EUROPEAN CALOGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 924, 25 May 1878, Page 2

EUROPEAN CALOGRAMS.

[rkuter's special oa LOU rams.] EMPLOYMENT OIT INDIAN . TROOPS IN EUROPE, ' ■'" i \ '" ; ! '\LbNJC) ON, 'iiky 21. Lord ITartington; speaking to his -amendment, said the . traus furs of Indian trppps to Europe were .tin-* cOhstititutibn'al without the sanction of Parliament. That the expeditionary force having started out of India, must bo charged on the Imperial exchequer, whether .Parliament approved or not, The Colonial Secretary said it should not be taken for granted that Government hid aimed at any unconstitutional procedure,, since the .Act of 1857 authorised the employment of the Indian army 'wherever ordered by the Government. Thqy wished to show that they could wield the whole forces of this' vast entire empire. Mr Laing, Mr Morgan, and Mr Harcourt apposed the amendment, ( believing that no constitutional principle had, been' violated. Mr Uhaplaiu, and Mr Stanhope supported. In the House of Lords, Lord Selbourne, referring to the Indian expeditionary force, called attention to' the unconstitutional chart cer of j the measure, which violated the provisions of- the Mutiny Act. j Lord Cairns denied that the prerogative of the Crown had been j strained. Earl Granville, criticising the e of information of the i peditionary forces from Parliamen said it was unwise, as every; important question should be submitted to Parliament.