Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-27
ROYAL WELCOME
LONDON VOLUNTEERS PECEP-
TON ON THEIR RETURN.
TIE COL0NIALS ARE IGNORED.
Scant Courtesy to the Real Fighting
Heroes of the South African
War.

London, Oct. 27.-The preparations
here to welcome on their return to Eng
land from South Africa the few hum
drcd men who constitute the City I'M
peIial volunteers have entirely monopo
liked EnglandNs attention this week,
banishinS from notice matters of inter-
est and import. Although there is but
half 4 regiment of the young Londoners.
Brokers. clerks and Others. and it has not
performed any very heroic feats, the
people are pouring into London in order
to witness their homecoming and VIM
dows along the line Of march have been
so.d at prices almost equal to those de-
manded at the time of the jubilee pros
cession. In addition, decorations and
iluninations costing many thousands Of
pounds have been prepared. and bust
ness ana even traffic will be suspended
practically the whole day when they ar
rive. and Saturday night Will doubtless
witness a repetition of the Mafeking carr
nival. The announcement Of the non
arrival of the volunteers and the conse-
Quent p~Ostponen2ent of the pageant was
a great disappointment to nan thous-
ands. People from all parts Of the coun-
try are now aimlessly parading the
route. The throngs are so great h a
blSlIitSS Is DItCllIttIN SlopcIItltu SllNi
traffic d~isorganized.
1t is pointed out that the intense
patriotism which all this is supposed to
signify would be better appreciated We're
the returning soldiers more representa-
tive of the forces in the field. or if there
We're not hundreds of colonial volunteers
who have fought in South Africa. walk
ing the streets of london, u~nhonored,
unnoticed and uncarea for. This cir
cumstance has caused some bitter retiec-
tons TO be east on the mother country
by the colonial sections in London, the
Justice of which had been acknowledged
by several liberal-m.nied organs. while
the regular army men are not too
pleased that the CREAM of public en-
thrzfasm' over the return of the troops
should be secured by a small body OF
volunteers which it is freely asserted
cannot compare with several of the in
terror units.
The celebration will probably occur on
Monday, November 10, when General
Butler is due at Southampton. He wilt
receive the freedom of several cities ana
will doubtless have a triumphant prog
ress. though the reception Which Will be
accorded to Lord Roberts will, of course,
eclipse the celebration which will attend
Buffers return to England. Lord Rob-
erts is expected in December. and an
other distinguished Britisher, Cecil
Rhodes, will return from South Africa at
the same time.
In pursuance of his determination to
adopt a self-obligating policy until the
wal is over, it is likely that Mr.. Rhodes
will have a quiet homecoming.
In the midst of the preparations for
celebrating the return of the victorious
E,l!tlJs II ia not astonishing that the
people generally fail to realize how ex-
tremely costly and long-drawn-out has
been the struggle in South Africa.
Statistics carefully prepared up to
date by one of the large insurance COM
panies shows that, prcportionately, mora
Britishers were killed han the Germans
lost in the war with France of 1S10-71,
While the proportion of those who sue
ImDed to disease was three times as
great. Among the rank and file the Ger
mans hal 30 per cent more killed, but
from disease Great Britain suffered 6:
per cert heavier than the Germans. This
increase is of such magnitude that ever
the climatic differences fail to account
fer it. 1t is asserted that had Grea1
Britain put in the field as many troops
as Germany did against France, an(
had maintained proportionate casualties
her mortality would ave reached Sc, So!
men.
II is asserted that Major Goeld Adams
the British commissioner in Bechuana
land. will be made governor of Thu
Orange River colony. General Butler i
slated to resume command of Aldershot
General Kitchener, it is said, will tenn
porarily succeed Lord Roberts in com
nand of the troops in South Africa, blu
Will, it is further asserted, be eventual.