New-York tribune., 1901-10-28
AFRICAN WAR POLICY.
,ru.T WILL BE Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN'S
sEvERER MEASURES?
DUKE OF ToRK's WELCOME HoME-PRo-
POSED WAR INoUIRY-ToBACCo

FIRMS RETRENCHING.
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lRY CABLE TO THE rRBuxEl
london. Oct. 2s, l a. m.-To-day's Cabinet
c,uncil will have peculiar significance in view
!. Nr Chamberlain's threat TO adopt severer
assures against Cape Colony rebels and Boer
ruarilla bands. II is more than probable that
.bs Colonial Secretary's proposals in regard 10
~. war viii be adopted by his fellow ministers.
ga already people are wondering what the
.,,,srsr measures are likely TO be. Many peo-
,,s Conservative as we'll as Liberal, imagine
-, the treatment of captured rebels is just
.ou drastic enough and that more thorough
,,,cv would not be altogether advisable. The
ro,srnment, however, are we'll aware that the
vinr Is extremely anxious 10 bring hOstilties
. close before his coronation day. and II is
o.rtsin that the Cabinet will approve any
s.bsne proposed by Mr.. Chamberlain. on Lord
vlner's advice that may be considered likely
10 hasten the conclusion of the war. even Il ii
sboud mean capital punishment for every
rebel captured in arms.
LORD Miners speech at Pietermaritzburg is
regarded as a useful supplement TO that of Mr.
Chamberlain at Edinburgh. The Conservative
papers admit that in the past loyalty has not
been encouraged in Natal. Whenever the in
terests OF that colony clashed with those of the
Cane the smaller colony was usually over
looked Probably this was owing TO the old
rule that the occupant OF the post OF High Com
missioner should also be Governor Of the Cape
II was no doubt with reference to the grudg-
ing recognition paid previously TO Natals
claims that Lord Miner said he could not help
thinking Of common remark that loyalty did
not pay.
Too much Importance is not attached 10 the
reported capture Of TWO hundred and fifty
Beers in the Rustenburg district. These men
were mostly unarmed and apparently engaged
in cultivating the fields presumably 10 provide
foodstuffs for their more belgerent comrades.
The Constantinople correspondent Of The
Telegraph" sends list of conditions which the
Anstolian Railway Company is attempting to
persuade the Porte TO embody in 2 final con-
cession sanctoning the construction Of the
Bagdad line. They include permission 10 lay
down a number of branch railways, preferen-
tial rights for others. navigation monopolies
and exemption from taxation. These demands.
says the correspondent, the Germans are in
fair way Of getting. and when they have got
them there will not be much left in Asia Minor
Arrangements for the reception of the Duke
and Duchess of Cornwall are being rapidly
pleted but Londons civic authorities are find
ing some difficulty in devising a fitting welcome
10 their future sovereign and his wife. The
King has been consulted on the matter to as
certain whether an organized city welcome
would be consonant with his majesty's desires.
No decision has yet been arrived ar, but 81 is
not unlikely that there viii be a banquet ana
ball at the Guildhall in honor of the royal
tourists. The King himself similarly vel
coined on his return from India quarter OF
century ago.
Nothing has been heard for some time Of the
promise made by the government 10 institute
an inquiry into military operations in South
Africa particularly in reference the Modder
River and Natal campaigns. The promise was
exacted at a time when untoward events at the
seat OF war were stirring up popular feeling in
England. but as the causes which led to the
demand have 10 a large extent passed into the
background the desire for official inquiry
waned considerably. Recent revelations in the
Butler controversy have awakened recollections
OF the promise and the matter will be raised as
soon as Parliament meets. The government
will be asked 10 include in the scope OF the in
quiry the allegations which have been and are
being made against certain British officers IN
respect 10 their conduct toward the troops under
them.
As a result OF the tobacco war and the cutting
OF prices consequent On American competition
one OF the largest English firms engaged in the
trade has issued a notice 10 their work people
that the bonuses which they have hitherto re-
ceived will now be withdrawn. i. N >.