The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-01

| the prisoners. 1t is supposed the STAN
pede CT the mules meant the carrying
away of the supplies of ammunition, and
the troops capitulated, after firing the
rounds which each man carried
In the absence of news the morning pa
pers are reduced to speculation as to how
the disaster occurred. The general opin-
ion is that the misuse of the cavalry was
the cause of the troops falling into the
Beers hands, for apparently there was no
cavalry to watch over the missing column
The Daily Telegraph, speaking of the
disaster" says:
In capturing the column the Beers had
the Devonshire regiment practically at
their mercy, and a little more daring
would have made a bad business much
worse, and, seeing that a force strong
enough to scoop up q couple of infantry
battalions could have put itself practically
between Sir George White and his camp
We may be very thankful that things
today are not more serious than they are
The lesson Is a strong one. 1t, is hard to
ind a nation of farmers beating soldiers
at their own game, but the sooner we
learn Boer tactics and strategy the bet
ter Tor our success in Natal
Inc caution note is struck by all morn
ing papers today, and the grim determina-
tion Is expressed to carry the war
through, no matter what the cost. The
ton, says:
In view of the failure Of the cam
Pa1Sn and the terrible humiliation of the
DIltlSn army, we can only vaguely hope
that Sir Gen White, in the hard d vs.
that lie before him. may be able to hold
-aoysnith' Retreat would be an under
taxing which the mind fails to rrasp. IF
this war is To be q war Of vengeance we
smell have to wipe out the disaster be-
lore which the memory Of Maiuba f.das
away. 1t Is safe to say the empire is
race TO face with a repulSe comparable
only to the surrender of Rurgoyne to the
embattled farmers of our American col :.
on1es. If the catastrophe b1 fngs forth
something better than music nall patr4 4ot-
ism, we may come to recognize 1t as a
timely lesson we'll learned"
The Daily News says: IF the stores
can be moved Gen. White will be ordered
to retire on Colenso. If the order is not
given it will be. because the movement
would be too risky
The Morning Post calls attention to Sir
George Whites use of the word "capitu-
lation,' remarking that 1t suspects the
word was used. carelessly. 1t says:
I'VE prefer to assume that the column
fought until it was cut to pieces, and ell
the ammunition was gone. Capitu alton
is a, word of shame Troops in the held
cannot capitulate without disgrace, and
disaster is not necessarily dishonor."
The Daily News says:
I'VE have to face a loss. 1t Is for the
nation to show that 1t can bear rev verses
with dignity"
There is no general desire mamie sted
on the part of the papers to criticise Sir
George White harshly pending the ar
rival of details On the contrary, Il e
disposition is to admire his manly co lr-
age in assuming full respons b.ity.
Abroad, especially i'll France no pains
are taken to disguise, the satisfaction felt
ut the. British rebuff. In Paris every
means. of spreading the. news was
utilized. Some of the more d:gnid d
papers adopted a respectful and sympa-,
thetic tone but the majority were over.
joyed The editor of the Patrie hung the
Transvaal and Orange Free State flags
out of the office window. The Press
predicts a general revolt of the Du ch