The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-16
IN STA|D OLD ENCL.A AND.
People Wild Over Capture ef
Cropje and Relief Of La1ysmitb.
BOTTLED SENTIMENT
Intox cation Of Victory Makes The III
Fully as emonstrative as the
1mpre ssionablc. French.

London, March "a dukedom for
Roberts, an carldom for Kitchener and
a peeragc for Butler, thus say the proph-
cts already busy ut this occupation. If
only the marvellous wave of enthusiastic
rejoicing that swept over the country this
week could find its prototype in material
rewards, Lord Roberts and his fellow
heroes of the hour would all be made
dukes forthwith. The change that has
come over the spirit of Great Britain S
war dream can only be appreciated by
those who went through those long four
months Of uneuualed gloonliness and de-
preston and what are now freely admit
ted to be defeats. The scenes accom-
panying this change euualcd the widest
delight that ever gushed through impress
sionable- France--Toa certain extent
they were quite uncharacteristic of the
British race and quite put in the shade
demonstration that occurred in the
United States during the Spanish Ameri-
can war.
Had to BE- an Outlet.
1t must be borne in mind that Great
Britain had been scntimentally bottled
up SO long that there was bound to be
al outlet. Kimberley was relieved and
scarcely a stir was noticeable in this
densely populated United Kingdom
Lord Roberts, by excellent stately,
caught Gen. Cronje in vice and ami
hilated him and the nation said we'll done
with several degrees less fervor than it
would have made the same remark had
England beaten Australia at cricket. The
barriers Of British self-restraint and re-
Though hundreds went about their daily
business apparently complacent but in
their hearts We're dying for Il chance to
cheer and yell in sheer delight, it was
still Napoleons race of shopkeepers, plac-
id and eminently proper: Ladysmith was
relieved. Then came the deluge of de
sire to publicly exhibit rejoicing which
forms it took have already been de-
scribed in these dispatches. The long
casualty lists passed almost unnoticed.
Who cared for the dead except to sing
their praises? The intoxication of vic
tory, coming after months of reverses,
pervaded the length and breadth Of the
land. The cry Of Great Britain S mill
tary weakness, the rottenness of her ar
my organization and the menacing acts
of other powers was stil,ed and the tears
of those who had become widows or ia
therless because Of this great thing We're
only so much more incense to the tri-
umphant war god.
No Doubt About it Now.
Since the strife began nearly everyone
has said: ''.There is no doubt about the
result. We are bound to win But, it
was net until this week that a large per-
centage of the people could actually con
vince themselves Of the certainty of the
phrase so glibly repeated. Small wonder,
then, that the war is the sole topic of the
week. Some of the demonstrations quite
outdid those of the people of Paris. 1t
takes an effort of mag ination to picture
the ordinary middle-class English girl
marching bare-headed i, through the
streets, singing and shouting and waving
1000 male and female students of the
Kensington Art schools, the girls hatless
and wearing their modelling, gowns, and
the men in overalls, marched. singing
and cheering, to the Albert Memorial and
thence to Joseph Chamberlain's. house.
where Mrs. Chamberlain smilingly &C
knowledged the ovation and j. Austen
Chamberlain, the colonial secretarys ED
est son, made a speech.
Contem pit for the French.
At Col. Raden-POUell'S house they