Show OC THE BRITISH DEFEAT Dispatches from South Africa indi indicate Indicate cate that the engagement e at Was wat a e genuine battle that i General Warren arren surprised the enemy which rallied and returned to slaughter the British in on one of th Moodiest t fights of resent recent nt time l said sf d to b be comparatively slight while 1500 British Brit lb soldiers were left on en n the field fi d dand and the rest sent pell melt meL seeking safety acro the Ute Tt T Itei eti a river There is sorrow in E gand now how and mourning In many manya a British home Aside from the merits of ot this war the morality of brit it the humanity Of r it the justice or 01 the it of It matters rg with which soldiers have naught ht to do doth do dothee th theM thee fl fallen heroes deserve des ve a tear ter of pity pit and the loved Jo ease anes who must Wait at home for them m In hi vain 1 in are to the consolation and and consideration of mankind The soldiers did dW their duty duty They went w m te tie d tI Jin la defense efen of ot policies they may or may nia they not have endorsed Right or 01 wrong It was not for them to say Worthy Wort Y or Or unworthy it was wasa a not for them then to te discuss s the object of the war var Hazardous or not they had to toun undertake un the oe Sane or insane their generals g hud had d to be obeyed The soldier were but machines Theirs TheIn not to reason why w y Theirs but to do aed die Jt It must have been a terrific crash crach when these e coute forces met The British had bad rushed the Boers Boors from their stronghold and taken possession of or the entrenchments With a despera desperation desperation tion tto that must revor silence of their courage and fighting ability the Boers Boom recovered front from rem the panic hurled themselves upon the British army arm and ami drove it out by main I strength it would seem We all aU know how reluctantly the British soldiers yielded Thee represent sent seCt an ait unconquerable race the they pos possess posese ese sess an ate undying valor they were spurred on by national 1 pride they 1 were ete lighting fighting for life Ute itself itsel as retreat 1 was full of dangers danler But they had to their advantage e they th y Were lere ere forced to abandon the captured height they let left almost aln t two regiments lying on the field and found it necessary to flee across acro s the river There is gloom in London The people are patriotic hut 11 nt disheartened They are with Uh the ministry which watch is responsible for the war Changes Chang in the cabinet are imminent Serious trouble is ahead ot the empire These reverses these checks these de tie defeat defeats feats feat these theM results re of and false fahle reckoning are having an influence ence enee in international poll tics that Eng English English lish Itch statesman dread a 8 depressing ef effect effect feet on commercial and aDd financial af affairs affairs affairs fairs that makes the people fearful and fretful But criticisms complaints and chances chance cannot bring back to life the thesa sacrifices sa already claimed They may prevent others however and the th Eng English ng T lish people pe I le never hesitate to demand a ahan change han when hen they feel that the policies p pursued are wrong wing It is from the indirect results of this Transvaal vaal war that England will suffer most moM We in this country have bave loomed from bitter experience ce that Indirect re remits rei i mits are r more distressing dl tM I and damaging than are the actual sot suf sufferings caused upon the field held Of or battle lit III toe the name of ft t humanity l there should be peaceful intervention proposed The ultimate annihilation of cf the Boers Leers should be averted They have hae shown thise vea too plucky and ab able to take care of o themselves to be o crushed by meer force of or numbers in the th end And Andt It t le 18 time to stop sending en brave men like those tho e who fell tell at Modder river at Glencoe at Tugela TUBe and at to death dath If It civilization te Interested ted powers should speak s sp k |