New-York tribune., 1901-11-30
DESPONDENT OVER WAR.
CURRENT DISCUSSION IN LONDON NOT
HOPEFUL.
LIONIZING BULLER-CAUSE AND EFFECT
OF THE SLUMP IN SILvER-A
DINNER TO NURSES.
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London Nov. 30. 1 a. m.-There is more
philosophy than fact in the current discussion
OF the The monthly reviews contain COM
mentaries from various pens. and the daily
press has ceased TO be record of what IS going
on in South Africa. Sir Charles Dixie draws
analogy in The Fortnightly Review between
the British operations against the Beers and the
French campaign IN Mexico where guerilla war
fare suppressed by the abolition of trans
port and the equipment of mobile columns of
picked men Military men, while admitting the
force of the parallel, assert that the moral is
artificial. since Lord Kitchener during the last
year has been attempting to carry out the
French tactics used in Mexico, but has been
thwarted by the persistent hostility of a wary
foe armed with Mauser rifles and bent upon
firing out their pursuers. Sir Charles Dke's
ticle, like other military commentaries leaves
much unsaid about the real situation in South
Africa. while the Beers are as unique in guerilla
warfare as they were in defence in the early
stage of the campaign. There defects In
the British system now, as there were then and
these sources Of weakness help to explain the
prolongation Of hostilities Military get lit
tie information from the papers, but know many
secrets from the correspondence of officers in
South Africa. and familiar with the talk of
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Kitchener's officers do not cooperate well with
him with another and that there is
constant friction. with unceasing grumbng and
discomfort. There is growing feeling that
Lord Kitchener's talents for organization, so
conspicuous in the Soudan, have been a source
OF weakness and dissatisfaction in South Africa
General Butler has beer lionzed by his ad
mirers in the city. who have cheered him as
he uere nd
ington The dinner tonight promises TO be of
sensational interest 1t is whispered that
he will make q virtue of discretion and avoid
Incorporate language. but Will quietly lay stress
on the fact that the War Office has refused TO
grant his reasonable request for the publication
of the text of his famous message. The Hyde
Park Butler meetings are announced as non
partisan, but few politicians believe that the
Butler affair can be kept out of politics.
The fail IN silver threatens to cause depression
in the Manchester cotton trade by diminishing
export to China and India. It is attributed to
/ heavy sales by American snlelters seeking to
force a powerful combination. rather than to
premature rurnors that the Chinese Govern
ment will dump an enormous quantity of silver
on the European market in meeting the first
irstalment of the indemnity. Indian trade is
however, favorable, and, with the rupee nonli-
nally on q gold basis Manchester alarmsts are
hardly justified in forecasting anything more
than temporary furry.
The British delegates to the recent Interna-
tional Congress of Nurses. Buffalo.
tertained yesterday afternoon by the Society of
American Women in London They have come
home with much valuable information. which
they intend to put 70 practical account. Ameri-
can methods of training and hospital manage
ment generally were found to be superior TO
English and the system in vogue in Johns
Hopkins University, where the nurses ere
taught domestic science before being trained
in medical knowledge, received high commenda-
ton. / N r