Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-12
VERY MYSTERIOUS
London Cannot Understand That
 Boer Invasion.
BRITISH ARMY WASTING AWAY

The Long Lists of Dead, Diseased and
 Wounded Is Striking Terror to the
 Heart of England-Norfolk's Ad-
 dress Stirred Up q Hornets Nest
 Memorial to the Gordon Highland
 CTS.
 London, Jan 12-History fails to furnish a parallel to the BOer invasion of Cape Colony. A whole month has elapsed since the republicans crossed the Orange river, and still Great Brit ain knows next to nothing of their numbers, whereabouts or doings. and still less Of the objects of the inroad. The only thing known with tolerable certainty Is that they are progressing southWard, over some SparSely inhab- 1ted tracts, where they escape ObServa- ton. Other large bodies are travers- ing the very heart of the colony. The only logical explanation seems to be the largely accepted idea that tue 1n- Sasion forms part of a great. organized scheme of that Napoleon Of the war, General De Wet, to strike terror into the British colony, which, uEquestion- ably, is nearly denuded Of troops, and, trust to the chapter of accidents to achieve such success as will enable the Boers to almost dictate the terms of peace. The halting policy of the invaders, however. seems to threaten to defeat their aims. and has enabled the hastily enrolled levieS of volunteers to occupy vital, strategic points, while there are some signs that the gathering - of troops in the rear of the burgherS is beginning to press them southward into the arms of the British moving from the seaboard.
 In the meanwhile disquieting hints are arriving of the alarming rapidity with which the British army is wasting away. The long lists of dead, wound ed and diseased bear out these stories while there are abundant signs that the troops at the front are becoming stale and discontented, the general ex- asperation at home is becoming more acute and the public is becoming quite skeptical of the competency of the gov ernment to get the country out of the wretched tangIe
 Seldom has there been such uni. versal condemnation of the utterances of q public man as greeted the recent address of the Duke of Norfolk to the pope, expressing hope of the restora- tion of the temporal independence of the pontiff. Bitter as have been the denunciations of the Italian press, the comments of the London newspapers have been quite as caustic- ''Nothing could be more contemptible than the Duke of Norfolk's behavior" says the Daily News. If the Italian govern ment had known he was visiting Rome for the purpose of protesting against their presence in their own capital, they would have been perfectly justi- fled in stopping him at the frontier. Not content with insulting the king of Italy and the people of Rome, his des- picable address also condemned the toll eration of Italian protesrants by the Italian government. It would be diff ficult for an English Catholic to sink lower"
 The memorial, to be used as an insti. ute by the Gordon Highlanders, at Aberdeen, which Mrs Forbes-Leith, for merly of New York, intends, at cost of 94,OOO, to erect to the memory of her son, Lieutenant Percy F Forbes Ieith, of the First (RoyaD Dragons who died of fever recently at Newcas, tic, Natal, recalls the fact that Fyvie castle NIrS ForbeS-Leith'S residence) is one of the many mysterious places in Scotland said to have curse which invariably falls on the eldest son o1 the house. For many generations the property has failed to descend in di rect line. and when Dufr-Gordon solo Fyvie castle to MT F'orbesLeith it was argued that the curse could not be transferred to another family. The death of the young subaltern at the age of %, however. has revived the su perstitions of, all Aberdeenshire. Mrs Forbes-Leith was formerly Miss Jan uary. of St Louis.
 United States Consul Church Howe of Palermo, who has just exchanged posts with c. NJ. Johnstone of Shef field, has found hornets nest await ing him, which he has been busily engaged in combating. During the in terresnum, the vice consul, who is { British subject, had undertaken to con strue the consular rules in such man ner that he imposed additional fees o1 exporters for affidayits, not heretofor' demanded. In q fortnight the vic consul created so much irritation tha inc chamber of commerce had to dray up q protest to Lord Salisbury request ing that it be forwarded to Washing ion. Mr Howe immediately counter manded the vice consurs rulings ant a speedy reorganization of the consu late>is anticipated.
 ..In spite of the large increase o American manufacture of cutlery, said MT Howe to q representative 0 the Associated Press, "there are som Sheffield articles we demand, and m. view of q consul's duty is to in ever. way facilitate the export trade. Shef field has been q point of more or les friction for years. but 1 trust I mak it reciprocally more pleasant for botl exporter and consult
 FRAMES SEVERELY PUNISHED