Show they oppose a vote of money to lord kitchener and brand him as a aan who aade war on women and children but parliament disregards their protests london june 5 in accordance with king edwards message the government leader in the house of commons mr belfour this afternoon asked for a vote of pounds to lord kitchener As it remarkable coincident parliament jicie oth three years ago voted its thanks and pounds to the same general for his services in egypt mr belfour in supporting the motion referred to lord Kitch eners rapid promotion lie said it had been given to few public servants to compass bo much work for their country in so short a time as lord kitchener who was command cr in hief in south africa and was com in clinef designated of india lie found the army in youth africa in a state of disorganization consequent on the ill success that attended the british arms at the early stage of the campaign and he executed his duty with admirable energy and skill but it waa not until lord roberts left that the claims of lord kitchener to the gratitude 0 ins countrymen readied their present magnitude lord kitchener had to meet with unique difficulties he had erected no fewer alian miles of block house sand in the conduct of alie campaign had the fertile mind of his resources boundless courage energy and resolution and to these qualities geert britain bics the termination of the war mr balfour concluded with formally moving the vote of pounds the liberal leader sir jienny campbell Banner nian who seconded the mo tion paid a warm tribute to lord kitchener as a soldier and statesman john dillon irish nationalist left the opposition in behalf of the nationalists lie said lie and liis friend i absolutely objected to the vote because they were opposed to hie policy of the war in south africa and the conduct of the campaign which involved wholesale devastation of the country tho burning of farms and sacrifice of life william caused a scene of preal disorder by remarking that lord kitchener would go down to history as a general alio had made war on women and children this remark called for loud erica of withdraw and appeals to tho chairman to call mr to order the chairman said the expression used was not disorderly but A majority of the house to listen any further to sir dedmond and interrupted him with all kinds of after a quarter of an hour spent by mr redmond in fruitless endeavor to gain a hearing the closure was moved the closure wag adopted by to votes and the grant of ane money to lord kitchener was carried by to 44 votes the minority cd of irish nationalists and two or three radicals mr II edmond said ho desired to repeat that lord kitchener was responsible for the death of children and tant ho had warred on women and children that was his absolute conviction and he refused to withdraw the words the country was living in an atmosphere of hypocrisy when a man spoke the truth lie was gagged mr Ked monds remarks were almost unbearable owing to the uproar d by the cheers of irish nationalists and the protests of the members of other parties the chairman replied to sir Hed monda general appeal for n fair hearing that ib was impo to control the house to which ins aix ech appeared distasteful after a quarter of an hour spent by mr in an endeavor to gets a hearing the closure was moved and adopted and alie graat |