The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-22
ms STIRRED up.
ud,,st Letters to Their Papers
.,,.,s, Conduct Of the War.
= ,ox SEEKING AScApfsoA1. .
y. selected His stnn on
~ a,ticns by WoIsciey
"a the war ofhce.

pssen,ber 2i.--A dispatch to
n'sD ,,,ousness and depression mas
s''v ~, At Of patriotic ardor with
~ Y. .,,r,ry met the ministers call
y rns embargo upon news from
q. leaves the newsp ,'ln,n. under m,'s
4, criticism, allegations of defeat,
=. upon official shortcomings ana
4 rssinism' ,,,. Journals nv
psily Mail and other Journals s,sa ~
.ss,r columns to popular discus
~ methods OF conducting the war
ming all sorts and conditions OIL
ur,,ons TO grumble aloud aud to
Il, numerous jonahs VINO oughl
a oyerboard. Amateur strate-
l''os %sising the withdrawal of Meth
" M ss from Modder river, the aoah-
wv me Kimberley garrison 10
NY Struggle against starvation ana
z desperate an expedient as an at
4 White to cut his way south with
"a, since the Boer line of IN
.nts Il 100 strong to be attacked
VI ,ront The croakers are finding
IN eyery branch of the iighting
MA Arc Joining in a frantic hunt
scapegoat. ,a,,,
\ hsrdly be invented by DR.. Leydes
snres,, for the Encouragement OF re-
~ man the English press, with
liable exceptions, is supplying at
- time when the nation Itself is
M, Win patriotism, when the Mill
s,,,s,ons are volunteering for for
srice and the reservists are rally
l, ihelr colors and when new imperial
!. A. being organized from the yeo-
~ cavalry. cross country riders and
Ea soldiers.
l. elect Of this doleful reading may
,,asation of the censorship. Rigorous
M censorship has been, it has not
yn,ed the publication OF reports that
t,rlth was short of ammunition while
d "a, of daily news from the armies
rouh have Interested the public
,ut tenefting the enemy. 1t has rem
descriptions of the chief battles of
IA unintellgible. Buffers battle re-
n a mystery a week after it was
I'll with maze Of contradictions re-
kttng the various features of the en-
knsut and futile surmises regarding
RESPONSIBILITY for the loss of the guns.
IAshmen have been denied one OF the
precious consultations for defeat, that
beading detailed accounts of the gall
b Of their soldiers, and have been
klied with generaliZations upon the
fcr mobility of the Boer burghers and
complete success in concealing their
ions 50 that a frontal attack across
he'd ground was doomed to failure
Esrer an order was received for an
lite The opinion among military eX-
has become general that both Bulle.'
Aethuen have been tied to the rail-
b failure OF other methods of trans
htion, and they have been unable on
account 70 attempt turning move
iiEd compelled to attack in |. front
dssly Where the invisible enemy was
aHd TO NEE! them. Gatacre and
"a being forced TO fall back are in
W OIL Keeping under restraint the
ltrlsd Dutch who are rapidly drifting
open rebellion and are only held back
y, influence of Premier Schreiner and
holmeyer The army corps has not
AAshed any practical result and the
hsuons OF II are now blocked by the
n in front.
Is the situation which the pes
y consider disheartening, although
Ky mat the fifth and sixth divisions
lnve IN time for the relief of both
saltA and Kimberley.
~ Roberts has chosen as staff Of
meg who have been recommended
10y Lord Wolseley and the Duke
-Iuase rather than the men asso-
I'm MN In India. General Pref
Wy With him during the Afghan
~ vas an efficient staff officer dur
& march from Cabul to Candahar.
~ powne has been the close friend
pase Of Connaught and the Duke
tm,ase Lord Settrington has been
NM Sa Roberts in Ireland and after
TT heir to the Duke of Rich
w appointments are known to |
'e'ommended by General Kitch- |
"a December 2l.--w. t. Stead has
'slus peace men - 'A''e
I,nM ~, useemDer 2l.-A dispatch to
nvs .Om NJ Chieveley Camp, Deem
n X mere Is an armistice till
hths o,uer TO bury the dead and
knls,,.ou FUNDED Meanwhile the
rr,r Az, s ,resh guns SO that they
N our ambulance parties.