Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-13
ENGLAND IN the TRANS WAL.

ENGLAND nv the TRANS vAAL.
The War of Roses lasted thirty years.
and men who were undreamed of when it
broke out, were born into the world and
attained to a fighting age in time to par
ticipate in the contest before it closed.
For ten long years the Greeks laid siege
to Troy and only succeeded in capturing
the city by working off the joke of the
wooden horse upon the unsuspecting
Trojans. The chief result of that VIC
tory was the birth of the now popular
saying-'That Is a horse on you!" In
later times, with improved weapons of
warfare, the duration of wars shortened,
though as late as t%hirty-five years ago
or hope if a onfic lasted from four to
six years.
The later invention of machine guns,
however, and their use in the Franco
Prussian war, cultivated a public taste
for more rapid work in reaching the
conclusions of an international conflict.
In this world Of push and energy, and
constantly accelerating speed in bust
ness affairs. a wal that cannot wear
itself out in the course of six months
or a year produces a feeling Of extreme
For this reason. it strikes the average
man of affairs that the war in the
Transvaal is abnormally long, indicating
that something is wrong. Had it taken
place one hundred years age, the world
would have betrayed no uneasiness over
the affair until it was at least ten years
old, and it was time for another set Of
combatamts to enter the ring.
But in this rapid age, Great Britain
finds itself the object If ridicule and
abuse because it has failed to tame the
fiery Beers in a couple Of months. There
are all sorts Of talk about the defeat of
h crown, he intervention of Europe,
and h glory of the P~hoenix-fixed re-
public Of Dom Paul. A few set-backs,
due to the dude generalship of the Eng
lish armies, are looked upon as inalities
in the history of the war. The sequel
will show that hasty conclusions have
been reached. English reverses indicate
nothing u a failure to comprehend the
natural advantages possessed by the
Beers.
When Great Britain awakens to- thu
necessity of offering it's armies with
practical men. rather than with the dude
descendants of the nobility, victory will
be easy of attainment. The Beers are
firmly entrenched in positions Of such
Typographical advantage that they can
not be dislodged by assault. As thu
Inter Mountain has maintained from the
outset, less bravery on the part Of the
British and more strategy n tactics
would be productive of substantial re.
suits. The alliance with Portugal OUCH
to enable the English to cut off from
the Beers their foreign sources of sun.
plies, and finally put them in as com.
plete a state of siege as is L.adysmitt
at the present hour. AS soon as thu
British fully awaken to the oharacte,
OF the warfare they have undertaken
they will doubtless adapt themselves +,
the situation n wrest victory out q,
the preliminary defeats that have over.
taken them.
In the meantime, despite the random
talk of the press, there is little DANCE
OF European interference. None of tn,
great powers are seeking for a pretex
to disturb the peace of Europe, and few
care to seek a contest with Great Britai,
when 1T can in honor be avoided. Their,
is less sympathy for the Kruger rams,
throughout the world than his adherent
IN this country are willing to admit. I,
the United States sympathy for tn,
Beers is Systematically cultivated for
political purpose. preparatory for tn
scandal which is already in soak for us
In the coming campaign that the repub
fican party is trying to effect an ALI
ance between the United States an,
Great Britain! AS the democratic part
must necessarily depend upon prelude
for an issue. the Boer movement afford
an opportunity for 1t to propagate viru
for campaign uses.
There Is nothing. however, discourse