New-York tribune., 1900-01-31

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and the Independence OF the two republics. would
enable the latter to cooperate cordially with the
colonies In promoting the welfare OF South Africa
| The High Commissioners Of South Africa. with
| one honorable exception. have acted on very dif-
ferent principles for the last twenty-five years
Mr. White then reviews the administrations OF
several High Commissioners beginning with Sir
| Barte Frere. who was induced to accept the post
/ In 1877
The appointment Of Sir Alfred Miner. the present
/ Commissioner. he says was greeted by perfect
| chorus Of approval. though here and there was
! heard a dissenting voice, urging that "he had
proved most capable official and administrator
| In subordinate position, but It was doubtful
whether he fitted for position OF such re-
| sponsihility and power that involved in the
High Commissionership." Mr.. White contends that
Sir Alfred Miner. by the he has pursued,
has amply justified the doubts expressed by these
dissidents Speaking OF Sir Alfred Miners career
Mr. White writes as follows:
Sir Alfred Miner has had magnificent opportuni
ties Tor doing benehcent imperial work In south
Africa. But. instead OF using his great infuence
h,a Ismovng the dStTgst and ~ unrest res csS m So1n an
plomacy Of Mr.. Chamberlain after the raid; IN
Gus and rescsIonary orEsnizstieRs ike the south
African League: OF which Mr.. Rhodes is the prssi-
dent instead OF ignoring and discountenancing fhs
snfd EFFORTS 5,ro.d Of the v Ga % R0 m apDe %a
to have Tttii2aS ali those banefnl forces FOR the
purpose Of Bringing about this disastrous in
which no man is able to foresee-
FROM BRITISH POINT OF VIEW.
General Owen says that 'ths Boer strategy has
been excellent" and ''in military intelligence
they have shown first rate organization They have
taught US lesson in the OF heavy guns OF
position. which they move with comparative ra-
pidity in the field. Rapid firing guns OF small cali
bre OF most recent pattern are largely used often
with terrible effect Their artillery has been well
handled. mostly by their mercenartes. but the am
munition used has been very defective"
Speaking Of the British strategy. General Owen
hat is 7cllt o 81
ing the exact reasons debating departure from
the original plan. but It seems to him that II
would have been better to have carried out the first
plan at all costs. though one army corps would not
have suficed- The Intelligence Department. he
says has not been successful
Captain Hoenig takes the view that ''England's
first mistake consisted in the fact that her political
and military action, which were evidently both IN
tended to bear an offensive character. did not keep
pace with each other Captain Hoenig estimates
the Boer forces at not far short Of sixty thousand
men, and he figures that the English forces in
the field must at the very least reach the total or
one hundred and twenty thousand men II England
is to drive back her antagonists by force OF arms
and dictate peace at Pretoria In addition 70 this
large force about forty thousand men Will be re-
| quired In Natal and in Cape Colony for minor
eventualities. well for the protection OF the
railway lines. etc"
AN AMERICAN GENERALS VIEW.
General Howard briefly reviews the campaign up
to the time Of General Buffers first attempt TO
cross the Tugela River. Viewing the situation as
| it then stood, he says Lord Roberts must choose
one of three lines OF advance so soon as he has
/ enough to work out decisive movement
/ Dwelling upon the military problems before the
| new conrmander-in-chief Of the British forces In
| South Africa, he says:
WIN take the Dgr9sa pan ns5 5sT + + the !. shCEts ea
| ana has the best Boer troops TO defend it.
Wnl he choose the line throusa the OraIks IA 80
So1ev.r to clear those cross always and secure
sy fhs 'SRy Saas te eeSa S ins Rs HON
via Mid6ssoprE 70 De Aa5 as sS ne Could 20
forward rapidly. repairing the western rs5iroad
;ssn aSSS' crush Rs con. nj oTc s d
at once break across eastward 70 tne s5s n
Pretoria fs9 Ia" OF course JOubert would retire rom
fTa Wbss Pa4 Force of 500 and press along with
there to oppose his threats against Johanneseqrg
defeat deS Of cron5e. JoubeFt and his staaEt Pss
dent did not make peace Ro0s5y tSgrs wUSd anS %
another the last one. at Johannesburg.
THE DUTCH IN SOUTH AFRICA
Mr.. Gust. who writes on The Dutch In South
Africa" says in paragraph:
qSsaRd 6s y1sss s 6 sp s tsnt creed Is 81 teS Ra a
is the conquerng tyrant Of free nations Yet i ls
sends troops to the front from Canada, and II Is
Dueen an f6s Cane TO-DAY. Formulas grow mean
fngiess bv repetition, but what truth they carry
Is Unbalanced. When England claims equal rights
vhat IN practice proved true. that
In Cape Colony and Natal and HhOdesta- the BOer
stands on exactly the footing with the Eng
nSh- born; and more, that In no EnglSn colony OF
the world has the prOudeSt. richest EnglShman o18
lonely political or commercial advantage over ths
humblest and poorest foreign immigrant
VIGOROUS BoER sYMPATHIZER-
Dr. voigt concludes his interesting article
THE Afrikanders in Natal with the following:
The largest army which England has had
the battlefield in South Africa-over twenty thou
sand men. horse. foot and artillery with powerful
guns from British WarshtpS and with iyddtte shells
10 help them-has been hurled back from the Upper
losing thousand In killed,
wounded and prisoners, and also eleven guns.
On the Tugea, where the fathers died IN 1888. az.
and south of the Tugea, are the sons, now on the
18th Of December. 1899.
They are there with Lucas Meyer: with Louis
Botha, whose mother was in the lager the
whose father Outlawed and prescribed by the
British Government and went across Drakensberg.
in 1872
ground the great Drakeusberg Mountains, where
the snow white everlastings grow. their top
most peaks above the clouds.
to bury his dead-on the 10th OF December-to bury
his dead in the very ground where rest OF the
bones OF the murdered Voortrekkers-
LONDON and al Durham and Cape Town. God has
avenged Slachtersnek instead
REVIEW OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Colonel Albert L. Mills United States Army Su-
DerIntendent Of the United States Military Academy.
win review the 7th Regiment. N G. N Y. at ths
arunorv Tuesday evening next A