Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-01
# VETS VICTORY EXC|TES
The Wonder and Disgust of the
 English People.

the Two Shamrocks-C Choate's Joke
 Caused Offanse.
 London. Dec 1.-South Africa once more monopolizes attention. The pub lie is aghast at General De Vets re cent success at De Wetsdorp. where he captured the British garrison of 4Go men and two guns. ''Is this guer rilla warfare?" the liberal papers ironically inquire. Why" is asked on ali sides. ''are these troops coming home:" The ovatons to the virtors strike even those participating in them as hollow compared with the events !rarspiring at the seat of war. Parliu- ment not being in session. the public is not favored with any insight into the war offices opinions and plans. But it is credited with varying ideas. from plIilosophic indifference to acute panic. \ representative of the ASSo- Eiated Press interviewed one of the responsible heads of departments and elicited the following views:
 'Undoubtedly the situation in South
 
 many Mays America's trouble with the Filipinos. We cannot expect to crush out opposition for some time to come. We are not withdrawing troops indiScriminately nor are we indtffer ent to the gravity of the problem. The Household cavalry has come home be cause heavy cavalry is practically use less. The infantry. too. is of com paratively small service. We rely upon two things to bring about peace. First. the transformation so far as pos sible of all the British troops in the disturbed districts into cavalry and mounted infantry. Second, through the establishment of q police force. Until the latter gets in working order even the cavalry will not be able to ac complish much. The police force should be similar to the Irish con stabulary, only all the men will be mounted. When that body is organ- izad l believe q change will quickly come over the situation
 The Canadian officers who returned here from South Africa this week eN- pressed no surprise at the renewal of Boer successes. They only wondered that they had not been greater. The Canadians, however. are unanimous in expressing the belief that General Kitchener is the right man to deal with the form of opposition now faced by the British in South Africa. Hard ly any of the returning officers eN- rISSed criticism of Lord Roberts, even in the face of the recent re verses.
 There is a noticeable incursion of Filipinos into London and Paris. The report. subsequently, denied. that l Agoncillo. Aguinaldo's agent ill Eu- rope. was going to Hong Kong. has | given rise to the belief that the E'ili- | pnos in Europe are contemplating q new campaign. A representative of 1 the Associated Press has interviewed | one of the most prominent members of | the European juntu. who has just re- | turned from Paris and Madrid. He said: We are planning no new 1 campaign. There is no reason why | Agoncllo should go to Hong Kong to | give the, Filipinos q further supply of | munitions of war. The fact that Agcncillo has just leased home in | Paris shows he intends to remain | there and watch events. The reports | of our committees at Kobe. Yokohama. Maco. Batavia. Hong Kong and Bang
 1ok -shcw they are all working well 1 ThiSis also evidenced by the fact that
 10000 rifles were smuggled into Ma | nill last mouth. The war is no nearei | an end than eyer. eThe Filipino re l sources are still great. as can Dc judged l by the fact that Aguinaldo is continu-
 ing to keep and feed 5000 Spanish i prisoners. We are deeply disappointed at the reelection of Mir Mckinley. Al though cur agents in the nltcd Staja'
 never led us to believe MT Bryan Tttoult ,t actively help Us. vet vc relied on rhC
 strength of the anti-imperialists in ths i United States We are still anxious to come to an understanding. and there
 arp indications that MT Mckinley fa
 yors q compromise. It is clear tia Judge Taft goes beyond his instruc
 ti0ns and that Mckinley is preparet
 to give greater c0nccSSiOrS than JudgI
 Taft. It is true that d large numbe
 of Filipinos are hocking to European
 countries. At least sixty are now il London, but not with the idea of ra
 newed propaganda. The junta is con , tent to wait till the Americans ar tired of losing officers and men ID.
 deaths from sickness. We hope an'
 believe better times are in store. 's
 Sir Thomas Iipton. recently. nG . been considering the proposal to Sen' , the Shamrock I. into American wa ter
 for q series of trial races with til F Shamrock II. However, while he i
 anxious to give the new yacht ever. , 1 chance he feels pledged to the Nilas ! gow exhibition committee to race til
 elder boat in the international mate. which the committed has arranged t
 take place on the Clyde. and he ha decided to leave the decision to Georg l.. Watson. who has designed the ney challenger for the Americas cUl Therefore, it is improbable that bot boats will cross the Atlantic. as M Watson only desires to see how tn : new and old yatchs compare. and Il 2 believes this can be done on the Clyde
 Joseph H. Choate. the United State ti ambassador. Thursday evening. at th l Thanksgiving dinner given at til 9 Hotel Cecil under the auspices of tli r American society in London. refeSre e jocoselv to .long-eared" reporters Q which has evidently not been consit = cred by the English press to be as hI r morous as inntended. for the paper ..] dismiss the speech with. a few line t The Pail Mall Gazette, says: N
 Choate was. na turally.e jubilant Ia.
 night as Americans always, are e
 Thanksgiving day. There is no fals
 modesty about them. They have Il, -J written their Recessional yet. and ], any, poet were to oblige them with or l T 4 r.x.-