The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-10
GOSSIP OF
!. L.ONDONERS
South Africa Again In
Front.
THE TALKAT|VE F|u|P|NOS
They Regret Bryan's Defeat But Say
War Will Go 0n--Lipton's
Yachts.

LONDON, Dec 1.-South Africa once
: more monopolizes attention. The pub
Tic is aghast at General De Vets re-
cent success at Dewetsdorp, where he
captured the British garrison of 400
men and two guns, as already cabled
to the Associated Press in detail.
is this guerrilla warfare?" the Lib
eral papers ironically inquire. why"
. Is asked on all sides, ''are these troops
coming homer" The ovations to the
victors strike even those participating
IN them as hollow compared with the
events transpiring at the seat of war
farllament not being in session the
pupllc is not favored with any insight
into the war Offices opinions and plans.
But it is credited with varying ideas
from philosophic and indifference to
acute panic. A representative of the
Associated Press interviewed one of the
responsible heads of departments and
ELECTED the following views: "Un-
doubtedly the situation in South Africa
Is serious. 1t resembles in many re-
spects Americas trouble with the Fill
lplnos. We cannot expect to crush out
opposition for some time to come We
are not withdrawing troops indiscrim-
inately nor are we Indifferent to the
gravity of the problem. The House
hold cavalry has come because heavy
cavalry is practically useless. The in
fantry, too, is of comparatively small
service. We rely upon two things to
bring about peace. First the trans
formation so far as possible of all the
British troops in the disturbed districts
into mobile cavalry and mounted in
fantry. Second, through the establish
ment of a police force. Until the lat
ter gets in working order even the .
cavalry will not be able to accomplish
much. The police force should be sim
liar to the Irish constabulary, only all
the men will be mounted When that
body is organized l believe a change
will quickly come over the situation
The Canadian officers who returned
here from South Africa this week ex-
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. Hardly
any of the returning officers expressed
criticism of Lord Roberts. even in the
face of recent reverses. The general
feeling towards the field marshal is
well put by the Sun of this city. 1t
says:
! Lord Roberts is brilliant, dashing
soldier and has displayed consummate
ability. But, after all, we fear he is
too much of a humanitarian for the
work now to be done. Once Kitchener
gets to work on the Beers nothing will
stop him."
| INCLUSION OF FILIPINOS.
! There is a noticeable incursion of
Filipinos into London and Paris The
report subsequently denied, that
Agoncillo, Aguinaldo's agent in Eu-
rope. was contemplating going to
Hongkong to reorganiZe there the
Filipino transport and resupply the Fill
ipinos with munitions of war has given
rise to the belief that the Filipinos in
Europe are contemplating a new cam
paign. A representative of the Associ-
ated Press has interviewed one of the
most prominent members of the Euro
pean junta who has just returned from
Paris and Madrid. He said:
J we are planning no new campaign
There is no reason why Agoncillo
should go to Hongkong to give the
Filipinos further supply of munitions
of war. The fact that Agoncillo has
just leased a home in Paris shows he
intends to remain there and watch
events. The reports of our committees
at Kobe, Yokohama, Macao, Batavia,
Honkgong and Bangkok show they are
all working well. This is also evil
denced by the fact that ten thousand
rifles were smuggled into Manila last
month. The war is no nearer an end
than ever. The Filipinos' resources are
still great, as can be judged by the
fact that Aguinaldo is continuing to
keep and feed 5000 Spanish prisoners.
We are deeply disappointed at the re-
election of Mr.. Mckinley. Although
our agents in the United States have
never led us to believe that Mr.. Bryan
would actively help us, yet we relied
in the United States. We are still
anxious to come to an understanding
and there are indications that Mr.. Nc
Kinley favors a compromise. 1t is clear
that Judge Taft goes beyond his in
structions and that Mr.. Mckinley is
prepared to give greater concessions
than Judge Taft. 1t is true that a
large number of Filipinos are flocking
to European countries A. h - 80
low in London but not
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