Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-04


Cleveland Leader: Altogether, the Beers
have struck a far reaching and serious blow
Its ultimate consequences cannot yet be
measured. At the least It means stub
born, bloody struggle in Africa. At the
most il may set half the world on FIRE.
Globe Democrat: Remember Majubal"
has long been a British motto yet last Mon
day tho slaughter was repeated with 1.600
men instead of the 64S OF February. 1881.
.Strangest OF all, the British themselves ar
ranged the trap by another night march and
occupation OF an isolated hill.
Courier Journal General Whites frank
avowal Of responsibility for the British dis
aster at Ladysmth was the act of a manly
man and appeals to manly men everywhere.
Such a blunder, costly as 1T was, will not
be charged against him without credit for
the fine record as a soldier he has made in
the past.
New York World One thing General Sir
George White did not lose in the capture of
part of his force at Ladysmith-and that
is his manliness With a courage greater
than that required in any battle. he has vol
UNFAIRLY taken upon himself the RESPONSE
bility for disaster which shocks and angers
the nation he serves
Philadelphia Record: The Beers are splen.
didly maintaining their reputation as stub
born fighters The capture OF two British
regiments and British battery near Lady
smith was an exploit which. however the
war may terminate, will be remembered as
an example of their prowess 1t will extort
praise even from their enemies
Philadelphia Press: The picnic which
British writer's thought that her majestys
troops would have in South Africa turns out
to be very different kind of an entertain
ment. The British will win in the end, but
Mr. Chamberlains prediction, made few
years ago. that "the victory would be OBJ
tanned at fearful cost" is proving true.
New York Sun: AS to the Beers,
their victories at the start will give spirit
to their armies and prestige to their cause
which will tend to strengthen them morally,
and probably materially in South Africa, il
not elsewhere. They have struck the Brit
ish army the severest blow it has received
in this generation. So far the glory of the
South African war is wholly theirs.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: President Kruger
said at the beginning of the war the re-
publics are determined that If they must
belong to England price will have to be
paid that will stagger humanity. The British
people, dazed by the news of disaster that
Nuh nv iouSti NC hepi iloIl lueu, are DP-
ginning to think there was something more
than an empty threat in Krugers declara-
tion.
Boston Transcript: The disaster must
have a most important effect on the effective
ness of the present British force in South
Africa as it is at present, and possibly on
it's morale. The less CT confidence in its
officers is even more disastrous to an army
ha ha 1occ of hare o1d do
not pause to realize that their commanders
may not be free agents. They only see that
they have failed soldiers being in that re-
spect much like other men. The British
public is stunned by the magnitude Of the
disaster tina. has overtaken the British arms
but the British public soon RECEIVERS its COM
posure and marks its recovery by taking on
renewed determination to carry out its pur-
pose.