Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-11-05
PUBLIC WITH BULLER.
Indications of Change Of Senti-
rnent In London.
he Is REGARDED AS A sOAPEGOAT

| The Friends of Dismissed General
Making Him Out "A Hero and Mar
tyr-CampaiE In His Favor May
Force the Government to Reveal
Whole Story Of Natal Campaign.
1t would be impossible to eXaggerate
the intensity of the feeling aroused by
| the announcement Il few days ago OF
| General Buffers dismissal from the
command of the First Army corps and
his retirement on half pay. says the
London correspondent Of the New York
| Sun. Unanimous as was the condem-
nation of his appointment to the COM
mand of this corps, and scathing as
were the announcements Of his eX-
traordinary speech by practically the
entire press, the news OF his dismissal
brought to light Il great host Of his
friends who declare that he is martyr
to an intrigue second only to that OF
the Dreyfus case
One Of the strangest things Of this
controversy is that General Buffers
advocates, numerous as they are ana
including as they do people of every
class, from Lord Wolseley, who. Ct
course, is silent, and many officers Ut
the army down to the bulk Of the rank
and file of the army and practlcally
the entire country peasantry, are With
out any weighty support in the press
in London Only three morning papers
! in London. and they are Of the least
<l,n ism
eral, and they do so entirely for the
sake of making party capital out OF II
against Secretary of War Brodrlck
, and the government.
At the same time it is recognized Oh
t. all hands that the controversy may
possibly develop a serious aspect anu ~
will be almost the first topic to delllano
the attention Of both houses when par
S lament reassSembleS. The SERIOUSNESS
r with which the leaders OF hoth Iarties
d regard the, matter may be Judged by the
IS fact that neither Colonial Secretary
y Chamberlain nor Sir Henry Calnppell-
n Zimmerman has yentured to allude 10
q it.
n Sir Redvers Buffers most angry Dut
Is least responsible friends declare thal
d | he is the victim of the Cecil Khodes-
X Beit party. who have forced the gov
|. eminent to depose man who mas op-
i, posed and belittled them in South Az
rica. Others accuse Earl Roberts, lie
commander in chief, of taking Off the
a head of the most important OF the
Wolseley gang. The greatest number
perhaps, think that Secretary OF war
- Brodrick, alarmed at the cutlery against
the appointment Of General b"I =
made the speech of the latter an & =
10 cuse for dismissing him in order %
save himself.
IS Whatever reason they advance there
ia no question but that General Bull
ler's friends have made him great
popular hero. Demonstrations have
been made in the music halls. in one OF
which in London even Earl Roberts
picture on the boscope calls forth
n few hisses At meetings which nave
been held all over the country thefa
have been expressions of Confidence
and sympathy with General Buller, and
- many suggestions have been made
with a similar object, such as a mon
ster meeting in Hyde park. petition
to the king, the national presentation
of Il sword of honor. etc. Nothing more
clearly lnticates the strength of pub
1t / lie feeling for Sir Rcdvcrs Butler than
the fact thai in some few papers in the
country and in four London papers, in
significant though they are, Earl Rob-
erts. tie universal Idol, has been OPEN
10 ly attacked and his work in South A.
~ l-ca belittled in comparison with Bill.
lers Natal campaign.
y Since his speech at Adcrshot General
Butler has come to London and very
81 W lely kept silent, not showing himself
in public. His best friends are en-
n dea Vorlng to persuade him to main
tain this course, for in spite of popular
clamor it must be said that the ude-
J, nMnt of responsible thinkers NnI
n writer's uphods the dismissal. r.
: though Mr. Brodrick's mistake in m" ::
ing the appointment to Il great exturt
embarrasses them in supporting hin.
They. in common with the govern
ment, hope that the excitement will
blow over. But should Sir Redvers
Butler be unwise enough to allow his
, partisans to press his grievance too
hard it will certainly result in revpla-
| eAtA' w AiSh must NutlSt Il TtNuiSiOn or
feeling among those who have hitherto
worshiped him as a hero.
The whole story OF General Buffers
Nata! campaign has not yet been clear
ly exposed to the public. but it will be
laid bare mercilessy If the government
should find any marked disposition
among it's followers in the house of
commons 10 take sides against Earl
Roberts. The ultimate effect may he
that the British army VIII sustain Il
rude shock, but undoubtedly Sir Red
vers Buffers own splendid ear licr rec
ord will be irretrievably furnished