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Show SOMALI CAMPAIGN ENDED BY BRITISH "War Offlce Will Not Pursue Fight ' Against Mad Hull ah Beyond Present Limits. LONDON. May 1-In the House of Commons Com-mons last night War Secretary Brodrick announced the virtual abandonment of the Somali campaign. In a discussion of the army estimates members of the opposition op-position attacked the Government for muddling the Somali affair and doing unnecessary police work for Italy. .Lord Cranborne,' under foreign secretary, secre-tary, having defended the Government's course. Mr. Brodrick arose and declared that the Somali operations, were inev. liable, because of Great Britain's treaty obligations. He denied that" the Government Govern-ment was pulUng chestnuts out of the fire for Italy, and explained that Capt. Plunkett had been carried too far by his eagerness to attack.' -His advance, he said, was undertaken on hu own, responsibility respon-sibility and was no part of Gen. Manning's Man-ning's scheme. "We are under no treaty engagement with Italy to hold Mudug." continued Mr. Brodrick. "With regard to the, future, there is no intention to hold or to administer admin-ister the country we are now in. Our policy is to keep the coast line and maintain main-tain the attachment of the .tribes to w horn we are bound by treaty. We shall do everything possible to break' the Mad Mullah's power, but we shall not send a laxge force to pursue him, as we have already dealt him a heavy blow by the capture of his cattle, the principal source of wealth." . Mr. George Uoyd (Welsh Nationalist) said it was a relief to hear that the expedition ex-pedition had been abandoned. "If the Mullah is - mad," said the member, - "I would like to know what the war office is at." Mr. Brodrick objected to the use of the term "abandoned." "What I said." he explained, "was that, having attained our object in driving the Mullah from Mudug, we do not purpose to operate further in that direction.1' |