Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-16
Buffers UEtinOtuIl.

and frankness, traits responsible Tor the
supremacy he has attained.
Buffers UItimatum.
Two months ago the secretary Of state
for war. the Marquis of LansdoWne Of
fered Butler command of the projected
army corps Sir Nedvers gave point
blank refusal unless the war office would
guarantee him between G0,000 and 10000
men. He is quoted as having said on that
occasion, II shall not be handed down in
history as another Sir George Colley.'
the reference of course being to the de
feat at Maiuba hill. He also said that if
| he were to 90 it must be on the distinct
understanding thar he could select his
| own staff ana would be entirely uninter-
| fercd with by the war office.
His request regarding the staff, it is
said. was prompted by his suspicion that
Lord Wolseley would attempt to pay off
old scores by foisting upon him staff otti-
GERS antagonistic to him. Lord Lans-
downe demurrod, but the stronger man
prevailed, and Butler. having gained all
the points he coveted, accepted the SUI
preme command. Prior to Lord Lans
downe's assent General Butler freely eX-
pressed the opinion that when he had
uElNtu tlIp bDtlS lIlb il tplLlcI LIS MANU-
might be staid by Il peace loving cabinet
or a we'll intentioned war office, condi-
ton of things he could not tolerate, for,
as he expressed it, his hand was not one
of those that. once put to the plow, re-
leases it's grip" 1t appears that both the
queen and the cabinet practically acqui-
esced in his demand, although of course
retaining Il nominal control scarcely
Is..Il.
to cut the wires behind him and to be out
of touch with London at critical mo-
ments for fear the cabinet might change
its mind.
1t is this man, then, whom some of his
own officers do not hesitate to call a
brute, however much they admire his de-
termination, who holds the destiny of
the 1ransyaal and the Orange Free State
in his hand. He knows the Beers, and
he hates them. lie has cnmpaigned over
the whole present battle-ground and is,
above all Il soldier from head to foot.
AS soon as he reac4es South Africa he
will manganese a campaign of such ag-
gressivcncss as the world has seldom
seen, but which he believes unsuitable
by virtue of his own superior force. The
sternest measures viii not be too stern
for him, and until the last vestige of
Dutch power, whether in the Transvaal,
the Orange Free State or Cape Colony,
is swept out, he will not stay his hand.
The idea is well Illustrated by Sir John
Tenniel's cartoon in last weeks Punch,
representing John Bull saying: Gas you
will fight. YOU shall have it this time. 1t
is g fight to the fnish."
Little Organized Resistance.
Once General Butler gets to work, it is
believed here, the Beers will offer little |
organized resistance Something depends, |
of course. upon the success they may |
achieve in the interim, but the life in |
surance companies are only asking an |
extra premium Of > per cent as a war
risk, in other words placing the odds at |
20 to /. This does not apply to South |
African irregulars fighting side by side
with the British regulars, for it is said
the Beers will show them no quarter.
This it is hard to believe when it is re-
called with what unusual humanity the
Beers treated the English prisoners dur
ing the previous war;
Although Sir Redvers Butler has gone,
most of the corps is still here. The adj
miralty has finally fixed upon Oct. 20 as
the first day of regular embarllation this
continuing each day thereafter from
Southampton. which will be literally red
and khaki brown with departing troops.
On Oct. % and Oct. % there will be en-
barkatons of large contingents Of men
and equipment at Tilbury.
The Outlook quotes a member of the
ca binet whose name is not given, but who
Is evidently Mr.. Chamberlain, as saving
In private conversation:
absolute equality, nothing more and
nothing less. is what we intend to Sc
cure in South Africa. There can be but
one fate for the Boer oligarchy, and
here can be left no doubt regarding Brit
sh sovereignty over all South Africa.
When those ends have been attained. a
policy of magnanimity and consideration.
such as has made the French Canadians
oval British subjects, WILL l have no
loubt, be applied with equal success in
South Africa. To destroy ruthessly the
pest traditions and amour propre of the
Beers would be an act Of the supremest
oily"
The plethora of money in England is
evidenced by the fact that the Mansion
House fund for the Cape Town refugees
llready reaches more than 100000.
while $4,000 has just been paid for a
private orchid collection, $735 going for
me plant.