Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-11
f[THUEN HAS
/ BEEN RECALLED.
..,i,b Commanders Mind SAID 70
| be Unbalanced
,ry DuLLER IN BAD HEALTH
80 prTLERIN BAD HEALTH
.. GIoomy-nIentai COZ
Isp can yuIe - Demoral-
''' .,,oo of British Troops


80 from London says
il'u, Methuen has been recalled 10
W. .d This statement is maze on
nsl'"'Ao authority. 1t is reporter
p ~ vas laboring under great men
A'' Dvc,,oment after the battle Oh
,s., river and that the war ONE one,
lodasl ,asrad It necessary to displaee
IS 'YD No IS evidently not in condition
:! ~ smmand troops. Two msin ,','nSed-
smIly are said to be weak-mlnaeo'
' Wogchope's last words, quoted IN
E'.,,riay's dispatches have creD'sO
,aipful impression ava on
Esn1N lsai,tments and reverses are ci-
f Dss by The Englishmen with iortii I,,
( tufed y! s,oicism, but the utter iack
Eksrd EIuior,hy news from Gen. Bulier ;
~ has been borne win lliV.e"s rhs
sim! n Impotence and irrltaoili nsns ~ ~
lsns y, Of the ambulance CORPS "
sun'. s.ont last week after every aVall van
ILL., l Soa%,talIon and cavalry troop hau
&aoe poISd into Natal was accepted as
Il peep . Gs,i Tor impending battle, put
<ue fadvsmith was hard pressed on
vheh i - he relieving army was ohly
ss'u,I~ ~ making a harmless recon-
ca!au, worthy Of tranquil sum
Iehsa"d av manoeuvres at Aldershot
Il ld ou,is,,s Immediate advance was
. ..sarded as the inevitapie seqIV adv.
y. desperate Boer assault UPON 49, 80
d IN which had been Wen nlsh SUI SUI
s l,ll But three days nave 9assIu
Ssss snance n not in inaction'. PropaOly
~ sn' lent experience has been more
,.s m the English temper tnah TINS
uglns If silence in Natal Nneh
oonsg" nan ma has felt in his heart that
ever ''ae no time TO lose and that an
lDeIs of over 10000 British soldiers
Ain .S, N be moving with untlrlng en-
ous" ord irresistible force across the
Ttsela for the deliverance VI "''''' .
herolg garrison ,oinod the
ns9y Mail in attacking the mihlsVIs
~ demanding the reconstruction u
~ ,abjnet hut this campaign mas not
wy ~ onv Progress outside the news
ma ofiices The party whips smile
~ts.saulously whenever II Is suggested
,s., me government is In danger. Inc
S ss which has neither hot nor
~ e,e represents the conservative
. .sr,v more accurately than any other
EE.silsh journal and It has not yet lost
ne presence OF mind. what u ~
Ssnt 10 all observers Is that lhe loss
n Tadysmith without a second auelIlpt
q, BELIEVING the army across the ruBe-
IA would be more discreditable than a
,-osh reverse OF Buffers forces, ana
80, nnblc confidence In the govern
men, c'~, would be fatally impaired. Jonn
Rrli il indeed. in bad temper, ana IN
no mood for explanations from any
source. What he wants Is news rom
tbe front and under the censorship ne
gets little or nothing o.s
The military writer's for the pres"
have lost their audiences, ana the Vet-
Grams al the clubs talk to blank walls
when they explain that Butler prooaply
set In motion Warren's division on
turning movement east OF Colenso,
which depends for success upon secrecy,
and that Il will probably end IN the
capture OF large portion OF the boer
force Equally Indifferent to details
are the groups Of club men gathering
about the croakers who assert that
Butler Is waiting to discover by NOOK
or crook where the enemys guns are
concealed. or to straighten out his mule
transport service, or 10 get Lord ROD
erts opinion before striking another
blow. No Englishman wishes to be-
lieye that Gen. Butler is waiting for
anything except the chance TO defeat
the enemy by a strong attack and me
strategic combination.
A dispatch to the World from London
says;
England's present situation Is due
more 10 trouble within the British lines
than without, declare the expert mill
tary writer's for the London morning
newspapers who say more things IN
private than the editors allow to get
into print
Col Cough, who commanded the cav
airy detachment In the battle OF Mag
ersfontein is in London, pressing for a
court martial upon Lord Methuen's re-
port that he declined TO carry out or
ders given him by the general In charge,
Cough has been temporarily placarded
and urged TO postpone his personal de-
mands until the war situation is more
settled.
Cen Yule, who conducted the retreat
from Dundee after Gen. Symons' death,
Is also in London, but in the strictest
secluslcn He is suffering, II is said,
from mental collapse caused by his at
tempts to follow and save the troops
which We're in deadly peril, from trying
10 hold the advanced posts In Natal
Without sufficient strength OF cavalry
and artillery.
The London newspapers without
making any direct charge. make an
houncements that Gen. Butler is not
In good health.
II Is known here that war officers re-
ceye little II any information from him
directly, while Lady Butler gets mes
sage every day from her husband brief
ly announcing that he is well, The
gossips urge that this is exactly the
step thoughtful husband would take
10 reassure his wife II he was not up
10 the mark.
The uncensored mail reports assert
mat Gen. Gatacre was sitting In the
.Molteno railway station with his head
IN his hands bewailing the repulse Of his
troops when the general In command
o. the communications first reported the
disaster TO the Suffolk regiment, under
zen French's command.
:. me first task OF Lords Roberts and
kitchener, who arrived In Capetown
hsi Wednesday night must be, the war
efiiics urge, to rearrange the generals
N charge Of the various British forces
70 mat all may be brought up to an eff
ieSllye lighting point.
:, zen. Hector Mcdonald and Gen.
tucker are now on their way from In
wa TO South Africa. The war experts
INSIST privately that neither Lord Rob-
.rN nor Lord Kitchener viii take on the
,nsli9fes OF Lord Methuen or Sir Redvers
Dpller, but IL Is suggested that the two
seherals from India viii be sent to su-
pstsele or aid Methuen and Butler
chlle the new commanders now al
..aspeiown will make an effort TO throw
sn endorsements toward Colesberg OF
se..,slIiAs'room and then, revertlng to the
o,,slnal plan OF campaign, one or tbs
IN. ...l OF them will attempt to unite Cat
aels ; and French's forces and move
rrsalnst the Beers through the Orange
me DAILY Mail military writer says
~, ,SSoay Thursday; THE appearance OF
.at new commander in chief upon the
.ssne should restore the confidence OF
we soldiers ca oodiv gholo, h,. 81.