The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-11-02
THE CABLE SEVERED.
London's Communication With the
Transvaal Cut Off.
QUEENS SYMPATHY FOR WHITE.

QUEENS SYMPATHY FOR WHITE.
British Omclpls Not Inclined to Judge
the Defeated Commander Har-hly.
Not war Of Conquest British Cas-
uaIties over Two Thousand Thus Far
London. Nov. 2.-The breakdown
Of the Delagoa cable route, combined
with the monopolization of the avail
able telegraph lines by the government
and British staff officers, is responsible
for the fact that nothing further has
arrived from South Africa. The gov
ernme1t has received dispatches recti-
flying the casualty lists.
Up to midnight nothing had been
received concern ng Mandays casual
ties. The war Office officials are work
ing under great strain. Captain Per-
riott, staff captain to the military sec
retary. has Just died. his end being
FASTENED by anxiety and overwork.
An unconfrmed statement is pub
lished that General Sir Redvers Bull
Ter has left Cape Town for Ladysmith.
A beated dispatch from Ladysmith,
describing Mondays fight, says: a
couple of squadrons of hussars had a
narrow escape from disaster early In
the day. They found themselves sud
denly confronted within easy range,
by an overwhelmingly force Of Beers,
who seemed to spring from the bowels
of the earth. The hussars were splen-
didly handled, and were eXtricated
with only one man wounded.
The queen is credited with express
ing sincere pity for Sir George White,
and the officials are in no wise in
clined to judge him harshly. So far
as the public is concerned, however,
while qualification is felt at the man
ner in which the isolated battalions
surrendered, there is still severe criti-
cism for General White and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Carelton for allowing the
| column to get out of touch, for the
absence of proper scouting and for not
| retiring when the ammunition was
| lost. In favor of Lieutenant Colonel
! Carelton, the explanation is hazarded
| that he believed it was imperative to
! the success of General Whites opera
! tions that he should hold the position
at Nicholsons Mex.
A special dispatch from Pietermar-
itzburg, Natal, dated Tuesday morn
| ing, says: Stragglers from the Glou-
! cestershire regiment are arriving al
Ladysmith. A number of mules, with
a portion of the mountain battery, are
also coming in.
The Morning Post comments Sc
verely upon the British contempt fol
the enemy, as shown by the belief thai
the large Boer force at Acton Homes
] hn In oh hy~ m I
small column. Ii points out that even
If the British there had been supplied
with ammunition they could have helC
| out only a few hours longer, mas.
much as they were in the most com.
plete sense detached, and because no
body apparently at Ladysmith had any
idea of their distress or took any
measures to rescue them. THE col
umn was sacrificed" says The Morn
ing Post, because it was sent intC
action gagged and blindfolded. It haC
neither scout nor patrol. Twelve hun
dred men were thrown away for lacl
of cavalry which would not have beeI
missed from another part of the field.
The Standard comments in simila
terms upon "the fact that Genera
! White made no effort to extricate tn,
column from the impossible situation
into which he had thrust it," draws
O sad picture of the men hoping fo
relief and then realizing with bitter
ness of heart that some one hat
blundered, that they had been forgot
ten by their general and his staff, ant
that nothing was left but surrende
and Imprisonment at Pretoria unit
the end of the war"
The Portuguese government, accord
ing to a dispatch from Oporto to TIL
Daily Mail, has decided to send n
troops to Delagoa bay before the en-
; of December unless the frontier O
/, Portuguese East Africa should b
] threatened.
; Lord George Hamilton, secretary c
state for India, speaking at Ealing las
evening regarding the situation
South Africa said: "Our ultimate vic
tory is certain. and when the term
which we, as victors, will propose t
the vanquished are known, foreign ma
tions will see that the main oaus
which has forced us to embark upo
; this conflict is not a desire of pecuni
! ary profit or of territorial aggrandize
I ment, but a determination to enamel
; pate vast territory, for the commo
j benefit of mankind. from an ignobl
and degrading tyranny"
A careful calculation of the Britis
losses in all the engagements since tn
outbreak of hostilities-e th
casualties among the non-commissioI
officers and men in Mondays disastC
= at Ladysmith, which are thus far III
l. known here. gives a total of 916,
which probably 1900 will need to /
!, added when details regarding the Ii
-, dysmith reverse are received. Th
e total is made up as follows: officer
5 10 dead. 81 wounded, SO captured mel
1877 killed, 492 wounded, 154 captured
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