The .debate was continued on Tuesday by Sir William Harcourt,
who took great pains to prove, by copious and eulogistic quotations from Lord Rosebery's Chesterfield speech, that the Imperialist Liberals ought to vote for the amendment. He did not, however, convince that section of the party, and when the division was called they abstained. Mr. Asquith, who was to have spoken, was, we regret to note, indisposed, and therefore the abstention of Lord Rosebery's followers was a silent one. But while Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman failed to catch the Roseberyites for the amendment, he was unable to include the extreme Pro-Boers. Mr. Lloyd-George, who may be regarded as their leader, in a speech of great vigour declined absolutely to vote for the Motion, and tore it and his leader into shreds with a gusto which greatly amused the House. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman had been captured and treated by his captors as the Boers treated their prisoners, "he had been stripped of all his principles and left on the veld to find his way back as well as he could. He hoped it would be a lesson to his right hon. friend." Mr. Balfour, who followed Mr. Lloyd-George, naturally did not miss the debating opportunity given to him.
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