THE USE OF TROOPS
DISCUSSED BY COMMONS. Receive:' 10.45 p.m.. Axig. 1. LONDON, Aug. 1. In the House of Commons, Mr Ou- j thwa'te, in moving the- reduction of the ■ t.'O.<'iiial Office Vote, declared that the: Imperial troops in South Africa, had been j used to buttress a brutal and inhuman j sysU-m. Tho death rate of the white miners was three hundred per thousand .jViar'iy. The Hon. L. Harcourt justified Viscount Giladscone's use of the troops, sayng that he acted promptly in cii--ctimslances of great difficulty, and tinder the advice of the responsible Ministcif, of a self-governing Dominion. Mr fJtnar; Lav/ agreed' thatf Viscount OL'ulsi-one's ao.ion whs necessary. ' Mr Outhwa to M'ithdreu- his motion.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12889, 2 August 1913, Page 5
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