Show chamberlain IS BADLY DEFEATED IN parliament london june 10 the rumored resignation of colonial secretary chamber lain is the roost startling development of the proposal of the chancellor of tins exchequer mr flitchie to abolish the corn tax the debate on which kept the house of commons yesterday packed and spellbound until midnight even if premier balfour persuades mr chamberlain to remain in the cabinet the colonial secre preferential tariff pro grammo is hopelessly snowed under and his influence as a political power in great britain at least temporarily relapsed all members of the government who contributed to yesterdays debate vigorously declared themselves as free irad rs and frankly opposed sir chamberlains proposals for mr chaplin not a voice of cither tide aia raised in support of mr chamberlains campaign former members of cabinets and private members irrespective if party protested against any dickering with great britaina Brit ains fiscal policy the unionists voiced with the liber aLias declaring themselves out and out free I all that was lacking in the complete rout of the projectionists protectionists cabinet minister was mr balfoura official pronouncement as premier and on behalf alf the government the as a whole refused to adopt mr chamberlains ber lains views both alie colonial minister and the premier were absent from the debate because according to report mr balfour was spending the evening oring to persuade the colonial secretary to remain in the cabinet notwithstanding his differences with hii colleagues jhc thc debate was adjourned at midnight when midst a sensation chancellor of exchequer ritchie said he hoped sir balfour would be able to give tho house on wednesday a definite statement in behalf of the entire cabinet though he could not promise it mr Cli aplina amendment was scarcely nude yesterday benbro it became a secondary brition ori tion its defeat was assured until midnight the ight if an undefended struggle could be so described bed raged around mr chamberlain oil and vitriol is the only adequate description of sir michael hicks brachs speech which started the revolt amid intense silence this famous tory ex min ister extolled the colonial Secre virtues and damned his pro gramme black michael as he isi familiarly called was never seen to better advantage the ministers sat with troubled faces mr balfour looking especially dejected mr chamberlain deserting hit usual place paler even than usual stretched himself at the end of the treasury bench later in the afternoon lie never exchanged a word with his colleagues after mr ritchie had renounced the colonial Secre ideas mr chamberlain stalked out of the chamber without even a nod to mr balfour after the recess the excite ment wa heightened by alio absence of both the colonial secretary and the premier A bitter attack on any tampering with free trade was made by sir john gorst conservative who declared that a great portion of the rising generation in the united kingdom was al ivady so degenerate and poverty stricken that anything tending lo 10 increase the price of food bould threaten a na dional disaster |