New-York tribune., 1901-10-12

THE PASSING THRONG

F. A. o'Farrell. of Butte Mont who has been
country Wednesday on the
STOCKS Oceanic. When seen az the Wal
DULL IN dorf-Astoria last evening Mr..
LONDON o'Farren said OF the present out
look In Great Britain: While
abroad spent the greater OF the time IN
land but put in several weeks in London I
found there that the City men We're much dis
taken the English stock markets. The Rand se-
coIites We're all in paralyzed condition
Whitaker Wrtghts failure had devastating
for the Americans Io5dnn This a !, not oeea
nave f been more melancholy place to live in than
hlled hotels and theatres and thronged Regent-st.
Ihepf h and Bo5dt Tarehogses Indesd they kept
Few people on our side either realize can con-
war has entaiied upon the trade and commerce of
Great Britain. In addition to the present ansmic
has come to an end in England. The first frs1s yeo
many haIdy regiments that went 70 South Africa were
English and Scotch middle classes, and almost
IN i6e la & I 6s boo efPe ~ ia h5 well ra Sas
was the spur that drove most of them TO South
u ds'Iaa soFS tasE On hs
o this c5s army ar ac no E3esn fans Is n6S G
experiencing extreme dificulty in securing the
right sort OF men for the task Of crushing the
Beers. From the present outlook her ability TO
put an end TO all resistance on the part OF the
Dutch is certainly open TO question.
While in London I heard many and strong de-
nuncatons OF the management OF the War Office.
and these criticisms came in great
ENGLISH part from supporters of the gov
CAUSE ernment Indeed. a kind of suIIen
HOPELESS despair seemed to have settled on
many. There at present not
more than fifteen thousand Dutchmen still in the
field yet England with army of something like
three hundred thousand. seems unable TO crush
those fifteen thousand. While there has un-
doubtedly been very bad generalshp among the
leaders IN South Africa and a woful lack of in
teligence of the rank and file OF the English
army. very much doubt that If a leader with
the genius of a Napoleon arose among the English
generals he could annfhilate the Dutch with the
force at his command and with the conditions that
would confront him Suppose fifteen thousand well
and sought refuge among the, them. familiar
mountain Businesses of Idaho. How many city bred
qutre 10 dislodge them? The English troops and
the Dutch are a wider contrast than this example
ern pioneer can eat. sleep and shoot on horseback
and woe 10 the enemy he entangles in his noun
tain defiles. and the Boer is his counterpart
Sable bride and girth
string and crupper and bit:
h shagry 3p 'Gn and r. esrabg n!9ls s,g sofTe f.,
Rugged and bearded face
Ragged old hat Of felt.
And a tight crammed cartridge belt.
Study that picture and you have the Boer to
the life. He seems wellnigh invncible, especially
against the class of soldier that England is send
ing against him. The saddest part of IT is that
this unhappy war must still go on, for the prestige
totally annihilating bringing the Boer 10 terms
This war has cost the empire already untold treas
has dotted South Africa with the charrsd and
smouldering ruins of what only few months ago
good Ijr,ni "a iOtSS ZINES vi people prosperous
hell and never has there been tr1ler exemDIifca-
ton OF that historic eptgram than you will find
can tell%'