| Show ENGLAND IN EGYPT N I 1 marob march 20 in the house home om mono naone mortey morley pointed out that diversion ot or the fu funds ads of the caissy abe the purposes of england won d esa rily prolong the english mccu lou us and by upon remain in egypt areat Bri britain taiti admitted t egypt was not strong enough to ad d by itself yet et be continued new DOW policy is a to 1 impose pose upun up JQ egypt duty daty of governing one of the most ault countries OD the earth there ibe he asked the government to fur attie the house with full reasons tor for advance vance an aa nothing ID his bis opinions opinion ed that the Egypt egyptian imn frontier wab ced mr jr joselow chamberlain the atty ty of state stale for the colonies reply replying 1 n 9 aalthe the government contended that all ail 7 x gaa opposition arguments were tainted ai hh a preconceived determination to l velate egypt he pointed out the die resulting reaul ting to that country from ellb british occurs occupation saying that thai lalog ykhing in recent history was waa a subject greater pride than the peaceful WT in F egypt 00 the finances had bad eif re restored and its administration and other benenie hau had t soni erred upon the country all K 4 be added agreed that the r of the british troops would I 1 japan abat all this wora was to be un aad a vast majority of english I 1 were convinced that the work ui of britain in F egypt agypt was not cow corn al and that it would be dishonor diibon ur to leave egypt until it was cour 1 ora great Bri britain taing mr chamberlain in heteu had bad been too saD sanguine gUine to la tat in at respecting the time tor for the fulfill affat at pledges pledge fj and it would occur to wili ae majority or of the house that she Vs VIA determined t D ed to mai maintain a lai u h her or troops until her work was accod fl pushed beed and they could be witha withdrawn rawn too undersecretary under secretary ot of state for foreign affairs and the first lord of the audry teea aury dry said mr chamberlain had bad f aready explained the reason for the I 1 advance of the Der dervishes visnes and the state I 1 dorment existing previous toabe gov t ni neni decision r the phe situation at Wady balfa balls was but mr chamberlain explained bt have been borne lor some epars rs longer had it not been for the pat of 01 the italians now however aaa felt that it if kasella cassala fell the recto 0 v 14 would be incalculable upon daian interests and if italy was gaio again defeated many a tribe h hitherto i alienated from the khalifa would re join hla his lorat 8 and he be might make hakea a to detroy egypt and bf be ot of which england was the Wat battor tor therefore it was of pra importance to egypt that kii kae not tall fall and the advance of british egyptian troops up the i was dictated from this thia considers cona idera 11 i the wisest policy for egypt was rat I 1 e I 1 aste iste attack and prevent the concentration of the dervishes thereby creating a diversion in favor of italy the advance upon akasheh Aka aban mr chamberlain explained might possibly be extended to Dongo labut it woul be limited by the security of the corn com mu w which lich they could maintain and the amount of resistance which would be me met 11 however he be firmly asserted baor wherever ver ever the ibe troops went they would remain for great britain kasnot waa not going to band back tu to oarb barbarism arism whatever territory might be recovered loud ch tere the government did not want t lu incur incalculable expenditures by tending ending fi a gigantic military force into the me rait iless soudan if the dervishes were capable of serious resistance which would overstrain the resources ot of F egypt gy pt the government would not enter into such a policy but bin if oi 01 the other hand it was true that the chalita la power was entirely broken e aud 1 d the tribes were tir edof misgovern would be unfair and to refuse egypt the possibility of recovering a position which was essential to her security mr henry M stanley the african explorer liberal unionist member for north nonh lambert made a speech iii in support of the government in the cou se of which he eaid aid that he be horiel the british troops would push on an to khartoum mr curzon the parliamentary sec detary for the foreign office declared the imaginations of the opposition were colored by their own experience if the summer beat were found unfavorable for a further movement the egyptian troops would remain at Akas bab but if it were found desirable to pursue the exposition to the natural objective Doe gole that would be d done one would believe that egypt was able to stand alone against a dervish attack As to evacuation mr curzon continued it could not be pretended that thai the abe conditions condit ious were fulfilled tul filled under which england undertook to withdraw troops the present expedition expedit lov s be concluded is inseparably connected with the work that we are doing in egypt and we should persevere in the task until it is accomplished P 1 sir william vernon harcourt the opposition leader complained thai the ibe was still ignorant of the alms aims aud objects of the opposition and whether it was intended ini ended to go to du D u gola and aad eventually perhaps to berber and khartoum it if that were not the ibe avowed intent intention ioD he continued was it not loot the inevitable COD consequence sequence 0 ui the present action he against the policy and believed it was raube with danger and would be condemned by the country mr arthur balfour the government leader in the course of a brief reply said the expedition bad no reference to the be occupation of or at least tu the ine au tation of the ibe occupation the g a Vern ment was convinced he be concluded that in the linte interests of egypt and ot of egypt alone they were well advised in their present policy the vote was then taken on mr john morlena Morley Mor leya 19 motion rod and it was lost to trae THO result ot of the division was received with loud cheers on the part ot oi the supporters of the government |
