The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-03
ENGLAND Al1rEI. THE WAR.

A special from Berlin says that in par
liamentary circles the concensus of ooin-
ion is that 1.-The latest developments in
the South African war will make the
maintaining of peace more difficult, and
viii render the British, in case they COM
p1etely vanQuish the Beers, more over
bearing and less pleasant neishbors than
before
We do not believe it. The British have
had a lesson in this war which they will
not soon forget They have had many
reverses. and have been mortified beyond
description at the repeated thrasflings
which their troops received from the Afri-
canders. Many a time has Great Britain
BUNDLED herself and put on sackcloth and
ashes since this war began.
Again In one sense it will not be
great triumph of British arms for Great
Britain, with her infinite resources, to
have overcome the Beers. Indeed, it has
been shown that the Beers are the better
fighters in many respects than the Brush,
and if the war had been fought upon equal
terms the Beers would undoubtedly have
Won Nobody understands this better taan
the intelligent Englishman. and they are
not apt to become pulled up by reason OF
their triumph over the insignificant South
African republic. But there has been
triumph in this war which is gratifying
to the Englishman, ard which will make
him more proud than ever of his country
and of his race There is no doubt that
at one time Great Britain was face to
face with a serious crisis. One after an
other Of the British generals sent in the
stereotyped report: II regret to say that
and so on. Whenever such report was
received France laughed and Germany
sneered, while other European powers, at
best, preserved a discreet silence. Eng
land received no sympathy from any
quarter, and there was constant menace
Of intervention. if not of something more
serious, on the part of the powers OF
Europe Then did English character show
up in all its dignity and grandeur. Never
once did the English people show the
plain of their generals in South Africa
Never once did they lose their heads, or
show any symptom Of hysterla. They
gave TO the world the exact truth about
their reverses in South Africa, concealinS
nothing. They did not offer excuses, but
they exhibited that true moral courage
which has ever distinguished the Anglo
Saxon. and convinced the world that
English character was equal to any trial.
This war has been lesson to the British
which they will not easily forget. They
will not be pulled up by it, although 1t
was a great feat to have sent two hun
dred thousand troops within a few weeks
to country seven thousand miles from
home. 1t was feat which no nation in
the world, save Great Britain, could have
accomplished in the same time. But for
all that, the British cannot forget the
day of their humiliation. and they Will
not be the more arrogant because of the
war There is this to be said, however,
lesson herself, she has also been teach
ing her neighbors some lessons which
they will no doubt study to their profit
The whole world has looked on and adj
mired the grit the determination and the
undaunted courage which Great Britain
has shown in CARRYING on the war. The
Colonists, who have been no idle specta-
tors of the events which have been trans
piring in South Africa, have had their
faith in the Imperial government strength
ened and satisfied. Therefore, when the
| war shall have been concluded Great
Britain will be stronger than ever she was
before: and In her strength she will be
more conservative, while her neishbors
| who have been studying the lesson which
she has been teaching them. will be the
| better disposed to 1--we on terms of peace
ntti, this wonderful and powerful nation.
It is our opinion that the result Of the
war In South Africa will be TO insure
peace .Rstxeep Great Rzltain aud the Ev.