New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06

fitting second hand clothes. announced tha' n.
should remain in retirement at the hotel un'i
he could find a tailor to make him ne" SUI
II do not want to create demonstration AL
Streets" he remarked in conservative Sp,...
His advertisement was hardly necessary Inc
eeplanade overlooking the bay was thro"ee.
with a holiday crowd during the afternoon anu
several warriors from South Africa were OH ga
hibition among the strollers and loungers put
their presence and strange costume at"a''
little attention The return OF the men VIM
had suddenly kindled conflagration In oou'"
Africa and had come dangerously near cau''''e
a European war passed almost without ooee
walton. They were regarded with idle curio9i's
rather than with sympathetic interest as t"ey
strolled about the approaches to the spiehuiu
water front, or drove over to Devonport IN GAYS
Possibly some of them were wild blades VINO ilau
been sent away to South Africa for the ie"'
of their families; doubtless many OF the" "e'e
hard drinkers and reckless gamblers; Out ''e'
belonged as a body TO the class OF intrepiu me-
of action who have made English histor! "'"'
Il is-the record of the founding ana eNpa"',O
of worldwide empire. If they had succeeuN
in their ill-timed, badly planned eNpe'i''o'
they would have returned as conquerihg heio'
But they had not reached johannesburg anu ~
they were struggled into port and encouiae
move on by special train with all posspe u"
patch So true is it that as nothing suo0ee''
like success. so also that nothing fails Hhe
failure. or,,
But whether these troopers were the 'o'u
riders and manly soldiers they looked y,
the scapegraces and neer-do-"elis many -
them undoubtedly were their devotion 10 ''e''
leader was honest and sincere. The flrst que'-
tions which they asked when they iahue" WV"
about him and the possibility or MS con''0''o
on any charge; and their talk ABOUT MN was
affactionate and loyal. They had foloweu nv"
once and would do II again. even INTO ai'o'''ei
death trap He had made no mistake ne iiau
been deceived by INSCRIPTIONS. treacherous 'o-
hannesburg--lured and tricked by WHY fies'
dent KRUGER. He was a prince among Ie"ue'S
and a lovable man. and surely he could never I've
convicted Of any offence by his own country
men! 1t hero-worship. but there was a
tone of sincerity and hearty admiration in 1t
which disarmed criticism. Whatever may be
his offences against law. Jameson has the gift
Lord Beaconsfield in one Of his novels caiied II
the divine gift-of inspiring enthusiasm
II the troopers received a cool welcome III
Plymouth. Jameson himself. arriving at mid
even worse The Victoria anchored In the
harbor and was practically quarantined for
twelve hours like a fever ship. and then il
sailed under sealed orders after n my sterious
voyage which had been retarded for inscrutab'e
reasons All the morning the ship remained IN
accessible, and no official aloat or ashore was
allowed 10 open his lips respecting the pohtlcai
prisoners. Yet this the same Plymouth
whence the sea roVers Of the Elizabethan period
went out to page ships and ravage towns and
10 play the part Of freebooters on the Spanish
Main; and they returned 4 be- knighied ana
toasted as the virtuOus corsalrs OF the nigh seas
the heroes Of the Reformation, and Drake. who
was the greatest Of them eli and the terror or
old and Of New Spain looks out In bronze this
bright sunny morning uDon the harb9r which
jameson. hlibustcr Ike himself. has entered
without receiving Welcome ]. " I.