Show ANXIOUS TO SEE WAR ENDED Great Britain Tiring of the Struggle in South Africa London Jul II Copyrighted 1000 the Associated PressThe most brilliant hauL garden party of Queen Victorias re nhas proved quite Ineffectual to dispel the anxiety and gloom hanging over Great Britain The escape from KumassI of Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson the Governor of Gold Coast Colony and his wife and party and the safety of the majority of those who so long were In danger of mas sacr at the hands of the Ashantls created a momentary feeling of thankfulness thank-fulness and jubilation But this was quickly dissipated by the news of the disaster at Nltrals Nek and the gravity of the news from China A week that opened with high hopes from all quarters of the globe where Great Britains interests are imperiled ends with none of those hopes realized except as regards Ashantl and even there an English garrison still awaits relief In South Africa the nation was prepared for though It did not really anticipate guerrilla warfare But repeated disasters such magnitude magni-tude as that of Nltrals Nek create dismay It is no exaggeration to say the country is unanimous In desiring the end of the longdrawnout struggle The signs however do not point to a speedy realization of that desire Therefore Is small wonder that the Government bus practically decided to put off the election until 1001 While the royal garden party failed In Its purpose it was a wonderful affair Peers and peeresses Genorals and Indian rajahs princes and princesses leading statesmen heads of professions and church dignitaries Intlrmln led gnyly forming a dazzling mass of color against the green background back-ground of the Buckingham palace lawn After chatting with a few guests the Queen drove out through double lines of visitors probably as distinguished as were over formed Inn In-n hHld Cabinet Ministers Embas Fndors actors princes doctors and lawyers stood bareheaded till the sovereign wns out of the grounds |