Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-04-20
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ner continues, although relief Is near.
There are two thousand sick in the
field hospitals, most Of the cases being Of
dysentery and enteric fever. With the
exception Of these facts, the embargo
upon war intelligence is almost complete.
The special correspondents send triviali-
ties or statements which obscure, rather
than explain, the situation, in their ef-
forts to prepare matter that will pass the
censor. Here and there a phrase indicates
an expectancy that large things are about
to happen.
What is to be done with Sir Redvers
Butler and Sir Charles Warren occupies
eVerybodys attention. The papers con-
tinUe to comment earnestly upon Lord
Roberts censure of these commanders
They ask If more errors are not likely to
occur, together with fruitIess waste #
life, in the event that men who have been
declared incompetent by their superior,
continue to command 10000 troops. 1t is
| now generally accepted that the govern
mcnt had g. purpose in the publication
Of Lord Roberts Dispatch and that the
recall Of General Butler and General War
rcn probably has been decided upon.
According to BOer reports, there is a
steady flow of foreign volunteers to the
! TransVaaI. Hitherto these Adventures
/ have been attached 70 the various com
mandoes. Now, it is said, they are to be
formed into q special legion with CONT
mental officers and there is a rumOr that
the command will be given to distin-
guishCd French soldier lately retired, who
is now in the TTansvaal, or is nearing the
end Of the journey thither.
London, April 18.-1:55 p. m.-IOrd Rob
crts criticisms Of General Butler Gene
raj Warren and Colonel Thornycroft con-
tinue topics Of acute interest All the aft
crnOOn papers comment at length on the
| structures of the British cOmmander-in-
chief in South Africa. taking the same
lines as the morning papers, praising
Lord Roberts for his frankness and
specUlating upon what the publication Of
the dispatches at the present moment
pOrtcnds. Some Of them maintain there is
| nothing left for General Butler but to
resign.
The St James Gazette is particularly
scathing. Referring to General Buffers
report It says: Never in the history of
armies die it happen that generals scrib-
bIcd their confessions Of failure and de-
feat. Of useless deaths of men and of
discredtt to the flag in a manner which
suggests a careful selection from the
forced POPULARITY u the funny man, the
sIanay chatter # the horSey woman and
| the aabbIC OF the smoking room late in
the evening"
The Gl0Je declares that more pitia-
c1o - nv 40 li','1 CO. ;,
IUs1on n ezscullIh we nave se!doill rtau,
eraI Butler had Ie1t has been scattered
to the winds
Practically no developments have been
reported so far in to-Gays South African
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