Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-14
$4,000 Deaths and $4,000
Casualties of All Kinds.
JUBILANCE IN LONDON
OFFICIAL FIGURES OF LOSSES TO
GREAT BRITAIN.
King Edwards Derby Day Dinner
Many Visitors at the En-
glish Capital.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
LONDON. June 4. 1892
England has received the news of the end
of the Boer war as becomes a great ma
ton. To be sure. there has been a certain
amount of noisy "mafeking," as the dem
onstratOns are now called. but such pa
triotic celebrations have mostly been con-
fined to London, and were chiefly expe-
rienced in the Strand and other thorough
fares where the cockney delights to make
himself felt
The kingdom generally has received the
news calmly, devoutly and with intense
thankfulness. The little war excursion"
assumed such dimensions and brought
mourning into so many families that Kru-
gers boast it would be a war to "stagger
humanity" has been realized indeed, and
for this reason English people cannot toll
crate noisy demonstrations of delight. ex-
cept as l say, in the capital where ma
tiOnal triumphs are always celebrated
thus
Even here on Sunday. when the news
came to Fleet street and the Strand, which
are always thronged on Sunday nights, as
If to make amends for their extreme headi-
ness and emotion on the relief of MafeklnS,
Londonrrs received the announcement of
the conclusion of peace in calm mood
For once the newspapers were caught nap
ping. and instead of the streets being
flooded with specials only a couple of the
tiOns. which did not meet with very eager
buyers.
The announcement was posted the
windows of several of the newspaper offices
in Fleet street and the Strand but passers-
by merely stopped. read the message and
then went on their way in most cases with
out audible comment. Now and again a
feeble cheer was raised, and at the Man
sion House, where Lord Kitchener's mes
sage was published during the evening.
there was a mOmentary display of enthu-
siasun though there, as elsewhere. people
appeared to regard the news merely as the
confirmation of long-Settled belief.
Some OF the buses and cabs mounted
flags. and few vendors in the street tried
to do business with the good old union
lack of England" but the sale was languid.
AS the evening wore on the streets became
more thrOnged than usual and some bands
OF larrikins endeavored now and again To
jubilate in their own peculiar method. Their
horse play was, however, so promptly re-
pressed by the police. who were present in
strong force. that they in turn became as Sc
date and decorous as the rest Of the throns.
Crowds Dense and Noiser.
As the evening wore on the crowds be-
came denser and noisier, but the ''Vereenig-
ing never approached the 'Mafeking'' di-
mansions enthusiasm. At one or two
points 1 encountered band Of a few hun
dred men and boys. but mostly boys. wav-
ing flags, blowing Shrill trumpets and sing
ing patriotic airs, with the tune of Dolly
Gray distingushahe. IL was at WeStmins
ter that the crowds were greatest and thick
est They surged around the war Office in
Pail Mall. where Lord kitchener's dispatch
vas posted up.
The one solitary grenadier VINO. with fixed
biyOnet. was guarding the notice. was an
object of commisseTation. and | doubt not
would have exchanged the dangers of the
veldt for the security Of Pail Mall. Even
tuaNy a dozen stalwaEt policemen were
ranged around him. but even the police had
from getting near enough to read the
tice. There was also an immense gather
ing outside the palace yard. buc these were
brought thither not so much by the peace
news as by fire which was burning fierce
ly in the upper stories of a restaurant at the
corner Of Parliament street.
Among the outward and audible if not
visible forms of rejoicing to be observed
was the ringing of bells in the West End
and city churches In Pail Mall and the
West End clubs and hotels displayed their
hambcaux and their kings birthday iIlu-
limitations. and in st. Paurs Cathedral l
am told the MESA ge of peace was read out
to the vast congregation by the bishop of
Stepney- Scarcely an omnibus did not
have passenger who did not wave a union
Jack. and considerable enthusiasm was Gre
ated when fOur-w heeler careered d 1wn
the Strand. with khaki clad soldier stand
Ing on the roof. holding the flag unfurIed
while seated on the roof We're a couple of
young damsels waving flags and raising hi
larious cheers from the populace.
In another case | noticed Young girls
wrapped in union jacks. But the crowds
were never large-smaH indeed when com
pared with the diamond jubilee and Mafe-
king celebrations. AS the night wore on
they grew less Such could not be said OF
the street noises In this respect there was
a creScendo. although at II o. clock from
RAIN and other causes the crowds in the
streets had diminished. On Monday Lon
dons streets presented stirring sights but
the keynote of the couDtry's celebration
everywhere Is deyout thankfulness to God
that a war that cost so much is over
The Cost of War.
The cost has been terrible. The war kill
ed Queen Victoria and FASTENED the death
OF Cecil Rhodes. and rendered desolate
tens Of thousands of homes in the United
Kingdom. in the colonies and in South Afrl-
ca II made Mr.. Kruger and DR. I,ey6s
refugees. IL killed Joubert has paralyzed
MI Steyn. made Cronje a prisoner and re
moved from the scene forever nearly every
man IN that voiksraad in Pretoria which
sSSehted 10 that ultimatum which was the
oeath knell OF perhaps forty thousand Brit
onS and Beers
l have the official figures before mo of
the British losses. We shall never accu-
IaIeIy know how many the Beers lost The
following war office table is most interest
ing. 1t carries US up TO May last
N CONS.
Officers and Men
hlIied In action -..-........ sic < oII
I'iel OF wounds ...-.....-... ISI xix
I>n IN captivity. ........... 8 az
DIED OF disease --.--...... 32S 10 eSi
Accidental deaths. .........., q IA
Total deaths in South Africa Loss ao5ao
Missing and prisoners -.
sent home invulids .. 2 a3o IN asa
OF these invaliis 4s7 have died '~
and 5l3l have heap