Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-11

NS"StteuSci ali unnecessary lIleuiSS~
the 'ery thing which Mr.. Balfour said
1t was Il Governments first duty to alb
stain from-and made war probable.
More than this, the Government is re-
| sponsible for the fact that. at the out
| set OF the war. we were without guns
enough for one army corps"
Sir Charles criticised the Govern
mcnts refusal OF capable colonial
troops. qualified 10 ride and shoot and
their acceptance, instead of these. of
10000 Imperial yeomanry."
or the latter, he said 1t had been al
legged that they were neither good
horsemen nor good shots. In his own
| opinion the yeomanry probably rode
| well enough. but there was II very
grave doubt as ito the shooting capa-
bilities of large percentage
| NEW COMMANDMENTS CHIEF. -
London. Jan. 1O.-9:05 p. m.-General
Lord Roberts. the new commander OF
the British forces in South Africa, and
his chief of staff. General Lord llitch-
ener. have arrived at Cape Town.
LOOKING TO ROBERTS.
| London, Jan. Ill Il. m.-DurinE the
| interludc OF apparent military mac
tivity and official secrecy, Lord Rob
crts and Lord Kitchener have arrived
| at the seat of war. 1t is assumed here
that their clearer vision, supported by
| $4,000 fresh men, who arc due to arrive
in South Africa within thirty days, will
alter the situation, and that the fourth
month of the campaign will witness the
! beginning of victories for the British
arms. Their presence will restore the
! shaken confidence of the men at the
front in their generals.
Lord Roberts finds 10000 men on the
| defensive. or watching for an opening.
| Lon lot
| the Daily Mail, has "brol<cn down."
and the field marshal may relieve him.
| Possibly some others will be relieved of
| important commands. There is GER
tainly plenty of rank in evidence in
South Africa. In addition to the field
marshal there are two fun generals.
four lieutenant generals and twelve or
| fourteen major generals.
DISHEARTENING CASUALTIES.
There is an easy suspicion that when
! the Ladysmith casualties arc an
nounced they will he disheartening, and
will partially destroy the patriotic glow
produced by General Whites vic
tory"
The list of victims of disease issued
by the War Office gives % deaths from
entcric fever and dyscntery in Lady
smith in four days. relieving the fact
| that the besiegcd are existing amid bad
| sanitary conditions.
SITUATION SUMMARIZED.
The Standard summarizes the general
| situation thus:
vel, the campaign has lasted three
months We have something like 120,-
600 troops in South Africa. With this
| huge army distributed over the coun-
try we are still powerless to relieve
| three garrisons from Investment We
have still TO see large portions OF both
colonies in the hands of the enemy.
| we have driven the invaders back
at no single point We are actually
further from the hostile frontiers than
we were on the day that the ultimatum
was delivered. The work which min
listers believed could he cfrcctually per
| formed with $4,000 mon has not been
| uonc, mas not even been begun by four
or five times that number Can any
one fail to admit that this; is evidence
| OF Il grave miscalculation of forces and
| facts?"
YEONIANRY CORPS.
! The War Office has authorized Il spe-
ctal yeomanry corps. Every trooper
Joining VIII pay for his own kit and
mount transport and for all other OK
penses until his arrival in South Afri-
ca, and Will then give his services to
his country and pay for tho privilege
into the fund for widows and orphans
the amount he would receive as
| trooper Several influential gentlemen
have already enrolled
The Times, in an editorial criticlsing
at great length the governments con-
duct of the war. alludcs to the Stupid
and perNcrse mistakes" that have been
made, and demands that the practice
OF the non-revelation OF facts be aban-
doned. 1t insists strongly upon know
ing THE truth, and The whole truth"
about the situation, and finds fault with
MT. i}alfour's defence pecemcal
SPANISH OFFER SERVICES.
London Jan. 1.-THE Gibraltar cor
respondent OF the Daily Telegraph
says:
Three thousand time-cxpired Span
isii soldiers from the Cuban war have
citered their services to Great Britain
IN South Africa The Governor here has
informed their agent that he is not au-
thoriZed to enlist foreigners.'
NATiN ES FOUGHT FOR BRITISH.
London. Jan. 1.-The Care Town
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle.
! tc!egraphing Monday says:
| The Bocrs assert that SO natives
| fought on the side of the British at
| krraman. They say their object in
| Capturing thc pace was 10 open the
way for commando to go south into
the Prieska and Konhardt districts,
where the Beers hope TO fnmcnt rebel
lion. II is reported that the Becr lead
ers allow every hursher to return home
one week out of every seven"
THE BOER NAVY.
Savannah. Ga Jan. 10.-A special TO
the Morning News from Atlanta states
that Captain Charles II. Hill, now in
ina; city. who WAS an officer on the
/ E,.ayiliar revolutionary crnicar N;iA.i..