New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
THE NEWS OFTWO CAPITALS
LONDON.
CRITICISM OF THE CONDUCT OF THE
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
THE BELMONT VICTORY DOES NOT sTIFr.r
IT-LADY sALTsBURYs FUNERAL
POPULAR RESENTMENT

| AGAINST FRANCE.
London Nov 25-Not even the splendid gal.
lantry Of the Guards has restored British
equanmity. which has been shaken up by the
evidence that the has not been conducted
| in an effective and scientific manner Complex
as South African affairs have often been thera
has never been web intricate as the pres
| ent military situation in Natal. Because thew
are puzzled and perplexed Englshmer are irrf.
| table and critical. One OF the stanchest Minis.
terial organs gives warning that the fall OF
Pietermaritzburg will be followed by an out
break Of national feeling against certain IN.
named commanders. and Vanity Fair" Ia al.
ready directing the sarcasms OF the West En
| against Lord Wolseley. Englishmen had not
expected their army 10 be outclassed by the
Beers in field artillery. and they have read Wit.
amazement and anger the reports that the Boer
! raiders are Smelling British camps In Lower
! Natal with guns superior in range, just as they
kept Mafekng Kimberley and. until the nava
guns were run inland. Ladysmith, too, under
fire from a safe distance.
| Explanations that the progress OF the relief
column in Natal has been blocked and one de-
| tachment after another isolated from lack OF the
cavalry requisite for effective scouting, and that
the victory Of the Guards could not be followed
up to full advantage from the same cause are
received with impotence. Every one IS asking
why the Dragons and Hussars were not on
the first and fastest ships sent TO the Cape. with
the best field artillery and rapid firing guns
available There is a general conviction that
the military staff has been not only singulary
III informed respecting the Boer armaments.
but has lacked fexibility In adapting its own
system TO the tactics Of the Dutch generals.
|
fetal students Of the short war for Independence
twenty years ago.
The Liberal leaders entirely missed the mark
last night in taking up the political conse-
ouences of the war after the close Of hostilitiss
| instead of discussing in a critical spirit the
! methods of conducting the campaign. English
| men are not talking about conditions Of peace
and the expediency Of magnanimity In triumph;
| they realize that the Dutch are making
strenuous obstinate and brilliant defence
| against the resources Of mighty empire
and that the war is likely TO last long
time. and that peace is not in sight. Iney also
nerceive that while the mobilization OF the re-
| serves has been highly successful and the STU
pendous undertaking OF shipping an army corps
over six thousand miles has been conducted
with great efficiency the staff has been nope
,ossl,, hebind the times in not following the ex-
| annie of the French and German armies IN IN
Producing the new quick firing artillery OF great
range; and moreover. that strange mistake
was made in not employing a larger force OF
| light cavalry in coping with an irregular army
| OF mounted infantry remarkable for moolity.
! The Liberal leader who was himself VICTIM OF
the snap Judgment Of the Commons on the IN
adequate supply of cordte, might easny nave
directed a destructive fire upon the governmeh"
which has gone into a war without oeihs iuNS
rrenared with scientific mechanism and ap-
proved scouting tactics for conducting II WI"
success That is a question which would turn
| thousands of votes IL the election were he'u
next week. There is uneasy feeling tha'
| pr,t,sb valor Is sacrificed because the army
! outclassed in artillery, and that the nation Is
| on exhibition as being behind the times not IN
details Of organization, but in scientlhc appa'
ratus Of modern warfare
American experience in wartime has been re-
heated here. not only in the feellng OF puono
| imnatience over the methods OF the war oihce'
but also in the resentment caused py freho"
| hostility. The English press expresses only I'M
perfectly the indignation excited here among Tue
masses and classes alike over the ATTACKS up0"
the Queen which have been pubNsheu ac'oS'
the Channel made apparently from no o'he'
cause than her decision to visit the l'anan
| rather than the French Riviera. The Prince Oh
| 1IraIas &c credited without authority, with the
| denomination 70 STAY away from the PARIS
| u,vbibition next year and whether he does so OF
not there is likely to be a decline IN Enslsa
| .,o..orasa &C the result Of the censorous crit
! cisrn OF the Queen and the constant abuse OF 'n'
nation.
| AS France has fallen under the ban OF Engiisn
| disapproval and dislike Germany has advances
| by leans and bounds in popularity Inc Ter
man Emperor has succeeded in removing a
single stroke the old time prejudice winch eA
listed against him in the world OF wealth anu
| fashion have learned from many sources 'h"'
he has created the most favorable impression ~
Windsor by his gracious manners and the hisA
lntelligence he has displayed In conversation
He "a described by those who have talked WIN
hin, "a intensely alert and resourceful with al
sorts NJ technical knowledge at the tips OF d"
fingers His visit to Blenheim is interpreted "
an indirect compliment 10 the United States il
the person OF his charming hostess, ana eer
tainlv II has a special significance after invi'S
tons to Chatsworth and other great nous"
have been declined. 49,,
Mr.. Chamberlain has evidently interes'e'
him more deeply than anybody else ana mug
affairs OF State have been discussed with nla
and. in a minor degree with Mr.. Arthur
Balfour These matters have without douV'
supplemented the recent agreement as TO SAM,
and the earlier secret understanding eheO
by Lord Salisbury and Count Hatzfeldt
A strong confirmation OF the view express"
In these dispatches several times. that thls
cret understanding relates TO Asia Mlho'
found in AN article from the Revue dor'en-
quoted in Vienna dispatches to The LohH'.
Times" This rectes the many evidences
German progress in the Near East the gro".e
Importance OF the Anatolan railway s''
and the steady expansion Of German coHiH''
with Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia
Lord Salisbury's health is not seriously
fected by his domestic bereavement he ~
| n..l.. a., aro... o,t r,rhllc Affairs. but ralh'