Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-08
DEWET WORRIES
ENGLISH OFFICERS
Are Disturbed by His Guerrilla
Tactics,
GOVERNMENT IS ATTACKED.
Liberals Present Solid Front Cham
berlain the object Of Their Ac-
rimonIous Auin,osit;.

London. Dec. S..-The assembling Of
parliament has supplied much needed
zest TO llfe IN England The mere
handful Of members known as the OPP
position started the attack upon the
government with such a united front
that the session, short as & will be
promises TO rival those famous debates
which marked the days when Mr.
Gladstone tried to force home rule
through the house. The spectacle Of
the entire liberal party concentrating
every personal and political energy
against one man keeps the nation
keyed up 20 a high pitch awaiting the
next move In the dramatic encounter.
If Mr. Chamberlain comes through
unscathed II viii be nothing short OF
marvellous,
UNANIMPTY OF LIBERALS.
No less interesting 20 the foreign OBJ
server are signs of the dawn Of unsn-
unity among the liberals Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman's arraigument Of
the government, which Is admitted to
was identical with that Of Lord Rose
berry Each Of these speakers adopted
the same tone and dwelt on the same
topics. Mr. Balfour and the Duke Of
Devonshire tainted the OPPOSITION lead
crs with their inability 20 speak for
their party as a whole; but these ut
terances passed uunoticcd and from
the benches behind Sir Henry Camp
bell Banuerman the constant hearty
applause betokened the birth Of better
concord an ong his followers Only
once during Campbell annerman's
speech was a note OF internal discord
heard 10 was when he announced that
the liberals unreservedly accepted the
necessity for the annexation of the
Boer republics Then one solitary lib
eral loudly shouted No. no. Turning
around Campbell Zimmerman dis
missed the obiector as being % no I'M
portance. with one Of the most scath-
ing retorts ever dealt out by a leader
| 20 a follower
DISTURBED OVER DEwET
The war office officials are greatly
| disturbed by the successful guerrilla
! tactics OF Gen Dcwet but they cherish
! the idea that he must soou cease To- be
/ dangerous, owing to his inability 10 se-
! cure new horses. Efforts are being
made To keep Dewet away from the
| Cape Colony frontier. FOR the war office
! believes be Is getting the bulk of his
| supplies from Cape Colony. and TO pre-
I vent him from securing food men and
/ horses. orders have been issued that
/ the BOer farmers be only allowed TO
/ buy small quantities OF provisions
sufficient for their own immediate
| needs.
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.
Some very frank opinions concerning
| Mr. Richard Harding Davis have been
| appearing In the English papers this
| week They We're called out hv a let
| ter In the London Times secured by a
| representative body Of ladies' in vari-
GUS nationalitles, resident at Pretoria,
! throughout the war. in which they
emphatically repudiate Mr. Davis
! charges referring 90 imprisoned Brit
| ish officers behavior towards women
| The Daily News coments on the sub
| ject as follows.
Several months have elapsed since
| Mr. Davis amazingly untruthful alle-
! cations We're published but the reIui-
| site contradiction. though long delayed
has come 70 hand az last Mr. Davis
| presumably wrote for the anti English
section OF the Americans though they
| should hardly have expected TO find
| Ohe name Of a prominent American
magazine Is here mentioned used as
a vehicle for this vulgar and coward
I ly abuse"
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