The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-02
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most complete sense, detached, and be
cause nobody. apparently. at Ladysmitl
had any idea of their distress or took an!
| measures to rescue them. 1.-The column
was sacrificed" says the Morning Post
because it went into action gagged anI
| blindfold. It had neither scout nor pa
/ troll. Twelve hundred men were thrown
! away for lack of cavalry, which woulC
not have been missed from another par
/ Of the field
The Standard, which comments in SINH.
/ lar terms upon THE fact that General
| White made no effort to extricste the col
/ umn from the impossible situation into
| which he had thrust IT," draws a sad pic
/ ture of the men hoping for relief and
| then realizing with bitterness OF heart
| that someone had b1undered;' that they
had been forgotten by their general and
his staff, and that nothing was left but
surrender and imprisonment at Pretoria
until the end of the war"
The Daily Chronicle says: at is evil
dent that somebody blundered. but more
details are required before the blame can
be apportioned."
B GERS SHELLLADYSMITH
London, Nov. lit was announced to-
dag in a special dispatch from Lady
smith that the Beers again closed around
that place on Monday night sending
shells into the British camp. The two
u
erful opened fire on the Beers at dawn
Tuesday The Beers brought up more
guns, but some of them were silenced.
1t is added that the Beers loss must
have been heavy. The garrison of Lady
smith is described as being in good
spirits and confident, and the troops are
said to be full of fight. The artillery duel
is still in progress Tuesday night.
Cape Town, Oct. 31.Guns of the Brit
ish naval brigade have knocked the Boer
forty-pounder clean off its platform. and
silenced the Beers guns on Mepworth
Hill The Beers have abandoned their
positions.
THOSE MULES MUST EXPLAIN
The Times says: THE dangers of Sir
George Whites plans are patent even to
civilians, but it is not impossible that
the Cape boys in charge OF the mountain
battery have been tempered with by the
Beers Otherwise such large and COM
prehensive stampede is very extraor-
binary occurrence from such a slight
cause"
The morning papers comment with the
greatest satisfaction upon Canada's sug-
gestion regarding the sending of a sec
ond contingent to South Africa.
TO THE RESCUE
Edinburgh, Nov. Lord Rosebery.
toasting 1.-The Army and the Navy" at a
banquet given this evening by he lord
provost of Edinburgh to the officers of
the Gordon Highlanders and the Scots
GEeys, referred to the reverse in Natal
and said: at is much to be regretted,
but, in considerable campaign. we must
look out for such incidents. 1t Is not in
the nature of Britons to take much no
tice Of them. We have had a good many
of the same kind and have generally got
out right in the end. But, whatever hap |
pens. we must see this thing through, |
even if it should cost still more .battalions |
and still more millions. Some day there |
will be an inouisition as to the prepara-
lions made for war. but the time for /
that 1t not now. Our duty now is to sup |
port those who have the direction Of af- |
fairs"
OTHER sTATESMEN's VIEWS
London, Nov. Lord George Hamil- |
ton, secretary of state for India, speaking /
at Ealing this evening, regarding the |
situation in South Africa said: "our /
ultimate victory is certain. and when the /
terms which we, as victors will propose |
to the vanqushed are known, foreign "a
tons will see that the main cause which /
forced us to embark upon this conf.ct IS
not a desire of pecuniary profit or Of ter
ritoriaI ACKNOWLEDGMENT, but determine
ton to emancipate a vast territory for
the common benefit of manking from m
ignoble and degrading tyranny
The Earl Of SheIbourne. under-secre-
tary for the colonies, speaking at Dunn
fries said: cit is not the fault Of the
statesmen of the Transvaal that we have
not become enrolled with some European
power. II hosulities had not come when
they did. they would have come az come
moment of national danger and DIM
guilty"
Baron Tweedmouth. former psr.ianen-
tary secretary to the treasury. speaking
At Edinburgh. said: 1.-THE public mind
has not been so moved since the dreadful
events OF the Indian mutiny. We unfor-
.unateIy are warning with nation Of the
same stock and religion as ourselves Al
his crisis all hearts go out 10 the brave
Beers and to the small British army IN
Natal which against fearful odGs. has
performed rnangnIficent feats % vsl0r.
Il is not the time 70 call our opponents
names or TO utter cries of vengeance.
,ut 10 back up her majes5y's ministers.
who have fearful. yes. an awful respon-
iibilitv upon their shoulders"
The Earl 81 Darlington. LIBERAL. speak
NJ a. buckingham, gave expression %
-irtuaIlv the same convictions. The Earl
!, IonsaaIe. honorary colonel q the
Third battalion. Border regiment. a.
,aneuat this evening A. White Haven.
declared hss confidence in General White
he British commander In Natal and pre-
I{cfeA = grand review IN Pretoria mex;
March Referring 70 Emperor william
celebrated telegram % President Kruger
4 he failure o. the jameson raid. Lora
.ons5ale said: 7 his majes;y's dispatch
al been. rizhtfuIly understood x would
ave lad a Totally different effect i
zas sent with = vis- OF EllsyinE Two
cores Il was not aataSonistfc 20 Great
britain have The pleasure % kaoT ne
Jews o, TIE Gsr1a nsnperoT ard 1heT
re in accordance win the vae@s q Eng
and.
MOTHER ARMY DIVISION
London. Nov. 1T vas reported 81 A.
ershot today that another complete
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