New-York tribune., 1900-03-11
LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.
DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE PENS OF WAR
CORRESPONDENTS

London. Feb. 27.-"A little gray headed with
a very compact. well knit figure and resolute
look and very keen eyes" That Is the hero Of
the hour, Lord Roberts. the victor of Kandahar.
the savior Of Kimberley and the victor Of Paarde
berg. he IS described by Charles E Hands. writ
ing from Cape Town TO The Daily Mail" The
correspondent continues:
Everywhere I seem to come across him, and
& leSh at 4 him he passes and hurry back ; for an,
forget to cheer And Wherever he 5I oes with his
alert step and his grave strong look confident pur
looks SO thouehtfui: everything he does seems so
thoughtful, so well considered, part of definite
get glimpse Of him alone in a big office
put before him, am thinking. But he does not
porIant He Considers ii raPidg m et ba thenghfng t
gives decision and reason for it, and then, that
subject dismissed, remembers TO say something on
subject that is very close to the heart of every
Daily Mail, writer and every Daily Mall reader,
t@o- Lord Roberts is the man with the plan. the
man who knows what he is going to do, and is
ooIonists Who We're getting very anxious. are
me a5 ba5 Sgn & enet ler ore OF o en
lutte more real enthusiasm And see how they
regular colonial horse are being raised; as many
as are wanted can he raised Business at last.
seek an opgoFtqp4ty q & to get glimpse Of the
Ing at his work. l told be there $40 o'clock.
m TSs s at @ SsS % d and Ta 6d IN IN m @ Ga5er oes s
6 il is s 81 O'clock - begin qs to ?, doubt When e,n
O'Clock when door is opened and my is
called. | go into long room in which are several
great railway company and at each desk, bending
over piles Of papers sits high officer. And at the
end OF the room. a table which commands
view of all the rest Of the room and all the other
mn 6a e to uon pa pb lnb@ne an9 ne nsat
ness and oraerIiness of the srrangement of the
table. When he does look up he keeps his finger
where he left of begin to tell what I have to
say. He looks at me with very keen. bright gray
seems know all the rest, including that which
! had planned artfuly 10 lead up to- In ten words
something which he wants to know, hears what I
before have quite realized that I have Shaken ken
nanos ana ana sald good morning be Is bending down
point where he left off LORD Kitchener-for it is
ssen they h 5 o ba IN d m the
in the & midst Of e9mpaigp @ n. he is doing for him
5ungled J. At 4 for years in n times Of peace @ But he
and no one seems to have the Slightest doubt Il that
II will be very advantageous thing to do. And
many. down TO the merest subordinetes, are men
whom he ne n has trail tTained and tried himself at the
10 do what he wants
dhs R s has as Sir hdas h pto of z
Weetman Pearson or any other would DO If he had
businessiike business.
STORIES OF sPIoN KoP
When the last mails left South Africa the dra-
matte change which came over the campaign and
began with the relief Of Kimberley had not
dewned. All they knew that business big
business" afoot. Hence the majority Of CORE
eponcents have confined themselves hitherto un-
told Incidents of spion Kop while some unluckier
have only Just got their mailed descriptions
of that bloody affair into print The latter throw
light of any Importance upon the way IN
which the battle described in this correspond
ence, was fought, but Winston Churchill keeps up
his brilliant record by describing which
his busy pen unable to embody In the
many columns that came from him by the pre-