The sun., 1900-05-21
RE|GNS
| IN ENGLAND OVER
| RELIEF OF MAFEK|NG
*Had Roberts Allowed it to Fall
& Sweeping Victories Would
Not Wipe Out the Stain.
--LATEST MOVE BY, RUSSIA
awful Conditions in India Caused
a by the Famine. Revealed i'm the
" Unpublished oficiaI Cor
# respondence to the
British Office.
LATEST MOVE BY, RUSSIA

II
4 London, May 20.-Mafcking, the splen-
aiid stand of its heroic defenders and their
Mmcly relief form the sole topic of con
A"rsation here, the other events of the
week being entirely swept out of the
anrmory of the people of England. In
dact, they have well nigh forgotten Lord
4subcrts and the main object Of the war,
n overwhelming is their rejoicing over
#hc dciverance of the garrison of the
4ttle African village. Neither Kimbcr-
H. nor Ladysmith appealed to their
*lmpnthics as did Mafcliing, ana it will
4rolF,bly be days before the country will
N lie down TO sober appreciation Of
8" struggle stillgoin@ on on the African
3laus aud which still presents serious
hiIlary problems.
81 The coincidence of the news of Mafe-
8n%s safety arriving in England on the
n rs day 10 which Lord Roberts asked
&uunel Badcn-POwcll 10 hold out added
~ INC general feeling Of widespread sat
II Faction and popular confidence in the
commander in chief in South Africa.
q There is great demand for the car
Hun published in Punch entitled "'rhc
Eleventh Hour" in which Colonel Baden
Enwcll is dra wing the attention of Mafe-
HnS. depicted as 4 wan faced woman. to
Al clcgram posted on wall and reading:
~ lod on till the 18th. Roberts," Colo
~ Radrn-Pnwcll is represented as say
n "All right. Cheer up. Roberts is
Aman Of his word
HE The Effect on the Beers.
81 %llad Lord Roberts allowed Mafekng
ia fall MI the sweeping victories in the
W rid would not have wiped out the stain
Han. in the eyes of the populacc, would
M rchy he attached to his record While
~ lfcking itself is of small actual in-
EFrtancc the relief of that place must
|M urally have IL great moral effect. adj
9Wrscly, on the Beers and he most salts
E5actory to the British. Both from the
R int Of view of the forces in the field
Eai the people and politicians mt home
lM lfcking was the one British effort
Mb"Ne criticism and reprOacl, where lit
ENhlnal bravery was combined with mil,
HH ry science and common sense.
EXlhc successful turn that affairs have
MonTin South Africa is most Fortunate
Ea Lord Salisbury. MS his weakest point,
pill foreign administration, had threaten
"a 10 become an all loo prominent topic.
I'D news that Russia had secured a coal
Re 1T iii Korea. as announced May is in
A. Spa,ch To The Times from pcling.
Nh rHised Il storm of Indignation, and
m nY OF the Conservative organs have
M Jared that this is merely another I'M
Munate instance Of the prcmicr's utter
w lpubility to protect British interests
~ he far east.
Among those who study Chinese ques-
penS the belief obtains that Russia's
Wf - move is direct breach of contract
NJ and blow against Great Britain
m Japan, which brings these nations
Eaa 10 face with grave crisis which
FNilanimous diplomacy will neither end
FN mend. The Globe. for instance, open
Fadvocatrs Immediately sending Il pow
EHdl fleet to Korea and bluntly demand
Hf that Russia forcgo the advantages
is alleged to have secured i'll con
MNrntion with the agreements of 1881.
MWc9er, though the important organs
m IL bad humOr over the matter, II Is
on good authority that Lord Sails
WY has much too keen an appreciation
M Glcat Britain's present troubles u
~ any alarming action in The imnlP-
\" future and that he only cuntcn-
@itS diplomatic inquiries and passive
H 10 Japan in the protests she will
MhltesS make.
The Famine In Indin.
he secretary of state for India, Lord
rye Hamilton, has granted the press
hssion to inspect the unpublished
ml correspondence received up IL
HI N his department dealing with the
Pan famine. The mass of reports tina,
IA ln rot all IN
Of civil servants who are strivin.
tiAtcly 10 stay the onward march ul
devastating evils that threaten Il;
lh" life of India almost battles con
alion. From all parts of the great
f"gcnrous country British agents
lhlSSiunprS. residents and their assist
Y officers on famine duty, native de-
rs 'prrmiersl and those with other
never heard of by the outside world
~ IN kipling'S books dutifully detail
III ondilnnS which prevail in their par,
Ehr districts. their language being
III y confined To the dry sentences and
hittd statistics upon which the ortho-
lullan official is sucked. Yet now
again there is revealed by reason of
WY strength of this same torsr
aS' and official rctcencc wealth
lh"S and world suffering which col
81 vivid description could scarcely
"i' Enr instance. could better tell the
>"ll'ow than the following report
M' commissioner Of Kherwara, in
.'aHa. With careful regard for the
"''"iS governing communications he
M ~ commences:
~ erW,lara--t " 'r6ps. practically nil; wat
@nlE any; cattle, all dead; foddcr
'.'b'", thriftirss class, dead. with
"'aiI>. at the end of their re-
"nd either on relief works or dy-
na4ueuu- Ar.nAuess found in