Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-08
SITUATION IS SERIOUS.
Great Britain Finds Out that the
South African War is Far
from Ended.

more mOn0p0llZeS attention. The public
Is aghast at Gen. Dewet's recent success
at Dewetsdorp, whore he captured the
British garrison of 400 men and two
guns. is this guerrilla warfareT' tine
Liberia! papers ironically inquire.
~ ny, is asked Oh All sides, ARE these
troops coming home! The oyations to
the victors strike even those narticipat-
ing IN them as hollow compared with the
events Transporting al the seat of war.
Parliament not being III session. the pub
iic IS no. favored with any insight into
the opinions ana plan OF the war office
But IT is credited with varying ideas.
from phil0sOphic indifference To acute pan.
ic. y representative of the Associated
press interviewed one of the responsible
heads OF departments and elioited the fo.-
lowing views:
Undoubtedly the situation in South
Africa is serious. II resembles in mauy
ways Americas trouble with the Fill
pinos. We cannot expect to crush out
opposition for some time TO come. We
are not withdrawing troops indiscrimi-
nately, nor are we Indifferent to the gray
lty of the problem. The Household cav
airy has come because heavy cavalry is
Practically useless. The infantry. too. is
OF compare lively 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 dis
turhed districts into mobile cavalry and
mounted infantry. Second, through the
establishment of a police force Until
the latter gets i'll working order even the
cavalry will not be able to accomplish
much. The police force should be SINH
lar 10 the Irish constabuiary. only all the
men will be mounted. When that body
is organized / believe change will
quickly come over the situation.
Gen. kitchencr's Task.
The Canadian officers who returned
here from South Africa this week OK
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 Gen. Kitchen
or IS the right man to deal with the form
of opposition now faced by the British
in South Africa. Hardly any of the re-
turning officers expressed criticisms OF
Lord Roberts, even in the face of the
recent reycrseS. The general feeling to-
wards the field marshal is well put 10y the
Sun of this city. ]. says: Lord Rob
erfs is brilliant. dashing soldier and
has displayed consulnmate ability. But.
after all, we fear he is 100 much OF a
humanitarian for the work now to be
done. Once Kitchener gets TO work on
the Beers nothing will stop him.
pinos into London aud Paris The re-
port, subsequently denied. that Agoncillo.
Aguinald0'S agent in Europe. was con
templating going to Hong Kong to reor
ganize the Filipino transport and resup-
ply the kilipinos with munitions of war.
has given rise to the belief that the Fill
pinos in Europe are contemplating, Il new
combination.
Arms Struggled Into Manila.
4 representative of the Associated
press has interviewed one of the mos,
prominent members of the European
junta. who has just returned from Paris
and Madrid. He said: We are plan
ming no new campaign. There is no rea-
son why Agoncillo should 20 to Hong
Kong to give the Filipinos further sup
ply of munitions of war. The fact that
Agoncillo had just leased home il
Paris shows he intends to remain there
and watch events. The representative
" our commission at Kobe. Yokohama,
Nnc6a Batavia, Hong Kong and Bang
kok show they are all working we'll
This is also evidenced by the fact that
10000 rifles We're smugg!ed into Manila
last month. The war is no nearer an
end than ever. Our resources are great.
as can be judged by the fact that Aguin,
aldo is able to keep and continue to feed
over 5000 Spanish prisoners
We are deeply disappointed at the re
election of Mr.. Mckinley. Although our
agents i'll the United States never led IL,
to believe that Mr.. Bryan would ever
actively aid us. vet we relied upon the
strength Of an anti imperiaiStc policy in
the United States We are anxious for
peace and there are indications that Me
kinley favOrs compromise 1t is clear
that Judge Taft goes by his instructions
and that President Mckinley is prepared
~ give greater concessions than judge
Taft.
1T is true that large number of Fill
ipinos are looking to European coun-
tries. At least sixty are now in London.
The junta is prepared to wait until the
United States is tired of losing officers
and men by disease and sickness. We
hope and believe better times are in pros
pect.
Sir Thomas LiptOn's Plans.
Sir Thomas Upton recently has been
considering the proposal To send the
Shamrock |. into American waters for =
series of trial races with the shamrock
II. However, while he is anxious To
give the pew yacht every chance. he feels
pledged to the Glasgow exhibition com
mtttee to recommend the older boat in
the match which the committee has mr..
ranged to take place on the Clyde. and he
mas deGidGd to leave the decision TO
George l.. Watson, who has designed tj,n
new challenger for the Americas Gun
Therefore. it is improbable that both
boats will cross the Atlantic rs Mi
Watson only desired to see how the old
and new yachts compared. and he be-
hexeS this can be done on the CLYDE,
The only alterations vet made in thn
shamrock are to replace her corded
plates improve her sheer plans and re-
duce her draught Il inches. 80 improying
her chances under the new British rule
tpftparngi five but which viii nof now
be put into execution until The trial racr,
of the Shamrock III. have been sailed.
No RcccssionaI Needed.
Joseph Choate, the United States am
haS>ador. Thursday evening. n; H.
Thanksgiving dinner. given at the Hofr,
Cecil under the auspices az the Amerj-
can society in London. referred io,lllal.
ly TO "long-eared reporters" which eyi-
IDENTITY have not been discovered by the
English press 10 be as humorous ~ in.
tended, for the papers dismiss the sae,ch