Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-16
SPEECH Of LORD SH[pa,yl|
SITUATION IN SOUTH Ann.
LORD Mayor Says War H..
Guerrilla Basis-,tus. On
os"SS English Are Prog.
Germany Rings wiz .sshs
ish Meetings. BRIT

nlgnt was a spectacular close su'uay
days festivities. The histor,a = ne
ing was the scene of a br;n,. pulld'
geant in which modern ana pa.
slghts were strangely minglas E
gatnerlng OF 1000 of the most ina 4
tlal citizens of London, inclainn usR
heads OF the various goyernmas 'ae
partments, gave an opportunitv "
loyal demonstration of which !, ~
eminent was not slow to take ~ !.
vantage. "Ae %.
Inc presence of Lord Salishurr !,
torded an excellent excuse for roit. y
ing the attitude of the eovora
toward the South African controa iea'
The response of the great andianoas
the banquet hall might be descr,.'a
as satisfactorily loyal, but ooa,s
hardly be called enthusiastic
The banquet was preceded bv i.
customary reception in the lihraa'
room, where Sir John Dinsdale i i,
quaint official robes, welcomed ~
ministers and the various officials
Unlike last years reception VIA.
the war fever was at it's height a.
military were decidedly secondsrv
feature. Lord Roberts was consnion
GUS by his absence and the war a.,
was merely represented by one Of tbs
under secretaries
The feature of the evening was Lord
! IN,
toast to His majesty's ministersn
Referring to the progress of the war
in South Africa, the premier said;
1T is pleasant to record that thp
peace of the world has been SO Iitta
| disturbed by the events of the las
| two years. Half century ago va
would not have found such a corrept
and pacific attitude on the part of tb4
great powers. 1t is a suggestive sign
of the international amity and under,
standing that the clouds of the past
three weeks over the Mediterranean
have so lightly passed away. Fifty
years ago this would not have been
So"
Touching upon South African de
| velopments in another part of his
speech, Lord Salisbury said z
strongly deprecate the spirit of pes
simism so frequently heard in the
utterances of some of our public men
as to the war in which we are en-
gagged. Unlike the wars Of former
years, no longer does the capture Of
the enemy's capital and the dissa
ton of his field force constitute con-
elusive victory. We are now con
| fronted by system Of guerrilla war
fare which must be slowly and effect
ually stamped out. We are progress
ing, slowly perhaps, but steadily,
II can not take the public wholly
into the confidence of the government.
1t would be most imprudent publicly
to state all we are doing weekly and
monthly at the front, but what | en-
phatically declare is that whatever
delays are encountered these are due
neither to a lack of earnestness and
ability on the part of our generals IN
the field nor to any neglect to comply
the home government.
eve have been subjected to much
vague and indefinite criticism, but our
! bitterest opponents have not been able
to point out any tangible defect or any
definite cause of complaint.
81 deeply regret the ravages OF the
war in the colonies to which we are
anxious to accord the fullest practlca-
BILE measure of self government. but
we have had neighbors in South Africa
whose conduct for years has been
menace to the stability of that section
of our empire. Now we are engaged
in removing this menace and we aIe
determined to do it so that IL wiz
never require doing again"
Berlin, Nov. 10.-Germany rung WIN
anti-British Indignation meetings al
last week. These meetings have Deen
confined hitherto to students ana Vee
Grams societies, but conference u
the Thuringan Pastors societies neo
decided to invite the Protestant ciei-
gymen throughout Germany to maA0
common protest against the uleoi
ances of the British colonial secretai,
when he referred to the conauct -
the German troops during the Franz
Prussian war of 1S70-71. Studen'a
meetings were held this week at D Ds
lin, Leipsic and other places ino
Leipsic meeting was held in responSs
to call sent out by the rector Oh 'n'
university. ,.v
The students of Breslau UNIVERSE
have issued a call, couched IN nisns
indignant terms. for meeting 10 '@A'
place November IL.