Show ENGLAND STILL AT WAR I I No Sign However of the Despondency Which Characterized l Black Decem J bert in Great Britain Last tr Y earS i f ear-S H Christmas Editorials in London Press Find Little Cause for Extreme SatisfactionAll Express Regret That the Ration Is Still Engaged f En-gaged in Strife in South AfricaStandard Says Christmas Finds Britons in a Chastened Mood > i k 1 London Dec 25i30 a mThere Is no sign of the despondency which characterized Black December last year At the samctlme the Christmas editorials find little cause for extreme satisfaction l express regret that the nation Is still at War Some take the trouble to remind their readers that there ore four times as many troops in South Africa as there were twelve months ago and all engaged In the monotonous and wearisome duties against an every evasive foe and needing the sympathy of friends at home at this festive season ONLY QUESTION OF TIME The Standard which says that Christmas finds the British people in a chastened mood moralizes upon tho strange lack of political foresight regarding re-garding the character aiifl the wisdom of tho operations against the Boers It confesses that everything has long since been done that would have been l possible to end the war If we had been contending against European powers I I 1 I Is confident however lint tKc settlement set-tlement Is only a question of time INVASION OE CAPE COLONY I We learn says the Dally Mall Hthat the reports of the serious situation J sit-uation In Cape Colony are fully confirmed t i con-firmed The Inva ling Boers are receiving receiv-ing much assistance from the Capo I I Dutch Railway communication between I be-tween Capetown and the north Is al I msst entirely seer partly by Boer operations and partly by rains p I KRUGERSTIFFNECKED Since the Nooltgedacht affair says the correspondent of the Dally Mailat The Hague ulIr Kruger ha become stifCneckcd He nov scornfully rejects re-jects all private suggestions In the nature na-ture of peace overtures I Lord Kitcheners departure for Do Aar would be sufficient to explain tho 1 absence of official news I TO WELCOME ROBERTS I Elaborate preparations are being I made to give Lord Roberts n popular I welcome January 3rd Ten thousand troops will be gathered In London to line the route to Buclilngham palace |