New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
FIGHTING OLD BATTLES.
,r CRITICISM OF BRITISH POLICY
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
.,op.rITY PLAYS AT CHARTER HOUSE
THE VICTORY OF SHAMROCK II.


THE VICTORY OF SHAMROCK II.
,cOoyrtght: 1901: BY The New-York Tribune)
by CABLE TO THE rRIBusE.l
don July IA, j a. m.-The war in South
20 cannot be finished by fighting the battle
NIlokfontein over again day after day In the
press
,,sutenant Hern. who was expected to make
.or.ant disclosures on his arrival from the
a-.e has disappointed the critics. for he has
-, himself a discreet officer, and not a
".r,,lous marplot. His statement that he made
,uu report TO member of Lord Kitchener s
-. raspecting the incidents witnessed by him
V1akfontein serves to convince the War Of
a.. that the general in command mad good rea-
-.,s for not exaggerating the importance Of the
charges OF atrocity.
The military journals are finding fault with
.,s British methods Of waging war as absurdly
,,a unischievously habby, and are asserting that
a. Is almost ludicrous that Lord Kitchener
,,ould feed refugees and women and children.
sna thereby relieve the Beers from the urgent
rsoessity Of surrendering in order to support
,beir families. They forget that the clearance
q the Dutch territories would have resembled
,be Spanish operations in Cuba il the families
hsa been rooted up from farms and left to per-
ish from starvation.
The main point is whether Lord Kitchener,
zithout being inhumane, is succeeding in
emptying and exhausting the Boer districts. and
swearing out the resources of guerilla warfare
by constant hammering.
Evidence that the clearance of the large dis
trlets has been thorough, and that the British
operations have not been impaired by senti-
mental considerations, is direct and conclusive.
Lard Kitchener is doing his work in his own
way and set lines, but is not repeating Span
ish methods in starving women and children.
There was a remarka BILE dramatic perform
snce yesterday in the quadrangle of the old
Charter House, sacred to the memory of Thack-
cray and Colonel Newcome This was the open
cir production of the two oldest Morality plays
IN English literature. One entitled Every
Man." and based a text found in the
Hurary Of Lincoln Cathedral, and the other was
passage from THE Sacrifice of Isaac" taken
from one OF the Chester series OF Miracle plays
These Morality plays were staged with SIM
plicity. costumed from early XVth century
tapestries and from Holman Hunts Oriental col
lection and enacted with dignity and force un-
der the direction of William Poel, the manager
Of the Elizabethan Stage Society. About twenty
characters were inpersonated in the two plays,
ard the lines were recited with clearness and
seryor. A large audience witnessed this unique
entertainment the site OF the old Carthusian
Monastery, and was impressed with the dra-
matte force OF these medayal dramas, designed
originally by the monks for religious and di-
6actic teaching, but marking humble begin
aing Of English literature in the theatre.
One OF the prettlest weddings of the season
that Of Arthur Colefax and Sibyl Halsey,
at ST. Pauls. Knghtsbridge, yesterday. II was
choral wedding with a page in pale blue
holding the brides train. and with six tall
bridesmaids, among whom were daughters Of
Mrs Humphry Ward, Mrs. ". c. Clifford and
Mrs Arthur Parrish. Among the wedding
gussts al the church and at thu reception at the
hcns of the brides father, William Stirling
Easey, in Stanh 5pe Gardens, were many ar
tsts. authors and actors.
The continued Success of Shamrock II in
beating the previous challenger revives interest
IN tie Cup races Yesterdays trial was thor
ough one in windward work, and the superiority
Of the new yacht was unmstakable on every
point Of sailing. Sir Thomas Upton and the de-
signer are delighted with the results of these
preliminary tests and are confident that after
The unprecedented run Of bad luck, the yacht is
now tuned I'D to win. N F.