The sun., 1900-12-17
|BNGLAND.
az KITCHENER.
9th cr1 Praise the Fn-
S onam an der-Littl
sing Taken In the
aHun Canal Debate.

fke Mega4icsberg, the news Of which |
A& broken to the nation exactly one |
eff AFTER General Buffers defeat at Co.
&iiao ezfectnally disposes of any hope |
fh6t tie war In South Africa is nearly |
|ena6d and completely skaters the myth |
{haf the operations there were merely of |
\ 4 lila nature. AS Mr. Lloyd-G George,
IikeFil, said Ia the house Of commons:
This Is one Of the most severe re-
y43ses suffered By the British, and it is
4 evident the war will drag on for
i111lFly months to come De Wet is maxi
fIf England the laughing stock of the
w5rld. We have 210 900 men in the field,
yet ne are unable to protect ourselves
( from i1isaster at the hands Of small COM
\anandos drawn from a pastoral popula-
TWAS ihe sFfEhtins Fifth"
the extep at the reverse and the dis
ee of sd Il large body Of men sur
Wing te d small contingent of Beers
ll|g Qreated feeling of shame and as
t0nishment which finds free vent. With
( A6IneSf bat cruel coincidence the North
txabsrl lands are known as the Fighting
s s The Second battalion, to which
y the ia f>tured companies belong, was one
of the heaviest sufferers at Stormberg
year ago. The regiment has often been
pronounced ~ home and foreign critics
to he one OF the finest in the British ar
s my. All the forehodings and criticisms
which Colenso gave rise to year ago
have been resurrected by the disaster at
4 the Magnliesbera
Y The war office has nothing to do but
grin and bear it'' and trust to time. I'm
{ III General Kitchener's forces are trans
formed into mounted Infantry and the
mounted police get to work Mr.. Brodrick
r sees little hope Of Improvement in the
military situation. But whoever was re-
sponsibie for the surrender at the Maga-
liesberg is likely to suffer, for the new
war office officials are determined to make
examples OF generals or any other Off
GERS guilty Of such gross mismanagement
or worse which it would seem must have
i occurred at this last defeat. This stern
/ attitude on the part of the government,
Il however, BY no means decreases the
scorn and ignominy with which certain
/ Liberal members of parliament who are
avowedly rleased by the Boer successes
are regarded by the major part of the
community. Al a pro- Boer meeting Fri
day at which AR. Leonard Courtney pre-
sided General Kitcheners name was
greeted with cries of '.Villainw Butch
err Beast!" while mention of Steyn
and De Wet ELECTED loud cheers.
The Pail Mall Gazette editorially de-
\ ciares that such men as Messrs. Court
4 ney. Bryn-R Robsrf ynpd Lloyd-George
ought to be put il entry and be not
spoken to by any self respecting English
man. This expedient, severe as it is, is
likely to meet with approval in all quar-
ters, not excluding the moderate Liberal
\ Journals. Sir Henry Campbell Banner
4 man, the Liberal leader in the house Of
commons, does not escape criticism for
facitly permitting his alleged followers to
I tnlse Zip such an avowedIy anti-British
4 attitude.
The Nicaragua Canal.
In view or the cvaats in South Africa
II is scarcely surprising that the public
Dnefuses to be cajoled into taking burn
interest In the Nicaragua canal in
pf the special American cable dis
(which byeak TIE records for
seriousness. The London
kndent makes passionate
<tWcen the present stage of
d that which existed at the
Ilhe Venezuela dispute and bitter
kaigns President Mckinley and the
Kate. Yet Lord Pauncefote has not
abled q word to the foreign office. Such
pessimistic and indignant cable messages
Is most Of the London dailies are receiv-
from their American correspondents
no responsive echo in Downing
i, where depreciation is freely ex-
~. 0f1 Ese cabed efforts to apprise
public Of how badly the sen.
" to be treating their govern
seign office officials, while
Eaty to be amended, were
ked at the size of the ma.
Served more than anything
their eyes to the fact that
ho truth in the cabled state
the railroad interests were
sponsible for the opposition ol
Ational jingoism had suddenly be
epidemic in the United States
nEists in the foreign Office a sant
sn OF the American objection!
ldsng the canal and not being al
I'D to fortify it.
Hecrimfnations In Parliament.
The 6rst session Of the new paria
ment. just closed, will ever be memorabl,
owing to the extent whereto personalitie
were introduced The deliberations re
ted In voting f16,O00,000 for war, ye
Awas almost forgotten in the flood o
pa| ~sttsnu defense which per
kss as It never dit
Of Westminster
tmay be said tina
E center of thi
but Of it little tn
ement of nepotsm
Salisbury's "Ceci
omplished nothing
crusade against cab
V directogships ha
designations Of sue
ed. Dealing wit
Srectator declare
like the Amer
out Of politics th
ministers.
/both this topic an
khe government of s
alisbury's relatives
hout regard to part
ILibkals appear satii
Impress on th
fion OF affairs.
Rstions, whic
hte lords into
be excommun
1. HeaIy is I'll
feature. tt
ii as by far II
list, while all IL
gree that period
Import lies ahead
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