The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-13
ARE WEARY OF BOER WAR
ENGLISH GROW FRETFUL OVER
LONG-DRAwN-OUT STRUGGLE.
Firing Of Farms I'm Retaliation for
Shipping of Trains unfavorably
Commented Upon I'm London-En-
copyr1ghted BY the Associated Press.

Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. u.-This can hardly be
said to have been a lively week In En-
gland. for obituaries and funerals have
taken the largest space In the newspa-
pers. Particular groups had plenty 10
think about. Nevertheless, fnanciers have
been busy with the american loan, pol
iticians with the dying parliament and the
general election prospects. and society
with country amusements.
The way the South African war drags
out wears upon Engfishmen. and no news
would be so welcome as that some we'll
wisher OF the Transvaal had convinced
President Kruger that nothing In Europe
or China viii make Great Britain relax
her ever-tightening grip on South Africa
Everybody In the army, or who mas any
thing to DO with 1t In South Africa, wants
TO come home. and Is heartily sick OF the
whole thing. But. knowing that II must
go on to a finish. the dregs OF war are
having some bitterness. The plot TO KIN
the British officers at Pretoria Is taken In
England as showing the savage temper
OF the Beers. while the Britishers are re-
ported 10 be doing some things which are
provoking adverse comment In Great
Britain.
Thus the Standard prints Pretoria
dispatch, dated August 3. saying;
The Beers SHIPPED train at Bronkhorst
yesterday. on the line between Pretoria
and Middleburg. Two of its occupants
were wounded. In accordance with Lord
Roberts warning. all the farms were fred
within a radius Of ten miles"
Even the British papers say there must
be mistake somewhere. A couple or
Beers fire military train, perfectly with
IN their rights, as warriors, and every
farmhouse within ten miles In every d.
rection Is committed TO the flames.
Overaowtng with Americans.
England is overfowing with prominent
Americans, who dominated Cowes. and
are In evidence at every important race
meeting, and many OF whom are mem mem.
or Scotch places. w. X. Vanderbilt and
w. c. whitney have both been in Lon
don during the week.
to Bombay In October. to VISIT the North
tour of India
r. II, Burnham. the American scout.
Is visiting Rider Haggard in Norfolk.
The westbound transatlantic travel is
rapidly increasing. though the reports of
number OF cancellations. The cunard
line steamer Ieucania, and the American
line steamer 81. Louis, are both Allied
includes among her passengers Tod
Sloane. who hopes to ride the Suburban
winner.
Rnssia's New Policy.
Count Lamsdorff. the cars new foreign
gotiators as being one of the easiest, yet
one of the most difficult men to deal with,
because he so readily .apprehends what the
other side wants and why they want IL
His power OF projecting himself into the
aspirations and necessities of other coun-
tries II 80 uniform that he amaxes the
ambassadors by pointing out how "A
change In their design would be proper at
home. Unlike most Russian statesmen,
he believes In newspapers ana suggested
TO Count cassint the propriety of giving
fh.xaA ts.t~.w -
teresting interviews from time 10 time
that have been the subject OF considerable
comment among the diplomats at Wash
ington.
Y ATE most persons are complaining that
the prices OF everything are going up, the
royal academicians are dsmnyed By the
low prices their works are bringing this
year. There Ia long array of canvases
In the Burlington house exhibit from
which artists have parted company for
as low as ten guineas. and many other
works deemed of merit sufficient for the
Royal Academy. went for Is and so gum
cas-. The highest price recorded was for
Frederick Nerner's Bison $50 guineas
Roman Catholic Pilgrimage.
The preparations are almost complete
for the pilgrimage OF the Roman Catholic
nobility and clergy of England To Rome
during October The Duke Of Norfolk
aud Cardinal Vaughan will take part la
~. church periodicals believe the Pope
VIII take the opportunity to make an
important announcement I'm connection
with the English Roman church.
England Is still manifesting much IN
terest In the famine conditions in India
and the extensive tuor OF investigates,
made by the viceroy Lord Cruzon'
whether, as suggested by some pap.rs
the supersiitious and courteous indians
are sure 70 attribute to the vicernv's
presence the recent satisfactory rainfall
or not, II is pointed out that Il Is his
good fortune that the rains fell, and this
coincidence Is likely 20 add to his assets
as an Indian ruler
one of the Incidents OF the vteerov.s
trip was his trip to the Methodist or
phanaEe at Napadad. where 1000 children
VIII be fed and restored to their parents