The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-02
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GREAT BRITAIN NOW HAS AN
OVERWHELMING FORCE IN
SOUTH AFRICA
MR. WYNDHlM'S DECLARATION
1T CAME AS SURPRISE TO THE
BRITISH PUBLIC, AND DEFENDS
THE GOVERNMENT
wELL1NGToN's ARMY SMALL

WELLlNGIUN y AIM oAAAL
British Force at Waterloo Was
Mere Handful in Comparison With
Army Sent to Conquer the Beers
News From the Front Unsatisfac-
tOry--UncOnfirmed RumOr That
Butler Has Recrossed the Tugeia.
LONDON, Feb. 2-Mr. Wyndham's re-
markable declaration in the house OF
commons, that Great Britain would have
In a fortnight 10000 regulars in South
Africa, 1000 Canadians and Australians
and %, 600 South African colonials, is re-
ceived with wonderment. OF this total
of 213,O0O troops and 232 guns, all are
there now with the exception of $4,000
afioat. Beyond comparison this Is the
largest force Great Britain has ever put
into the field. At the end of the Crimean
war she had scraped together about $4,000
men. Wellington, at Waterloo, had
about 5000
Mr.. Wyndham's speech was the strong
est defense the government has yet put
forward as to what has been done and is
being done. The general opinion of the
morning papers is his figures will aston
lsh the country. Roughly speaking, $4,000
only are at the front; 10000 others have
been lost, and 10000 are shut up in Lady
smith. There are nearly 100000 troops
who have not yet been in action, besides
those at sea- Why so many have not
been engaged is due to lack of land trans
ports and supplies, to which Lord Lans-
downe is devoting his attention and
genius 1t seems as though the forceSof
these masses must destroy the equilibrium
which holds the British forces stationary
wherever they are in contaoct with the
Boer army. Lack Of transportation and
organization will not explain adequately
why, when general at the front need
reinforcements, they only get them in
very small numbers knowledge is slow
ly penetrating to London that large gar
risons must be kept in Cape Colony to
hold down the Cape Dutch, who, as
every one knows, outnumber the British
residents three to two.
f, GEN. BULLER'S ADVANCE.
The St James Gazette says it is report
ed on good authority that Gen. Butler has
again crossed the Tugela river at three
places, and that fighting has been pro-
ceeding all day long.
The war Office has no news Of Gen. Bull
ler's alleged movements, as reported by
the st. James Gazette, but the paper says
II has no reason to doubt the correctness
of it's Information, although it has not
yet learned the exact positions Gen. Bull
.ler seized.
WHY BUTLER RESIGNED.
In the house of lords today the secre-
taTy of state for war, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, said he desired to formally
announce that Lieut.. Gen. Sir William
Francis Butler resigned command of the
British forces in South Africa because Of
a political divergence of opinion with
Sir Alfred Miner, the British high COM
missioner and governor of Cape Colony,
which was so great that he concluded
his command of the forces in South At
rica would be a source Of embarrassment
to the high commissioner.
NEWS FROM THE FRONT.
The Daily Telegraph publishes the fol-
lowing dispatch from Spearman's Camp,
hated Jan. 80:
''Col. Wynne has taken command of
5
been appointed chief of Gen. Buffers
staff.
1.-The Beers are still constructing defen-
sive works opposite Potgieter's Drift. A
strong cavalry reconnaissance proceeded
westward in the vicinity of Hongon's 8
Spruit.''
JOUBERT'S BRAVE WIFE.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle, telegraphing Jan. 20,
says:
Gen Joubert's wife accompanies him
everywhere and insists on personally
providing for his table,
MR.. MACRUM A WEAK MAN.
Canon Farmer, who was forced to leave
Pretoria with other clergymen, has ar
rived in London. In reference to Charles
e. Macrum, the former United States
consul at Pretoria. Canon Farmer said to
q representative of the Associated Press:
'Mr. Macrum was one of the last men
] saw before leaving. l told him he was
taking the wrong side, and did not under
stand American feeling. His chief care
seemed to be for his personal safety, and
/ think 1t was chiefly on that account that
he left in the midst of the crisis. He is
not a strong man, and President Kruger
may have taken advantage Of this. But
when l last saw Mr.. Macrum he was a
dHu lOydl <AlliSTlcdn.
''In regard to Blake's so-called volun-
teers, they are, like Mr.. Blake, mostly
burghers who would have been obliged
to fight anyway. Mr.. Macrum told me
there were 5000 Americans In the Trans
vaal, most of whom the United States
was glad to get rid Of
Pretoria, Canon Farmer added, was
provisioned for two years.
The war office this evening completes
the list of British casualties at Spion Kop
by announcing the names of 215 missing
men of various regiments, including 1877
members of the Lancashire fusileers.
FOUND ROAD CLEAR.
SPEARMAN'S CAMP, Tuesday, Jan.
80-Lord Dundonald's reconnaissance in
the direction of Honger Spruit found the
road clear The enemy was not to be
seen.
MAFEKING STRENGTHENED.
BULUWAYO, Saturday, JAN 2O.-A
message from Col Piumer, who wss at
Gaberona with the Mefeking relief force,
says he has received a message from Col.
Baden-Powell, dated Mafeking, JAN II,
saying:
"All well during the past fortnight.
Have been pushing out the trenches
towards the enemy's big guns, and Jan 16
their ninety-four-pounder and high veloc-
ity Krupp evacuated their positions aud
retired eastward of the town, whence
they are capable of little damage. Have
thus pushed the enemy on three sides well
out of rifle shot Have opened a new
grazing ground for cattle. The enemy
still has two strong positions on the east
side, which I hope to shift with dyna-
mite
GEN. JOUBERT REPORTED KILLED.
sPEARMAN's CAMP, Natal, Tuesday,
Jan. SO.-There is an optimistic feeling IN