New-York tribune., 1899-12-17
FEW KIND WORDS FOR ENGLAND.
COMMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN PRESS ON
THE DISASTER TO BULLER


THE DISASTER TO BULLER
Paris. Dec 16.-For the third time this week
Parsians met hoarse voiced news vendors run
ming along the boulevards to-day shouting
Crushing Defeat of the Englishr' Great Vic
tory Of the Boers" and displaying the front
sheets OF their papers bearing big headlines
The English Routed" etc. The French people
hear and read the news with interest. and dis
cussed these British defeats In the cafes with
out display Of sorrow or sympathy for the
British, but at the same time without any out
ward demonstration Of gleeful satisfaction that
could be regarded as offensive by British spec
tators The violently Anglophobe press such
La Libre Parole" and La Patre." naturally
treat the British disasters joyful tdngs. but
the respectable journalistic Temps lie Jour-
nal des Debats,' La Liberte" and others
discuss the news soberly and moderat tey
lie Journal des Debats" expresses admiration
at the wonderful calmness and sangfrod with
which the British nation has met blow after
blow. The paper concludes its article with the
remark that 1t would be a heavy blow to the
social organization OF Great Britain II Mr.
Chamberlain's venture brings her to conscrip-
ton.
LIE Temps also comments upon the weakness
Of Great Britains army TO cope with the pres
ent emergency, and says
Mr. Chamberlain little suspected that in letting
loose this he was going to reveal the insult
fictency of the military forces OF the British
Colossus"
La Patrie," which tells its readers that Mr.,
Chamberlain Is seeking to bring about
with France in order to restore in the eyes of
Europe Great Britain's prestige, shaken by
the defeats Of her army by the Beers, says that
and Tugela River will mean a British war with
France in the coming spring. and declares that
the concentration of the French Northern fleet
at Brest and the recall of the Mediterranean
squadron to Toulon are the first precautionary
measures taken by the French authorities. La
Patrie" adds
The British army has lived century on the
reputation Of the Duke Of Wellington, and per-
haps the navy also lives solely the reputa-
ton Of Nelson. The war in the Transvaal has
demonstrated the weak points of the British
army. the weakness OF the British Empire. the
incapacity of it's military chiefs and the fcti
tious strength OF It's troops. who only had to
fight savages.
The same paper publishes the report Of an in
terview with French general, whose name is
not given, who describes the ignorance displayed
by the British officers "unheard Of" and de-
clares that the Beers are evidently superior in
tactics ana strategy, ANU perhaps, III COuid6c.
Budapest, Dec 16.-The Magyar Neuzel,"
commenting on the British check in South
Africa, expresses the warmest sympathy for
the British army In it's misfortune, and adds
Every liberal nation in the world would deeply
regret II the position Of Great Britain the stand
ard bearer Of civilization, were shaken. Austria
Hungary would sorely feel the consequences or
any loss Of power by England
Berlin Dec 16--The German press and people
are iubiIant over the news from South Africa,
and everywhere in the streets people stop each
other and offer congratulations. Amorg the
press comments tonight is that OF the "Kreuz
Zeitung." which says:
Thus the fighting power Of the third column Is
DESTROYED and the campaign against the Beers
is disastrously ended. What however means
more Is that England's decadence, long ago ap-
narent 10 far sighted statesmen has thus be-
come visible before the whole world
The "Vossische Zetung' says:
The English yesterday met the greatest de-
feat In this campaign, so productive of disap-
pointments and losses
The National Zeitung' says:
The second chapter. Of this war Is now also
ended and is much worse than the first It's
effect upon the Afrikanders in Natal and Cape
Colony must be very unfortunate for the Eng
lish cause.