tent an finny greater than the British army at Waterloo, and if our needs had been greater tho colonial forces would have been multiplied manifold. The club was a proof of tha brotherhood, i>ympathy and animation of tho whole race. Tho Queen, in thanking the -Mayoress find women of Leicester for their pi-oce Address, said she would bo thankful if she could bo instrumental in any way in lessening tho sufferings and privations of those who had fought so nobly and bravely for their beloved country. Vienna, June 7. The Austrian Field-Marshal, Eutzonhofor, in r.n ariiclo in tho Neu Frie Presso, says the wanner in which the British fought tho engagements durin" tho penultimate tfr.go of tho war, and Lord Kitchener's systematic occupation of the theatre of war, must command the greatest respect on the part of the ospert. The army may look with justifiable prido on its achievements, which are calculated to enhance tho military^ prestige of Britain, whose world-wido dominion h in nowise impaired.

Tho Governor has received the following telegram from tho Secretary of State for tho Colonies, dated London, Juno 4th:—"PJeaso thank Mrs Arini .Donnelly find her tribo for congratulatory mo-sago on the conclusion of peace in South Africa."