Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-11-25 | Page 9 | Wolseley May Tell Tales

WOLSELEY KAY LY TELL TALES C Tired of Being Scapegoat New York Nov 24 The announce announcement announcement ment that GenerI Ge Kitchener has been recommended at the cabinet council for a lieutenant generalship so as to enable him to take supreme command cornman of the British forces in South Africa when wh n Lord Roberts Robert leaves leave has not been officially confirmed says the Tri Tn Tribunes bunes buttes London dispatch di patch but there is no reason to doubt its accuracy Lord Salisbury is a firm believer in Kitch eners ability to put an n end to the guerrilla tactics of the Boers and it is tolerably certain that once Kitchener is allowed a free fr e hand his policy p llcy will not err on the side of leniency to the Boers It is not known what Lord Methuen is going to do He is now the senior officer in South Africa after Lord Roberts and he may prefer to re return return turn home rather than serve under a junior Meanwhile Lord Wolseley is again re reported reported ported to be extremely dissatisfied with the position which he holds as com corn commander commander mander in chief without any real au authority authority authority and It is said that he will not wait for Lord Roberts return but will retire next week in which event his duties as supreme officer er of the British army would be carried on temporarily by Sir Evelyn Wood the adjutant II general Respecting Lord Wolseley a London correspondent of the Journal and Ad Advertiser Advertiser Advertiser says Wolseley W after his retirement is going to raise a tremendous storm in I army circles by an exposure of who is responsible for the blunders deas of the Af African African African rican campaign His Ils Mends friends say s all ll the blame has been laid on him and he will wilt endure it no longer He quits in order to clear himself He may make the exposure through I the newspapers or from his seat at In the house of lords The liberal newspapers blamed the secretary of state for war for the British British Brit ish reverses He defended himself and andI by implication at least sought to place I the blame on the commander in chief I The conservative press followed the 1 government lead and 00 Wolseley has felt that he was being made A scapegoat for the sins of the war office