The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-02

All Dny Long "A Final List OF Gas
ualties-sevcre Criticism In London o
the Ministerial Omcers-An Alarm
About Coal Shipments.
London, Feb. 1--6:40 p. m.-The st
James Gazette says it is reported OF
good authority that General Butler ha.
crossed the Tugela river at three places
and that fighting has been proceeding
alt day long.
The war office has no news of the
above mentioned lighting, but the news.
paper says that it has no reason tc
doubt the correctness of it's information
: although it has not yet learned the ex-
act positions which General Butler
seized.
The war office this evening completes
the list of the British casualties at Spion
Kop by announcing the names Of 215
missing men of various regiments, in
Guiding 1877 members of the Lancashire
Fusiliers.
During the absence of exciting war
news the nation and the newspapers
Au We llcu LILLE W ulSCUNGl Lie utter ldCh
of relation existing between the feeling
of the people and the temper of the gov
eminent, as demonstrated in parlia-
ment, where, instead of relieving the
grave anxiety of the country by the
declaration of measures which it is pro-
posed to take in behalf of the national
safety, the ministers continue to DEM
onDtrate their inability to grasp the sit
uation by beating the air with recrimi-
nations and chickering's as to the degree
of responsibility attachable to the re-
! spective departments of the govern
ment The disgust, almost despair, no.
ticeable on all sides is voiced by the
ultra ministerial organ, the Globe,
which says
'The heart of the empire seems par
alyzed, while its extremities are in full
vigor. Thus far only one statesman in
the front rank has struck the right note
and that is Lord Rosebery."
The announcement that firm of Car
diff coal shippers has contracted to sup
ply foreign agents with 100000 tons of
steam coal for shipment abroad has oc-
casioned genuine uneasiness The des-
tination of the fuel is not mentioned,
but as coal at present is exceptionally
scarce in Germany France and Russia
it is probably going to one of these three
countries. France is already replacing
her home deficiency by buying in the
United States, but the American ship
ments are intended solely for railroad
locomotives, and will not be used in the
navy. The vital interest which the ques-
ton has for Great Britain will be I'M
derstood when it is realized that Natal
is depending on Wales for coal for the
numerous transports that have gone to
Durham, because the colonial coal fields
have been closed by the war; 1t is
pointed out that it would be a good po-
1itical move on the part Of the Beers to
drain the fuel resources of Great Brit
ain in this manner and, in the event Of
sudden demands the British navy would
be perilously crippled by the loss of so |
much coal. Some of the newspap ers |
advocate the government placing an
embargo on such transactions in war;
time.
General Butler maintains silence as to
his future movements, but it is gener
ally supposed he is maturing another |
attempt to reach Ladysmith.
A letter appears to-day from a Hano
verian officer, formerly of the Twenty
second German infantry but now among I
the military advisers of the Beers which
says that nearly 10000 trained Europe
an soldiers, including 300 officers, are
among the Beers. Referring to the mil
itary situation at Ladysmith, the officer
says:
lowing to the strength of our posi-
tion on a circle of heights, like Sedan,
we cannot be brushed aside except by
a relief column outnumbering us two to
one"
Owing to the discovery that cotton
khaki is insufficient protection for
troops sleeping on the South African
plains, the government is starting to re-
,lothe the forces in the field with wooden
khaki and has already ordered $4,000
suits in Glasgow alone.