The age-herald., 1901-12-01

south African war will ask will be all together different. Why, they will de- mand, were not terms of honorable peace offered to this brave race, who made one of the greatest fights for freedom the world has ever witnessed? How, they will exciairn, could the English people remain silent nay cheer on that horrible work of the bloodthirsty ministry of the perfod? The crimes committed by the Tory administration in South Africa Is the darkest page in the modern annals of England. and will make the children Of the future blush that their projenitors could be guilty of such savagery. The North American Indian never did any thing half so fiendish.
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 Once and awhile some one writes a magazine article eulogizing our diplomat ic service as the most superb institution of the kind on earth. To all that know what the service really is realize the thing Is absurd Henry Labouchere, editor of Truth. belongs to the knowing ones. He was part of the institution years ago In Washington. In his paper this week he prints the following story which is only very little more than the whole truth: "A lady travelling abroad narrates the following experience. She had occasion to go to the British Embassy at a certain spot which shall be nameless to see the Ambassador, who, however, proved to be away with his lady at a neghboring health resort. The visitor asked for the first secretary, who, unfortunately, was on leave in England. The lady said that the second secretary would do as well, but he happened to be in attendance upon his wife who was in a hospital. Was the third secretary there? No, he was on leave too. The bottlewasher might be in perchance? No, he was shooting in England. The second bottlewasher? He, unfortunately, was an invalid, and rarely came to the Embassy. The military att tache2 He was on leave. The archivist He was fishing In Scotland. The visi- tor had heard of two junior secretaries, whose custom 1t was to transact their duties in company with pet bear. Did they happen to be in? Unfortunately, they were away playing polo. And the bear? Yes the bear was at home The visitor, did not feel equal to interviewing the bear single-handed, and left. Not for any consideration would l reveal the name of the Embassy where this inci- dent Is stated to have occurred. I may remark, however, that a bear is quite the last animal to which British interests ought to be conhded at this particular spot"
 A Paris paper has an amusing article upon the appointment of Field Marshal Lord Wolseley to be Gold Stick in wait ing on the King. After poking fun un- mercifully at the whole tribe of Imperial Gold and Silver Sticks, the writer says England Is the only country in the world, that, with a war on its hands which it Is unable to bring to an end make one of its foremost military officers a sort of upper servant in It's Kings parlor. Why" it is asked, did not the King of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions beyond the seas, put some noodle of a nobleman in the royal livery and let him perform the duties of Gold Stick, whatever they may be? One would suppose that the proper place for a field marshall when there was fighting to be done, was in the field This cut ting criticism Is just WolseleY is un- doubtedly a great soldier. To turn the old man into court functionary, even though it be high one, is little short of an indignity.