New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-07
WHITES BRAVE Defence.
GARRISON At LADYSNITH STILL HOLD
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lBY CABLE To THE rRrRrSrl
London Nov : q. m.-The war In tho Trans
yaal remains game Of "blind mans buff" played
iu outer darkness. The results are known "hen
fl carrier pigeon wings a flight Of 1N9 miles, or
when a rough rider carries news hundreds o'
miles across swollen rivers and open country
Press agencies which expand into victorious
sorti,s cavalry raids accurately described as
rcc0nuossances in force are convinced By cold
hard steel that the faithful messenger tells
nothing but the truth and the amateur strate-
gist i'm smoking room OF a comfortable London
club is at the mercy Of the ruthless frontiers
man. who is liable nj any moment to upset the
most scientific expert opinion by riding across
country and proving that what cannot possibly
be- true has happened ana IS the most natural
thlng in the world.
II is a time when the official red tape system
can we'll afford to dcsplse the forces Of public
opinion. and when the London journals, when
have invested thousands Of pounds in system
atizod ARRANGEMENTS for describing the war day
br day at four shiilngs word, can learn
Christian grace and humility and BE thankful
II their penny-a-liners are not turned out Of the
War Onice % stand In the rain and fog and cool
their heels. The London journals are. of course
hoping far better things whom the army corps
~ which fully twenty thousand men Will arrive
al the Cape this week. once takes the field. ana
their own relays are ON the ground t' des'f'"e
the trumphal march through the Two Luz"
republics Apparently they DO not Kho" "na'
manner of man Sir KedFeis Butler Is lie uoeS
not consider war correspondents either uS''u'
or ornamental. and the increased pressure put
upon tho censorship since his arrival at the Cape
proves how uuue license Will be allowed to
even privileged social experts Ike Lazy Kan
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THEORIES LIABLE 10 KEN fNSH'
On +ba English side meanwhile there are
r,,,,.rs barely IN excess ~ the demand for
s,..f,f editions The afternoon papers mid
...,., ..l.,f,,s show th. INGENUITY O., the press
,.,.s ,>narsionist who is raralyzed by the
..,r los, anathsr bird NAV come home inoppor-
t.n.l, and convict him Of nendacity I'm raiIlng
Ba,r camps and sileuciue the eneny's guns.
rh. ralv-n,i+h situation is I'm reality un-
CHANGED r.n9lny th. arrival of the next car
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,4 .f. t..- ..,..,.,fs .,. f,rc,a -, a.,,ni, that
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,t. , ...,.,.,i,r a,t.ffer, ,r,,,i.a and a direct
,,,,.t ,,.n .h. entertainments rather than
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,,sa birds t, hunters. Au.s
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''''7' 'i'' MA ''' y "ASH'
The retirement - fhe garrison from storm
berg Junction before u could ue attacked by
Free state force advancing from Burghcrstorp
is regarded hy military Writers lu to-day's jour
nal- as proof that East London VIII not Dee
used as base Of supplies fir the army corps.
and that j" Aar ana NaauNpoort VIII be- the
nlst line IF the British fence of Cape Colony.
with Cape Town and Port Elizabeth behind
them Stormherg was occupied by half of the
berkshire Regiment without field guns or cav
AIRY. and Sir ltedF'fs Butler has wisely ordered