New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-25
THE PASSING THRONG

Robert Armstrong. mining engineer ~ rondor.
who arrived In New-York last Saturday. IN speak.
| ing Of the state of English fee
| A SERIES OF Ing snent the Transvaai a-at-
DEFEATS said YESTERDAY Il know man
| EXPECTED .rmy ami navy officers In Lon
don Of whom ! meet large mum.
bers M the Army and Navy club While hrraly con-
WINGED that the end ~ The present var would u,,
ness the complete overthrow of the Beers they or.
| and oil expected a series N defeats an m, BEGIN.
| ming because Of the comparatively small numb,
Of English troops in The territory igpous n iha
| Transvaal who they did not think would b Al.
TO Withstand the superior number NJ Beers ,h,,
would he sent against them The dispatches erd
| however. indicate that the English are not onlv
successfully wifns'andng me Dufchmen's attack.
but literally carrying the war into Africa q,
well can imagine the citation IN the club IA Lon.
don at these unexpected results
The officers whom ! knew who we're going out N
engage in this campaign all held the same opinion
and that was that the Beers must receive com.
plete ihrsshing and tina, the fob must he done q,
thorough and workmanli6e STYLE and IN "a lr.,,
time as possible With the disappearance ~ the
Beers factor In South African polite, The
world al large will be the gamer a. both tho
Transvaa and me Orange Free s'afe VIII p.
thrown open and al the Inhabitants guaranteed
equal freedom and protection under the law Tho
check the Beers have received from ne lnfer,o-
force of British IN South Africa will 10 onn thine
the importance 81 which can scarcely he ogeresu.
mated. and that Is II H be- certain n prevent tho
threa tened revolt OF the cape Colony Boer. Uas
me burgners from the Orange Free Stale and frs
lIdhcFadi succeeded do ineir nrsf attacks ana -h4i-
undefeated columns crossed the northern border r.,
me APE Colony inc Boer Inhabitants 10 man
Wouu nave ls"h IN iefoli ana MAJ nrs there w0uiI
nave been further complicated. Buf a. 30 Rs now
lney can easily he he.d IN check md me English
can GeVole thelr 'ndlNld"d attention % Pho for-
genial task Of giving both the Orange Fro. sfate
50 long and so riShv desery"d rbe ss,n,. s nave
Of these TWO republics will leave England rof sioae
South Africa there is bur little doubt as 70 her
( absolute control Of Deagoa Bay. But Whether she
vaa and the Orange Free state nfo one rrs H.
lenaeney or Keep them IN their present form and
gives them. Of one thing YOU can he ot-.. s,e
men Will enjoy equal rights when the BRITISH "a,
Mes there. and law and order VIII eyerywtar. pre-
England to-day" said Cecil Roberto who q. a..
companyins Mr. Armstrong TO tho Rosyn nining
districts Of British Columbia. .ha,
ENGLAND unit In favor OF the war Ths
IN FAVOR opposition has almos, entirely a..
or THE WAR appeared, and on every hand v,y
hear the opinion expressed fb.t
tho Governments hands must be- strongly upben
IN this controversy with the Transvaal. and m.
war once declared there must be no ilrrir, nae,
until the map ~ South Africa has been cha,gAi
and the Transvaal a separate and inlooenier,
nation is only an historical memory Strong Ian.
guage. It IS true. but the wrongs committed fv
those wretched Dutchmen call nor alone f.r s,ro~,
language but for strong action as we'll hsvs
lived in the TraHsvaal and know whereof sneak
and not an eighth OF the truth about The Boe-.
has ever been published. The sole and only recon.
mendation 10 consideration they possess is -her
unquestoned and unfaliering bravery In sn s,.
they are 10 be condemned.
you hear everywhere rumors Of Egr8rea- IN
reference. but | take little stock in the renor,.
surely from France although She pr,,es ion5..'oss
tod r Fro
land and cannot forgive the FashOda affair bgi 7,
must end in these idle yaporings be- so ar a.
with arms. men or money because she cannot get
Nor do we need to consider Germany. She can
get nothing through the English lines 20 aid me
Beers. and even If the way lay open ~ which she
could send a German army 10 South Africa 10
frontiers her boundary lines on ether side s.d an
alliance between the two countries? You can rest
assured that so long as Asace-LOrr8ne remains
Frenchmen can 20 back to Tie tine When CIR, q4r
man army marched under and through The msg.
rows Of suen and shamefaced Frenchmea took rs
way adown the Champs Elysee 70 the Place ID a
men can go back 10 the crownfns or 0er~@9
King AZ Nersaiiles Germany VII ever venture %
weaken herself by sending an army 20 torriga
parts. save only and unless set-preserva'on should
There is still Russia TO he considered. and TIE
ominous proximity ~ her Asatc possessions 10
and is no longer withdrawins troops from Inda;
She has only sent handful from mere - iar. s 9I
a blow can possibly strike her and from now on
she Will not weaken her position IN the East oy tne
withdrawal Of 4 single man . ~
1T Is a fght between British ard Beers alone NO
one will or can help one Or the o'nsr ana s.'oS
the burghers have decided 70 hazard me issue o.
nations they must abide by the decision WHICH
the God of battles will shortly render
r Weeks Hauzhton OF Louisville. Ky. fatnersd
the following story in the cafe OF the Fifth Avenue
Hotel yesterday afternoon some
A KENTUCKY years ago" said Mr. Haugntoh'
COLONIES "a certain Coroner IN KENTUCKY
POKER who was. as a matter of course
GAME colonel was called upon 10 hold an
inquest IN distant part OF the
county He was famous as poker player, ana 50
on the night Of his arrival It was in the natural
order Of events for the foreman and three other
members Of the Coroners jury 20 have arranged
p game at the club The Colonel described u later
Along about midnight. gentlemen. the game
having been pretty warm, | went OUTSIDE 10 Coy,
tbe, cards When 7 dd The man newt me be.
500, the next man stayed. so dia me next WHY
Inc man on my rsht histed # 500 We all nae
son took ono cahd save myself held an ace
king queen and a pair Of lacks Hoding me pdi,
j-n0' the man next raised 500 No dropped out
and the man on my right raised another 80 hay,
ing pretty good hand after the d-aw. pnt IN ~
regulation 500 raise After some nrtnet ehi.l
ING ~ resulted I'm "a showdown The man on N.
ieft held four queens 70 four kings and NO
four aces 5000. ,or
his drink continued iir Haughfon. but STAYED
Ills hand and asked. What did YOU hold, Coionel,
BY the eternal sab 7 held the inquest ne teP"'"'
with gravity
THE rrGBTTyG ~ SorTH AFRICA