The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-14
JEALOUSlES AND DlSLIKES
ERNST AMONG GREAT BRITArN'S
GENERALS.
gnsBnity Charged 10 Mcthuen--HaIier
Despises Roberts. aud N.uisc'e, Is
Not PIcnscti with Field Marshal.

tcopwiEhted 1900, by Associated Prose)
London, January 13.--The time has
come when the people OF Great Britain
no longer keep silent regarding tho ms
management of the war. The Hood ga,cs
of criticism have been opened and under
the stream 81 adverse comment pouring
forth, regulations are willing. The stern
upbraidiug OF the government by papers
that almost for a century have been cou
seryattye has already been touched upon Ia
these dispatches. Abuse OF the war office
has always existed and now 1t Is Onl}
few degrees more hitter than it was
before What chiefly marks tho passing
Of the British from a period Of passf'--
discomfort 40 most severe fault finding is
the outspokep abuse of their senesiis in
the field There are ppPleasent stories
Of herce strvlce jcalousics and, IN Rshgrt
all me arfnsss. shorteomings, which hctc-
toforeN have Abcen secretly whispered In
crbs are this week finding their place in
print aud not in disreputable Journals,
| but in organs that month ago would
have hercefs~denounce such tales as un-
| patriotic, whether they were trGe or
otherwise.
! II is now we'll known that General Bull
Ter dsspises Field Marshal Lord Roberts
and hates General Lord Kitchener; thai
! Lord Wolselcy the commander In chic
sharfs General Buffers feelings aui That
/ Wolselsy Is scarcely on speaking terms
with The secretary Of state for war. Lord
/ l.ansdowne To such fragrant extent
/ does this epnlity 30 that Lord Woiroicy
wrote 20 Lldy Ruler that he knew 10th
ing about Lord Roberts appointment 10
I command the British troops in South At
I RIGA and that he disapproycd Of Il. With
these obstacles the conditions OF aifafs
between army officers viii constitute a
stmpendous drawback 10 the success OF
the British, Ore paper usually well IN
formed on service matters declares 1t n
4 quite likely that General Butler VIII throw
up his command and come home and he a
thorn In the side Of the government Tha
is probably an exaggeration, but u Is ad-
mitted on all sides that be Is likely &
make himself as dlsagrcesble as possible
1 TO Lord Roberts.
AS II this was ROT enough " Is Openiy
oaid General Lord Methuen has gone mad
that his mother died insane and tina, all
his life he has been afraid he might share
her fate. Hence. II is added his unceIs-
ing restlessness. only this week a high
cavalry Df0ceT returned from Nohtn Al
rica with complaints against Lord Me.
ihuen. that the general. during one of hi'
first actions. had ordered him to advance
with cavalry. and that upon the colone
sending the general word that his horse
and men we're too exhausted to be phys.
ically capable OF doing so. Lord Me-
fhuen Is reported to have said well
you had better go TO hellV' The office
to whom this remark was made has cons
home demanding trial by court martial
But II is probable that he Will not re
. IL, as he has been slated for anothe
command.
General White. General Gatacre. Cen
eral Ciery and General French all com
! in for their share OF abuse. and there !
evidence presented that the senior gen
erals are divided againut themselves
How all this will end " the eampaigl
dTags on much longer without seriou
change for the better no one can tell. Tn
resignation Of Lord Wolseley would 10
surprise those who are cognizant Of III
inner workings OF the war Office. A gres
! victory would probably quiet the feeling
Of discomfort till the day OF reckonin
, In parliament arrives But lacking tina
! there seems probable 40 uphesyal whie
, todes ~ for ne government the war NJ
rffcs and some Of the generals IN the fsl'
) for these rankings are current. nor 5
:, much among tbs lower sensatianslorin