Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-22

,hnking persons link II Is the duty Of
the colonies to aid England under Tho
.nuunstances and discuss later the
neM situation created for us. However
,hs may De, IL y unique spectacle
~ history TO see n small people. such as
~ DUFF hation, fheck for even n few
nays the empire on which the sun
IN New York, Dec ia dispatch to the
dHpunc from Lyndon says. cold
~ stu p, suspiclousnq and depression has
io'iuWeu the not Mt OF patriotic ardor
Mth Whioh the country met the min
Muy eau 70 arms. The embargo upon
news from the n ont leaves the news
pupers under pressure for nlling their
coIunlns WIN cnlaklng criticism, ex-
p,nna,ions or defeat. structures upon
vncia' shortcomin IS and general pess-
The Daily Mail and other journals
~ opening their columns TO popular
discussion or the methods Of conduct.
lng inc war are fipnbllng all sorts and
conditions OF ~ spirited Britons to
grumhle aloud az d snin Ut the numer-
Gus Jonnhs VINO ought to be thrown
overboatd. Anal eur stratcgists are nd.
wishing the with irnwal OF Nethuen'a
force from Mod Ter River. the aban-
comment OF the lmberlcy garrison to a
hopeless struggle against starvation,
ara even so Desperate an expedient az
an attempt by white to cut his way
touth with the bayOnet. since the Boer
ilnc OF intrenchnients II too strong to
ne attacked agalfi In front The croak-
ers nrc nhdlng u ut with every branch
OF the lighting service and are Join
ing IN a frantic hunt after scnpegoat
More dismal aid dlHheartcning read
ihs could hltdpy be Invented by Dr.
leyds press buDsau for the discourage
ment OF recruit Ing than the English
press. with few notable exceptions.
supplying " critical time. when
the nation user Is pulsating with patri-
ousm, when thi miliiln ba,tallons are
volunteering Tor foreign service and the
teservists are rnllying 10 their colora.
ana when new Imperial forces are being
orRhnlEcd from the ycOmanry, cavalry,
cross country Niders ana citizen SOL
uiefs.
one enect OF his dolcful reading may
pc sanitary. There may be n relaxa-
70 give me howspapers employment
less harmful tnan waillng and gnash-
lng or teeth. Rigorous AS that censor
nhip has been, II has not prevented the
publication OF reports that Ladysmith
was short OF ammunition. while II has
cut cI daily news from the armies that
would nave Interested the public with
out benentlnE the enemy. II has rem.
dered descriptions OF the chief battles
o. the war upintelllslble. Buffers bat
We remains y mystery week after II
was ioughi' WIN maze OF contradic-
Tons respecting the various features OF
inc enlargement and futile surinlscR
fcsnrding the responsibility FOR the loss
OF the guns.
Englishmen has been denied one Of the
most precious consultations FOR defeat
that OF reading detailed accounts OF the
galnntry OF their soldiers, and have
hecn surfeltfd with generallzatlons up
on inc superior mobility OF the Boer
burshers ana their complete success In
conccnlng thelr positions. 80 that a
frontal attack across exposed ground
was doomed 10 failure whenever an or
DER was received Tor an advance.
The opinion among military experts
mas become general that both Butler
anu Methuen nave been tied To the rail-
way by failure OF other methods OF
transportation by mule train ana wag-
ohH' ana they nave been unable ON this
account 20 attempt turning move.
meht ana compelled 10 attack In front
precisely where the Invisible enemy was
prepared To meet them.
Gntacfe anu French being forced TO
ihll Duck nrc incapable OF keeping I'M
Mnp are funluly ulfftlng into open re-