Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-15
WAR WILL nE TO THE BITTER END.
Con. RULER. Who Has Absolute Authority
Is ~ fsner Ha,er,

| the inevitable climax to hopeless neso-
tiations. has come at last ana is now
IN full swing for the subsection of the
little republic whose military sun sets
ana rises at Majuba Hill. Great Bri-
'aln has set going machinery more
powerful than that Which crushed Ma
poieon and twice rs strong as that
which gave her Egypt and the Soudan.
zen. -: kedvers Butler has gone and
already the Eoe,. bullets have. sung a
soES OF desperate defiance.
That the next few weeks will be
marked by sharp fighting goes without
saying The main question is. how.
,rng are hostilities to last? Ultimate
t:nsllsh victory is almost assured by
virtue OF overwhelming strength.
GEN. BJLLER'S AUTHORITY.
a forecast of the length and nature
Oh me campaign should not be Ven
tured without knowledge Of an extraor-
! G'narS circumstance communicated to
, ,!,' ASSOCIATED Press on the most re-
llahie authority. though hitherto not
printed in England. namely. that Cen
l'uller has gone to take entire control
OF the South African situation He will
ne as absolute as was WELLINGTON and
LESS less hampered than was Kitchener
~ ,ne'I ,i nor only the conduct Of the
Mar lies IN his discretion, but also viz
lcaiiy the future of all South Africa
ana no DEMONSTRATIONS are of any
Nalue without first taking into consil-
er:ltlon mis- personal character for Oh
s -, ana frankness. traits RESPONSE
ele lor me supremacy he has attained
His STIPUL4ATIONS
Wo months ago the secretary Of
state for war. the Marquis of I,ans-
ao"ne. offered Butler command of the
pro3ectcd army corps. Sir Redvers
Sase point blank refusal unless the
tween sixty and seventy thousand
n men, he is quoted as having said on
Ihat occasion: Il shall nor i. hnn,7nd
Uni IN history as another Sir George
1otleE. The reference. OF crn,rse
No. 20 lhe defeat at Majuba Hill. He
ne on the distinct UNDERSTANDING tba :
ne could select his own staff ana wnnL1
war office .' ny tHe
MS request regarding the STAFF. Il
80 satp' was prompted by his suspicion
pay on old scores by foisting upon MIN
T.al oliicers antagonistic to him. Lord
Ld'iSCoWne Gemurred, but the stron-ar
'l'.n prevailed and Butler. havin,,
aaInau an the points coveted. took The
supreme command. Prior to ord T,ns
doWnes consent Butler free,, n,.t,,,..i.,
me opinion. that when he han dri,.o,,
.fe BoerS into 4 corner, his hand ,,,;,ht
" stayed DY peace-loving cabinet ~
Neil-lntentoned war otfice-n cnn,1;.
eion OF things ne could not tolerate. fnr
o., ne r. EXPRESSED it. his hand was not
releases it's GRIM ~" .
HE HATES THE BoERs.
appears that both the Queen and
~ - ei1plnet practically acquiesced in
ms demand. although Of course. retain.
,l, nominal control scarcely worth
eue lame Buller is pretty certain 70
cut the wires behind him and "a he -! - :
81 touch With London at critical ma
nlentS. Tor fear the cabinet 1,iao
Grange its mind '''7 - :
II IS TINS man, then. whom Soma ar
MS own officers do not hesitate ~ ca,l
a brute. however much tf1ev at1n,ir ~ III ~
determination, who holds the destiny
81 me Iransvaal and the Oranrp E,raa
save in his hand. He knows the Hoers
ana ne hates them. He has camuoien-
ea over the whole present battle ero,1nd
a'iu IS, above all, a soldier from head
- !"oe. AS soon as he reaches South
Africa he will inaugurate a camnairn
u S'lch agSressiveness as the world has
Selhonl seen, but Which ne believes i,,s-
Unable by virtue of his own superior
force. tot
me sternest measures will not be too
Stern lor him. and until the last YES
tlge of Dutch power. Whether in the
Iransvaal the Orange Free state , or
me cape Colony. is swept out he will
rot stay his hand. The idea is we'll H.
l!ustrated by Sir John Tennicl's cartoon
III this weeks Punch representing
John Bull saying: las YOU will fight
you shall nave it this time. 1t is a
fight to the fnsh'' :
General Buffers mission is nearly in
Keeping With the spirit Of the colonial
ONCE. Rightly or Wrongly believing
war to be the only possible method Of
SOWING the Transvaal trouble. those
officials have made no attempt to con-
ul1lmatunl from President Kruger
mus enabling them to place the onus of
the war on the Beers. England NAV
or may not have justification for her
contentious, but the government or
CANS which must know as the Associ-
leuge. the real feelings of the anti Boer
party in England have made pitiful
1%pocrltes of themselves in printing
Jeremiads upon Mr.. kruger's perverse-
ness IN sending an ultimatum
ne outlook quotes member Of the
Who is evidently Mr.. Chamberlain. as
saying in private conversation:
Absolute equality, nothing more and
nothing less. is what we intend 10 Sc
cure in South Africa. There can be
but one fate for the Boer oligarchy and
mere mere can be left no doubt regarding
British sovereignty over all South At
RIGA. When these ends have been az
tanned policy of magnanimity ana
consideration, such as has made the
French Canadians loyal British sub
Jects will, I have no doubt, be applied
with equal success in South Africa. To
destroy ruthlessly the best tradition
and amour propre Of the Beers would
be an act Of the supremest folly
sEAsIGk WOMEN.
Are women more subject to seasick-
ness that men?' asks the New York
journal. An Atlantic captain answers:
Yes: but. on the other hand, they
stand it better A woman struggles IN
to the point of despair against the.
what | might call the improperly Of
the thing. She isn't so much tortured