Show DOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA I The Boers are keeping l In tile Held from ac SOOO to 10000 nnd they are In as good condition as the British It Is asserted that excessive consideration considera-tion Is shown to tho Boers In the refugee camps while the colonists In Natal arc suffering hardships The Boor force which concentrated under un-der Uowct In tho Orange River Colony I and wait hovering around the line 01 blockhouses between Kroonstad ami I 1ln ulocthouso has been broken up by Broad wood and B nG The Boers still bellevo that Huropoan 811 belcvo intervention Is Imminent that Great Britain Is tired or the war and that they I hac only tred hold out long enough In I order to mako tho British so weary that 1 they will surrender I tho British Generals and The strain on Brlt9h Gcnerl their staffs in South Africa Is excessive Many of these officers have worked fat twelve hours dally for two years Lord Kitchener alone seems absolutely Impervious Imper-vious to wrfar and tear Tho statements that the British troops In South Africa are stale arc pronounced pro-nounced ACrle The men are said to bo In splendid condition This refers both to tho conditon volunteers at ached to the various battalions Lord Kitchener has not had to wait long for somo result from his now plan of operations against Gen Botha by con operatons nnlnst blockhouses Ho has J had Gem Bolhllj force Inclosed in an c area of 10000 square miles Responsible New Zealandors returning from South Africa declare that moro soldiers aro needed to finish the war Tho troops have tho utmost confidence in Lord Kitchener but his efforts arc hampered ham-pered bv the illadvlscd agitation In tho United Kingdom |