Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-29

En9llSnmen Are trying for the Heads of Some of the War Officials-Grad- ual Removal of tie Social Barriers Is Progressing-House for Habitual Drunkards Secured at Glasgow. London, Dec 29.-NIiserablc, rain. fog :lnd dirt made Christmas week of evil l4emoly for Englant Depressing gloom, ln thorough harmony with tile WeotHef settled over the country. lie coasts were StrcWn with WreckS commerce Was ort CT joint and rhe Flbllc Was bitterly diSesting the criti- flsm of the British army The de- inand fer Major General Sir Henry E. CON lies fpSignatiOn. thrown as q SOD, only served to Whct tle rayenO;ls aUpe- l uf%S of those who are bowling for the responsibility of thp reyerSeS in SuHth
 Africa being brought hume to inGivid- uals. Mere heads are demanded. Where so many must Ee blaulal,lp it Is felt that thp selection of General Col vile i* woefully Inadequate. il not uu- fair. Indeed, ii is already said that had Hot the yeOnaury force at Lind ley. which Colvile failed to relieve, included some of the nobility anl other influential persons. C0lyile wCuld never have been recalled. The bitterness felt by these yp0nanry at
 scin2 compelled to surrender hpcuuse as they allcgp. COlyile refused to zen der the aid within lis power. has never l died out and il will probably result in one of the most interesting coTrtm;ir i tialS in tie annals of the British army, 1 upon the result of which will depend | the fate of several other high officers; i who have proved unequal to the oc- | caSiOn.
 l The liberal papers comment severely l on the acceptance by the war office of
 a contingent of Maoris from New Zea- | land. The Star says: The effect on the Dutch of tliS stupid blunder will be terrible. After declining to employ i Indian troops. We are taking a paltry { hundred Ma0ris This will not only 1 inluriate the Dutch. but ii will insult 1 the Indian troops. who will regard it | aS q declaration of their inferiority to l an inferior colorcd race. Go on. 0 1 government of mulGlers: even the gods could not save you from your own i inrincible folly
 However, there are signs of the dawn of that common sense. the lack 1 Of which the English critics so de plore in the military system. for til" cavalry now going out to South Africa N'-N
 line aud substituting rifles and sabreS.
 After over years fighting the author 1 jtjeS have awakened to the utter use 1 lessneSs of lanceS and carDineS. con l si(1ering that thousands of British sol ] tliers have never seen Boer uuflhs 1 the many engagements. While Great Britain is tied hand and
 foot to South Africa. the navy. which | is not escaping the wave of criticism. l is quietly increasing it's strength ana
 morale. Fer months both men and ] ships have been kept in an unusual ! state of readiness, and there are now 1 huil,ljrg in British yards no fewer than | eleven battleships nineteen cruisers l and fourteen smaller vessels tOta!nng 1 nearly 400 UU0 tons. These exclude
 vessels which have been tried but are ! unfinished.
 The gradual removal of the social l harriers which formerly restricted
 English political and educational llle i was never better inStanced than by l the apDointment this week Of Joseph | Owen to a fellowship at Oxford. SIX wears ago Nr Owen was a m1llhahd :; | Oldham. helping to support his poor
 parents. He attended at night the i university extension lectures and so
 m,1ch ability did he show that the lee
 trrers got up l fund and sent him to 1 tIt. great university. where. with hlS i wife, he settled down in q humble cot tage. He knew no Greek and little
 Latin. His first success came when
 he won the Brackenbur% history schol-
 arship, to the surprise of many learned | aristocratic competitors. Four years
 of determined uphill work passed and
 the final examinations drew near. On
 q position in these depended MT OW-
 ens's whole future. \ few weeks be-
 fore the ordeal his young wife died
 suddenly. Mr Owens's friends thought 1 it inDossiblc for him to accomplish anything. but the millhand's grit stood
 the strain and Mr Owen gained the
 coveted first class, with the degree. His aDpoiutment as extension lecturer
 quickly followed. and AIr Owen lee 1 tured where. six years previously. he had studied The climax in his career
 came this week when Pembroke col lcge elected Mir Owen, out of all the 1 OxoniQns. to the lucrative and honored l pest of fellowship.
 There are few original pictures of | General Washington in England, hence 1 the discovery of another miniature is 1 Interesting. It is by Sam Folwel and
 is dated 1791. Another by the same
 artist is now in the possession of the | IlStOr1cal society or InllauelDnla. ual-
 ed 179G. The new find is supposed to
 be an excellent likeness. It represents 1 Washington wearing q pigtail.
 | Glasgow. which the Christmas and
 New Year season, has made notorious
 for the drunkenness exhibited in its
 streets, has acquired possession of an
 old mansion house situated in de-
 serted part of Ayrshire. at a cost of
 6 GOO, where habitual drunkards will
 be sent for terms varying from three
 months to two years. The authorities
 hope to effect cures by making the in-
 mates do farm work.
 FIRE IN CHICAGO