Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
No LONGER A WAR
ROBERTS CHASING GUERRILLAs
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
GOING HOME FOR ELECTION.
Belief That Steyn, Not Kruger, Was
the Real Leader Of
the War.

New York, Sept. 21.-A London dis
patch to the Tribune says:
Lord Salisbury is expected tc write a
letter to some prominent candidate and
Mr.. Baitour will produce an address
within thirty-siN hours giving the gov
eminent reasons for appealing to the
country. Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-
man and Sir William Harcourt are hold
ing back their addresses until the union
list leaders state the main issues of the
elections. Probably there will be more
life in the opposition canvass next week.
when these veterans open their attack.
but at present the current is strongly
unionist and seems most likely to sweep
everything before it. some uneasinesS
is shown by the unionist press over the
intervention of the national Protestant
league il politics but it is not likely that
pressure will be brought to bear upon
many candidates during so short a cam
paisn.. The leaders of that movement
will be content to concentrate their
movements upon a small number of cam
didates and establish a claim to having
donated a ~ha'f-dozen candidates upon
the test question of Protestant discipline.
II Sir William Harcourt was to empha-
size this doctrine, something might be
don but it is hardly likely that he will
do SO.
Lord Roberts now is acting as the
unionist wIipper-in by keeping his coll
unlns in motion toWard Portuguese ter
ritory. His bulletins could hardly be
more decisive. The Boer army, retreat
ing before French and PoIe-Carew, has
yirtuG ~ ~dishaaded. The refugees who
have entered Portuguese territory have
destroyed their artillery and will now
he a npIlr1 bI- ,,A,,trni nYE,ioIS Tha
commanders are going to pieces in every
direction and only a few bands of guer-
illas remain in the field. Wretched REM
nants of the formidable army which held
the satta'ions of Butler. Methuen and
Gatacre at bay last December. Steyn and
Botha have both disappeared and DeWet
is still in hiding. The occupation of
Koomatipoort by French's troops is ex-
pected within forty-eight hours and Lord
Roberts can choose his own time for re-
turning to Eng and, leaving either Butler
or Kitchener to direct the police work.
All these details supply the unionist
press with effective headlines for cleo
ton purposes and justify the conclusion
that the war has really ended. The final
scenes with rioting at koonlatipooort and
the destruction of the Long Toms are
anything but dramatic. No effort will be
made to hinder former President Kruger
from carrying away treasure or public
documents now in his possession. This
treasure is supposed to have been grossly
exaggerated. Moreover there has al
ways been a strong belief in official cir
cles that Steyn, rather than Kruger, was
responsible for the outbreak of the war
and that he was dragged into it at the
last moment. The picturesque figure of
Mr.. KruEer reading his Bible at st. Hell
ena or Ceyion would have excited Eng
lish compassion, whereas as it is he will
soon be forgotten.
Mr.. Chamberlain's address is consid-
cred TO he too long for campaign pur-
poses. He is more of a speaker than a
writer.