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Show BRITISH REMOUNT SCANDAL. 4iil M House of Commons Discusses) tho ';' ' SM H Matter With Some Bitterness. ' M Jfl M London, Aug. 4 Tho remount scan- hi I'j UW H dais were discussed In the House of J (J W J !1 H Commons todny In tho course of a dls- j B iij J H cusslon of the army estimates and the I lif it , H Hem nf transportation nnd remounts. "ft'l It H Sir Charles Dlllec (advanced lladlcal) M 1 i, II H suggested tho publication nf the evl- r ' jji H de nee bearing on the remount scandals 5 i . '1:1 H obtained from tho United States end ( 1. fi1 J'l H Argentina. Col. John P. No. an (Nu- I if ) ,.) H tlnnallst) condemned the loose system ',1 111 ,1 H of contracts under which such dreadful K w ' H scandals were possible, and several i', S.vJl H oltier members of the House deprecated 'la V M the method ot purchasing horBes ; ilKlleSv' H through mlddleiuen. 11 'UeTCi stssssH Mr. llroderlck. tho Wnr Secretary, re- t Vt.fr,' M plying, said the member overlooked the ',' f ' (,- sssssssfl dllllcultles In the wny of providing 150,- ,' 'A H 000 horses In nn emergency He said u ,j il l H the Gov eminent Intende'd to prove thu . e i H clurges, but ho believed some of tho L Vtl IV , remount olllcers had been harshly fl , ( 1 tl sssssssB judged Ho did not believe that Lord ! ' J M Kitchener would Join In tho universal I ' : ' ( m. H cry against the remount department. ( 'fi: U' H In answer to the War Secretary, John 1 ! J 5 H Dillon (Natlonallal) asserted that Mr. f i 'i M Hroderlck's vague speech only strength- f. ifj !j. A H cned his suspicions, and he pointed out V ' W.1 "5 H us an Instance of this that tho (!ov- j tT ill stssssS eminent had not denied that Mu Stud- f , '. K elert had profited largely through buy- J) : ( i ,,l H ing horses In Ireland under a false Iv.o ,,!) ssssssss name. I. Wit It M Mr llroderlck denied that he had nn V, .?! ", jl m disposition to push the Studdert and ll nt ' H K other Investigations, and said the Gov- jri l J ' ,1 H eminent would go to the fullest ex- J v l'!!, '1 H Hemes to eonvlet tho pcrpctintors of Ij i tilll H tho conspiracy and fraud it Wi M The vote on tho item nf transporta- il ,. nt M Hon and remount was agreed to, fn L l C H |