The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-12
london, Dismayed and Gloomy,
Regards 1t As Greatest Disas-
ter Since Secession of Ameri.
can Colonies.

ONDON. March 11.-Expressions OF
steadfastness have today succeed
ed those Of humiliation which
were universally heard here on the pub
LEGATION Of the news of General Me-
thuen's disaster. There is little dispO-
sition to minimize the incident, but
everywhere is heard the determination
to make the tradition that blows serve
to strengthen and stiffen British reso-
luton. Lord Rosebery struck the pep
uIar note today in a speech before the
Glasgow students. He admitted that II
was heartbreaking, after all the ex-
penditure Of life, time and money. lie
added.
1T will not dishearten US. We have
got TO see this thing through. We
must take the blows which fortune
deals us with equanimity, showing our
selves worthy of better fortunes.
Lord Rosebery expressed the hope
that more prosperous times were II
store. and that in the future lit would
be our proud memory that when GU
country passed through the storm we
did not for moment finch, and were
not for an instant dismayed-
Reports from the continent tndt tI'
defeat of General Methuen was IOl
lowed by another fight, also faVoraDl'
"a the Beers, occasion some anxiety
owing 70 the absence of news iron
General GrenfeITs column of 1900 men
which left KIerksdo~p to join Genera
NTethuen. II is thought that, possibly
/ General Delarey may have attacked
Grenfell.
Reinforcements TO be Sent
The war secretary. Mr.. Brodrick
when asked in the house Of common
TODAY what steps had been taken, II
view of the success of the Beers agains
Nethuen. to send Lord Kitchener rein
I f0rcementS. said 5000 yeOmanry Woui'
I be Immediately embarked. with larg
drafts OF cavalry and infantry. Lor'
/ Kitchener would be given all she assist
ance he asked for.
Distinguishing features Of the editor
/ iaIs in this mornings papers on tn
/ --latest British -everse in South Afric.
are. first. the Uutburst of sympathy 70
! General Nethuen. which is quite extra
ordinary. when IL is remembered hoV
I he was aSsailed with hostile and angr
criticism under the early stages o
the war. and. second, the first denun
/ citation of the Irish members Of Darlia
ment who indulged in hlarity at tn
reading By Mr.. Brodrick in the hous
/ of commons Of the dispatch announc
! ing Lord Methuen'S capture
Beers Like Revolutionary Fathers.
1 The Daily News says the event Ia
! 1-r .-frr no "a
{ astrous DAYS when the North America
( colonies seeded from British cuntro
I The STANDARD says this defeat come
/ after a succession Of mishsps for who
/ IL is impossible to account by mere ba
/ fortune When every allowance
! made. says the Standard, Eve cannC
/ but ind something not creditable
our vigilance in these constant SUI
( prises."
The Morning Post points out this
/ General MethUen did not surrende
but he was wounded and included j
the surrendei By the next wounded OF
dcer in the command.
II is commonly believed that a larg
art of the mounted men who he0 mus
\ have been raw yeOmanry, and the
/ General Methuen's disaster has bee
used for months past as a sort Of train
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soned troops were withdrawn from hi
command for operations against Both
and DeWet.
This incident. the fight of 500 Births
from the Beers, Is regarded as tt
gravest part Of the affair The Dali
] Chronicle saws. An uneasy feelin
presents itself as TO whether the va
Office may not b. cfippiing us genera
by sending them raw and unreliao
! levies.