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ENGLISH GENERALS BLAMED.
THREE GENERALS UNDER BAN.
They Are An Roasted by GeneraI
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London, April l9.--Lord Roberts crit.
icism VI General Butler, General Warren
and General ThOrnyeroft continues TO be
y topic Of interest. Ali Of the afternoon
papers commsnt at length on the stric-
lures Of the British commander n-elief
in South Africa, taking the same lines
as the morning papers and praising Lord
Roberts for his fTankness, and specuIat.
ing upon what the publication Of The dis
patches at the present moment portendz.
II is persistsntly stated in military cir
cles that Lieutenant General Charles War
rem, commander of the Fifth division Of
the South African field force, has been or
dered to return home.
some Of them maintain that there Is
nothing left for General Butler but TO re.
sign. The St James Gazette Is particu-
Larry scathing. Referring to General
Buffers report, it said:
Never IN the history Of armies did it
happen that generals scrubbed their con.
LESSONS of fault and defect, OF useless
deaths of men, and Of discredit 10 the
flag in a manner which suggests a care
iui selection from the joculAr manner,
the slangy language Of the horssman,
and the gable OF the smoking room IN
the evening
The Globe declares:
"A more pitiable record OF indecision
in plan and confusion in execution we
have seldom read" and add that what
little reputation General Butler had LETT
Ia ,..l - -.
Prom the Seat of War.
Practically no Developments have been
reported 30 far in South Africsn cables:
A dispatch from MsTenton, dated
April IL, says:
Finding that the Beers were busy
making new trenches, We exploded lyddits
shells, iollO@ing up thess with tbs Max
inns. The snsmys ambulance was after
wards observed on thu spot
From WsPsnar there Is nothing later
man Lord kobsrts message of yesterday,
and presumably neither side has gained
any particular advantage al any point in
the theater Of war since the last official
dispatches we're received
Colonel DAlgety's Losses.
Msseru, April l9--COlonel Dalgety :
casualties since he has been besieged AT
Mepener have been 20 killed ana lOC
wounded. The Boer losses are reported tc
have been considerably heavier.
After the night attack on April IL tine
dead were left on the field, where they
still lie unburied-
There is a conflict Of opinion among the
BoeT leaders. Some want TO attack again,
while others refuse TO do 30. DesulUory
cannon firing and "sniping" continues.
The Calendon is rising, which alarms
the Beers, who are now ON both sides Of
the nver and might be cut od if the
stream was TO become flooded.
Five Bosr guns are believed TO be dis
Ablsd.
Appeal TO the COI0aIsts.
Cape Town, April l9.-The Boer govern
menis are circulating the following mani.
festo to AfrikAndeTs throughout the Cape
Colony:
We feel that our fate and the fate Of
the whole Of Afrikandom lie at stake, and
we appeal TO you to stand and fight shout.
der to shoulder with US You can not, YOU
must not allow the tyrant to extinguisu
forever your finest traits Of character As 8
nation.
With you on our side the issue can moi
be doubted. We must conquer. God grant
that love for your country and your lib
er,y and the noble virtues of men truly
flee may induce you to join US in the hou,
OF our supreme struggle