Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-01
BRITISH PEOPLE MAD
Ministers and Parliament Censured
for Not Announcing Measures
That Will Be Effective.
EACH BLAMES The OTHER
The Heart Of the Empire Paralysed While
the Extremities Are Alive and Kicking
Is the Way the Globe Character
ICES the Situation.

absence of exciting war news, the ma
ton and newspapers have had time to
discover the utter lack of relation eX-
isting between the feeling Of the people
and the temper of the government, as
demonstrated in parliament. There, in
stead of relieving the grave anxiety of
the country by declaration of meas
ures it is proposed to take in behalf of
to demonstrate their inability to grasp
the situation by beating the air with
recriminations and self-accusatory de-
fense and chickering's as to the degree
Of responsibility attacflable to the re-
spective departments of the govern
ment. Disgust, almost despair, is no
ticeable on all sides, and Is voiced by
the ultra ministerial organ, the Globe,
which says: 1.-THE heart Of the empire
seems paralyzed while it's extremities
are in full vigor. Thus far only one
statesman Of the front rank has struck
the right keynote, and that is Lord
Rosebery'
Hoof Laager, Iadysmith, February /.
All is quiet here. Long toms" occa-
sionally fire on Ladysmith. The deaths
at Ladysmith from fever and other
causes must be enormous, as we can
clearly see them burying corpses daily.
General Joubert went to the Upper Tu-
gela yesterday.
London, February General Butler
telegra phed from Spearmans camp un-
der to-day's date that Colonel Thorney-
croft was the officer who ordered the re-
tirement from Spion Kop. Butler adds:
1T is due to him to say that believe
his personal gallantry saved difficult
situation early on January "a, and that
under a loss of at least 40 per cent he
directed the defense with conspicuous
courage and ability throughout the day.
No blame whatever for withdrawal is,
in my opinion, attributed to him, and
think his conduct throughout admira-
ble''
Cape Town, February 1.-The British
forces with artillery are reported to
have occupied Prieska, Prieska Ia on
the Orange river, 100 miles below the
Orange river station, and west of Kim
berley.
London. February 1.--Actual news
from South Africa Is Of little interest.
Butler maintains silence az to his fu-
ture movements but 1t Is generally sup
1,o g., oN,,y- N<1, o%f
to reach Ladysmith.
A letter appears day from Han
overian officer, formerly Of the 22d Ger
man infantry, but now among the mill
itary advisers of the Beers, which says
that nearly 10000 trained European SOL
diers. including quite 300 officers, are
among the Beers. Referring to the mil
itary situation, the Ladysmith officer
says: Owing to the strength of our po-
sition on the circle heights like Sedan,
we cannot be brushed aside except by
a relief column outnumIbering us two to
one."
Owing to the discovery that cotton
khaki is insufficient protection for the
troops sleeping on the South African
plains the government Is starting to
reclothe the forces in the field with
woolen khaki, and has ordered $4,000
suits from Glasgow alone.
London. February Rear Admiral
Charles Beresford started for the con-
tinent this morning on his way to Malta
to take charge Of the second British
Mediterranean fleet.
Lorenzo Marques, February 1.-Adel-
bert s. Hay, United States consul at
Pretoria, arrived here to-day on his way
to the Transvaal
London, February l, 4:30 p. m.--The
st. James Gazette says 1t Is reported
on good authority that General Butler
has again crossed the Tugela river at
three places, and fighting has been pro-
ceeding all day.
London, February 1.-At $40 p. m. the
war office has no news of General Bull
hers alleged movements, as reported by
the St. James Gazette, but the paper
says 1t has no reason to doubt the cor
rectness of its Information, although 1t
| has not yet learned the exact positions
Butler has seized.
London, February LIN the house OF
commons to-day the government par
ried most of the questions in regard to
the war in South Africa. Mr.. Wynd-
! ham, parliamentary under secretary OF
state for war, maintained that the in
formation furnished by the intelligence
department was generally accurate
Relative to a speech made by Genera
Lord Wolseley, commander-in- chief
explaining the British reverses in South