The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
EFFECT OF REVERSE
HOW CONTINENTAL NATIONS AND
PRESS VIEW DEFEAT OF GEN.
RULER AT TUGELA RIVER
BLOW AT BRITISH PRESTIGE

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Serious Setback for Great Britain
| Berlin POpuIace Openly Rejoice
at the BOer Success-Parisinns Not
So JubiIant as Had Been Expected
Some Sympathy for the BritOns.
BERLIN. Dec. 16-Fhe German press
and people are jubilant over the news
fran South Afrir a. and everywhere in
the streets people stor each ether and
Offer congratulations. Among the press
comments tonight Is that OF the Kreuz
Zeitung, which says:
Thus the fighting power Of The thirl
COLUMN is destroyed. and the campaign
against the Beers is disastrously ended
What. however, means more is that
England's decadence, long ago apparent
to far-sightcd statesmen, has thus be-
come visible before the whole world
The Vossiscne Zeitung says:
1.-The English yesterday met the great
est defeat in this campaign. so product
i've of disappointments and losses.''
The National Zeitung says:
1.-THE second chapter of this war is
now also ended, and is much worse than
the first Its effect upon the Afrikanders
in Natal and Cape Colony must be very
unfortunate for the English cause.
The semi-official Post. after making
merry of the English pretensions in this
war, says.
England had better not count upon
I her colonies, citing the New South Wales
| laneers as specimens of the colonial
troops"
The Boersen Courier says:
THE attitude of the English people, In.
! view of these hard knocks, deserves
every praise and the paper adds that,
| in any case the English position as a
world power is secured by her navy"
The Tageblatt compares Gen. Buffers
! defeat with that of the Italian general, >,
| Barrateri. at Adowa.
The Lokal Angler says:
$50 sore trial the British power and
| world never had to meet, for, as things
are, England will have to thank the 9TH
| er powers for their sincere rove of peace
| only If she energies from this war with
a whole skin and mere loss OF prestige"
| AUSTRIAN PRESS COMMENTS.
VIENNA, Dec. 16.-Gen. Buffers re-
verse was the subject of almost universal
comment In the Austrian press today
| Most of the papers incline to the as
sumption that Gen. Buffers motives in
| hurrytng engagements are found in the
| situation of Ladysmith, and they concede
| that the capltulation Of that place may
| shortly be expected. The Neue Freie
! PresSe says:
IF the attack was the outcome of po-
| litical consideration there could only
have been the excitement prevailing
among the Afrikanders and the state of
public opinion In England"
Inc Fremdenblatt fears these sue
cesses will bring the Beers fresh auxil-
1aries from the Dutch Cape coIonists
but adds:
yet it is to be seen whether the Beers
! hnX fn fn1l
The Weiner Abendblatt thinks that
the consequences of the last two re-
verses may in so far as humane judg--
ment can foretell be the fall of Lady
smith and Kimberley, and the outbreak
Of an Afrikander rebellion and that I'M
less something wonderful happens in the
meantime an improvement can only be
! secured by reinforcements, which are
not expected until January
The Deutsche Volksblatt believes the
cause of Gen. Buffers defeat, as on pre-
vtous occasions, was faulty reconnoit-
ering. =.
BRITISH PRESTIGE INJURED Z
ROME, Dec 16-Gen Buffers reverse
produced a profound impression in ALI
circles here, where 1T is regarded as most
serious for the military prestige of Eng
land The afternoon papers devote long
articles to the subject. The Avantiss
says: =.
at is veritable disaster for Great
Britain, and the chief responsibility falls
on Mr.. Chamberlain. The probability is
that the final success of the British
troops will thereby be considerably di-
minished."
The Italia is of the opinion that the
cause Of Imperialism in South Africa has
sustained. a severe check.
The Tribuna says the defeat brings
into prominence the weakness of the
British artillery.
SYMPATHY FOR ENGLAND.
BUDA PESTH, Dec. 16.-The Hagyar
Nuesel, commenting upon the British
check in South Africa, expresses the
warmest sympathy for the British army
in its misfortune, and adds:
Every liberal nation in the world
would deeply regret if the position of
Great Britain, the standard bearer Of
civilization, was shaken Austria-Hun--
gary would sorely feel the consequences
Of any loss Of power by England"
PARIsIANs PLEASED
PARIS. Dec. 16-For the third time
| this week Parisians met hoarse-yoiced
news vendors running along the boule-
wards today shouting, Crushing defeat
OF the English Great victory for the
! Beers" and displaying the front sheet
of their papers bearing big headlines,
''The English Routed" ETC.
The French people heard and read the
news with interest, and discussed this
British defeat in the parks and cafes
1 without display Of sorrow or sympathy
for the British, and at the same time
without any outward demonstration of.
! gleeful satisfaction that could be re-
garded as offensive by the British spec
] tators.
/ The violently Anglophoebe press such
/ as La Libre, Parole and La Patrie nat
urally, treat the British disasters as
| joyful tidings, but the respectable jour
nals-Le Temps, LIE Journal des Debats,
La Liberte and others-discuss the news
| soberly and moderately LIE Journal
! des Debats expresses admiration at the
/ wonderful calmness and sang frofd with
which the British nation has met blow
after blow. The paper concludes its
article with the remark that 1t would