New-York tribune., 1899-12-31

,oers was sent out, all the general oiiicers III
,ho eeld were cavarymen or infantrymen' Inc
o,,,trv bowIed for General Warrens appoint
ort and AT last the man who knows ooulh
40, can topography better than any other gen
oral received recognition. Then followed III
ouick succession, General Roberts, an artiiery-
man and Generals Kitchener and Chermside'
engineers. until the campaign now~bids ia'r 10
he chiefly directed by the hitherto nesiec'eu
"gunners and sappers.
The impression continues to gain grounu tha'
General Butler and his subordinates have peeh
instructed to undertake no important move
ment until the arrival OF General Roberts, anu
that Roberts will amalgamate the divisions uli-
dor Generals Gatacre Warren and French. sub
seauently marching upon Bloemfontein, 10 cap
,ura that nlace and draw off the Beers from
Ladysmith To accomplish this, 1t Is believed
that Kimberley and Mafeking may be sacrificed.
Whether General Butler will acquiesce In this
ARRANGEMENT is seriously doubted by many VINO
know him, and they are rather inclined to be-
lieve he will attempt to emulate General Cough
who. under similar circumstances, retrieved his
reverses In India while Sir Charles Napier was
coming out to supersede him.
THE QUESTION OF FoODsTUFFs.
The seizures Of cargoes OF American flour off
Delagoa Bay fail to excite much popular interest
in England. II is generally looked upon as a
fine point OF international law that will be am
icably settled SO far no official steps In the
matter have been taken, owing to the non-ar-
rival OF the necessary papers from Washington.
The military and international law authorities
are almost unanimous In declaring that Great
Britain should not declare foodstuffs contra
band of war. The Naval and Military Record
under this head says to-day:
Fully 30 per cent Of our food comes from
America the colonies and other countries. We
have ceased TO make any effort to be selt-sup-
porting. This condition constitutes danger
only bearable because of our confidence IN tne
strength OF the British navy and in the friend
ship and self-interest of the United States Ihe
States NAV be counted on to fill our larder IN
both peace and war; but so essential have Amer
lean supplies become to our safety that we must
take no step likely to lead to an interruption OF
the enormous supply Of foodstuns. our enemIes
the Continent would rejoice If we intercepted
the foodstuffs now passing into the TransVaa
via Delagoa Bay. A dangerous precedent would
thus be created which would be used against
England at the first opportunity
representative OF The Associated Press
learns that the wireless telegraph Instruments
recently captured from the Beers ana descrioeu
as Marconrs were not his manufacture. Ihey
were made by a we'll known German hrm "hich
Marconi once employed to experiment with piai's
he afterward discarded Marconi declares tne
instruments captured were not workable some
feeling has been caused against the young III
ventor by the first report the belief spreading
that he had broken his agreement TO supply only
the British during the present war
During the recent visit to Windsor OF Conyng-
ham Greene, formerly British Agent at Pretoria
Queen Victoria asked him lot OF questions re-
earding Mrs. Krtiger her housekeeping and per-
sonal characteristics Mr. Greene entertained
Her Majesty with Incidents showing the SIM
pIicItv OF Mrs Kriger's home life and her per-
sonaI attention to kitchen duties. dwelling with
epeciol zaet unon the excellence Of a certain des
sert which Mrs. Krtger makes