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BLAME FOR
THE DEFEATS
The Wreck of Buffers
Strategy.
ROBERTS BADLY NEEDED
Or. {. Benjamin Andrews Says a
World War Would Follow
British Success.

LONDON. Dec -, a. m.-The War
Office has taken advantage of the ear
lest opportunity for explaining thatth
appointment Of Lord Roberts as Com
mander in Chief is not intended as an
indication Of lack of confidence in Cen
sral Butler. Apologies are not needed,
since the crisis in South Africa is too
serious for consideration of personal
disappointments. General Butler cam |
not conduct the campaign in Natal and
retain direct supervision Of the opera |
tions in Cape Colony and.onSt Sthe west
ern border. General Forestier-Walkerl
has been acting as General Buffers
deputy. although his own department
that of COMMUNICATIONS, rsAfiires his
unremittihg Vigilance. and General
Warren ycanzoalx; represent him tenn
p0rafily But Lord lRoberts, the best
sofdfbr in the army. Us needed as Com
mander in Chief with Kitchener, the
best organizer, at the right hand, as
chief of staff and the Ministers have
put two of the best men where they
ought TO be.
The action OF the Government meets
with universal approval. General Bull
| Ter has warm friends who assert that
he ought not to have been set aside on
laccount OF Colonel Longs blunder in
| taking the guns too near the river. But
| there are two facts which they choose
To overlook. One is the repulse of Bull
ler's army with heavy losses at a criti-
cal stage of the campaign. The other
| a. ha lot rRawu1Krefe nf his
corps. which was expected to march TO
Bloemfontein and Pretoria. but Is now
scattered over South Africa and has
failed to accomplish any definite pur-
pose. There is a general impression
THAT the War Office has been conducted
in the interest Of what is known as the
"Wolseley gang and that it needs a
good shaking up. Certainly the selec-
ton of Lord WOlseley's rival. Lord
Roberts. the best OF all the Indian
fighters. is a rebuke TO the. Head
luuarters favorites. who have been man
Laying the campaign and making seri-
Gus mistakes.
Did Not Act on Inform alton.
sir John Ardagh. head Of the Intel
ligence Department. may have furnish
ed an accurate list of the BOer artillery
available for war, but the STAFF in that
case had acted strangely in sending in
ferior guns TO the seat of war when
there were howitZer batteries within
reach. The shipment OF the army corps
and all the details Of the transport on
shore may have been well managed,
but IL remains true that the Stan did
not adapt itself to the precise require
ments of the campaign with mounted
Infantry. remarkable for mobility, and
THAT the cavalry arm was neglected.
The new programme Of the War Office
calls for long range artillery and an
Unusually large proportion OF mounted
troops. The shaking up process has al
ready been useful. IL Is not necessary
, for Lord WOlseley's indiscreet friends
TO explain under their breath that the
Queen has been suspicious OF hiI
since refusal 10 20 10 Canada as Vice
ROY. and that Lord Roberts has been
sent to Cape Town in order 20 provide
f, the Duke Of COnnaught with a high
command in ireland. The best soldier
is needed for an emergency Of supreme
Importance. and the Queens Ministers
lhaye summoned him. heartbrOker
Though he f. from the loss OF his only
son.
World War Predicted.
| CHlCAGO. Dec. -t.- II bIedt B4il
= ain is ultimately successful in South
= Africa the Powers OF the world vii
o unite to resist successfully her advance
4 coalition Y fla be formed agains
70 British domination. and when this wa
E OF the nations comes, which side vii
, 1.-THE United States take? We must tax
one side or the other. That will be
= sad day for our Nation. Yet ! say VI
n never have got into q scrape vet tia
e we did not get out OF, and as propner
lic American I tell you we never shall
q The foregoing statement was mad
S by Dr. +. Benjamin Andrews, fOrme
e president of Brown University and nov
r Superintendent Of the Chicago publ
Il schools. in his address on THE War Il
e south Africa" az the Bethel AfricaI
Methodist Episcopal Churyh last even
ing. Dr. Andrews startled his hearer
by the declaration that internatiOna
war was inevitable and would fOllOy
~ the success OF Great Britain IN the BOe
? war He announced that rom the mo
e ment krugers followers SURRENDERED
n England necessarily would come d
.t conflict with the other Powers in car
rying out her plans Of colonization.