The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-09

Pictures are pretty" he said genial
lly, but crowd out too much important
news. We will not have any story to-
might longer than $50 words"
i Half an hour later a cohort of edit
ors came with glad lights in their eyes.
/ ooh, sir" they exclaimed in chorus
there has been a murder over in
Brooklyn A woman shot her sweet
heart. Goou story back of it, human
interest, heart throbs and pathetic cir
cumstances.''
Splendid enterprise was the enthu-
siastic comment IF it turns out very
good you can give it full limit Of space
$50 words. Condensation is the pass
word for the coming newspaper Ev-
densed form. People have not time to
! read long stories.
! BY Encouragement the World men
all came down to the office in evening
| clothes. But Harmsworth never
showed the slightest intention of
changing his. He opened his waistcoat
and his necktie slipped up behind his
! ear. He had one lead pencil stuck be-
| hind his ear and one in his hand. He
never seemed to notice his costume.
and was in and out of the office as ac-
! lively as the office boys.
the Government calls upon loyal inhabit-
ants to aid the military in this duty by
the formation CT a colonial force for the
sole and exclusive purpose of repelling
invasion, guarding lines of communica-
ton and maintaining order in the dis
turbed districts.
Volunteers should enroll with the
Civil Commissioners in their respective
ri III
a day, with rations, forage, arms and
horses. The term of service is not ex-
lpected to exceed three months. This no.
tice especially applies to the districts
named in it. but other districts may as
sist. EnIisting will begin Thursday
1t is estimated that no fewer than 1900
Cape Dutch have Joined the invaders,
who have penetrated further south than
ever.
| CRADDOCK Cape Colony, Friday,
December 2S.-Kimberley is almost isolat-
ed by Boer raiders. No mails have
reached there from December 18th to De-
cember 18th. Provisions are at famine
prices. The military took charge of all
the food stuffs December 22d. The LENS
ter Regiment, commanded by Major Bar
ry, had a >sSirmish lasting four hours
with the Beers at Dreifontein, December
at Getunk captured a convoy of twenty
five wagons on Christmas eve.
CoLvILLE'S CASE
LONDON, December 29.-The demand
for Major-General Sir Henry E. Colville's
resignation, thrown as sop, only served
to whet the ravenous appetites' of those
who are bowling for the responsibility of
the reverses in South Africa being
brought home to individuals. More heads
are demanded. Where so many must be
blamable it is felt that the selection of
General Colville is woefully inadequate If
not unfair. Indeed, it is already said
that had not the Yeomanry force at
Lindley, which Colville failed to relieve,
included some of the nobility and other
influential persons, Colville would never
have been recalled
The bitterness felt by these Yeomanry
at being compelled to surrender because,
as they allege, ColvilIe refused to render
the aid within his power, has never died
out, and it will probably result in one of
the most interesting eourt-martials in the
annals of the British army, upon the
result of which will depend the fate of
several other high officers who have prov
ed unequal to the occasion.
The Liberal papers comment severely on
the acceptance by the War Office of a
contingent of Maoris from New Zealand
The Star says: 1.-THE effect of this stupid
After declining to employ Indian troops
we are taking a paltry 100 Maoris. This
will not only infuriate the Dutch, but it
will insult the Indian troops who
will regard it as a declaration of their
inferiority to an inferior colored race
Go on, oh Government of muddlers, Even
the gods could not save you from your
own invincible folly
However, there are signs of the dawn
of that common sense, the lack of which
the English critics SO deplore in the
military system, for the cavalry now go
ing out to South Africa is discarding the
lance and carbine and substituting for
these weapon rifles and sabers. After
over a years fighting the authorities
have awakened to the utter uselessness
of lances and carbines, considering that
thousands of British soldiers have never
seen Boer during the many engage
mentS.
While Great Britain is tied hand and
foot to South Africa, the navy which is
not escaping the wave of criticism, is
quietly increasing it's strength and
morale. For months both men and ships
have been kept in an unusual state of
readiness, and there are now building in
British yards no fewer than eleven bat
tle-ships, nineteen cruisers ard fourteen
} smaller vessels, totaling nearly 400 00o
tons. These exclude vessels which have
been tried but are unfinished
: BLOEMFONTEIN Fridayj, December
S-The British have reoccupied Ficks-
) burg, which has for some time been in
the hands of the Beers.
LONDON, January General Kitch-
ener has telegraphed to the War Office as
follows:
PRETORIA, Dec. 31.-General Knox,
, who has been following up General
2 Dewet, reports that he has captured some
, horses, five wagons with supplies and
5000 rounds of ammunition He has re-
leased and allowed to go to their farms
Is Boer prisoners, who were taken al
Divers lager and who were being forced
to fight. General French recently cap
tured twelve prisoners and large guam
5 uty OF carts and cattle. Among the
r prisoners was dispatch rider, bearing
letter from Beyers for Smats''
NEW YORK, Jan. AFTER serving
twenty-one years as the rector of the
House of Prayer in Newark. N. J.. the