Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-25
ENGLAND IN NERyEp.
Terrible Nervous Tension In Great
Britain Prior to Receipt of Buffers

Ote.
London, Jan a5-The following ca
ble gam forwarded To an American
daily early this morning, before i:ul-
Hers note annoE ncing the capture OF
spionkop. pretty correctly stated the
Horrible nervous tension existing in
Great Iritiin. owing to the absence OF
news of the result Of Warren.s attack:
With not a single item Of intelligence
from the front To appease the wide
spread and breathless curiosity, at
midnight came the announcement that
the authorities had nothing tn COM
lmunicatet 70 the public. This suggested
lth.- idea that they had received some
thing intended only for private infor-
lmaton.
The state of nervous tension in Lon
don has been worse even than When
1.-The fate of Ladysmith trembicd IN the
balance. The tenor Of Gen Rullers
Edispatet has impressed the public gem
lerally With the belief that the success
or failure Of the whole relief movement
tdepends ON Warren's success OF failure
at Spion kop. SO all of yesterday ru-
Imors of the widest description pre-
vailed that LadNsmith had been re-
llisved that 1adysmith had sallen.
that the men of the garrison We're pris-
oners that Warren's force had been
cut up: that Warren had captured
Spion kop and what not The stock eX-
lchange aiternat ed between he most
I lexrayagant hopes and the deepest de-
spair Business has been practically
tnon-existent. The waiting rooms and
corridors of the war office have been
.throngsd and until far into the night
a great crowd was collected outside the
doors Lord Lansdowne. Lord Wolsn-
Hey and Mr.. George Wyndharn. parlia-
lnentarN secretary for war, never lef I
the building thruout Yesterday.
The prevalent tone of opinion in Lon
ldon IS pessimistic, for there is no need
lof an expert to tell one that a night at
tack on a Fertilization tnat lies abo. :
| any positions attainabe by the stormng
force must be attended with shocking
1loss of life, even il it be successful al
i.all. Warren is facing the Boer trenches
Fat distance OF 1900 yards. The inter
yening space is long. open slope. The
Inountain side is completely bare of GOV
err and SO much higher is the Boer po-
sition than the British that the attack
ing force can not see into the enemy
| trenches.
1t is pointed out that the want of ap-
prehension displayed in the news re-
| ceived from Roer sources during the last
| few days implies that they are self-con-
! fident, and suggests that Buffers uninl.
4 peded crossing of the Tugea river wa.
/ part of their preconceived PLAN thai
1 they mean TO present position practi-
cally impregna BILE. secured by u fore,
large enough TO flank the British fore,
| and cut off its retreat
| ON The other hand ii is urged that Gen
| Buffers frank announcement of his pro
/ jected night attack suggests that he, OF
! the ground on which he must fight i,
! sure of success: that otherwise Il,
! would not have announced his plan
4 In any case. the war office is blame,
for publishing the dispa tch. which coul,
not fail to throw the public into per
j feet agony of apprehension. There ar,
not wanting those who declare that th
dispatch is of the nature of ruse OF
| Buffers part. who desires to delude th
| Beers and lead them TO concentrate ol
Spion kop, while Butler makes his at
tack elsewhere. All these fancies an,
rumors. however. merely go to shov
the state of hystarical alarm in whicl
London finds itself IT is in frenzy L
compare With which the present genera
ton has seen nothing.
Ruskin Buried.