Show j R BluSH TISH PUBLIC IS HYSTERICAL of Criticism Opened on the War Office and on the Generals in the Field in South Africa African Duller BuIler Despises Gen Roberts and Gen Roberts Hates Gen n 11 Hardly on Speaking 1 1 erms the Secretary ol 01 WarThe Also Dis Dislikes likes Oen huller Buller May that Oen aen Methuen has Gone Mad Repeated Gens White Clery and French all Oct Get a Share of Resignation Would be no of the War IVar Office for theater Effectiveness London udon Jan fo e t 1900 by the As Ase time has come lt people of Great no nor noI the I r silent flent regarding the mis tnt of the war The flood el Cl d of criticism haye been opened under the stream ot of adverse corn com cornI comI arC forth I pour ng tin The stern of the thet thebY t ent by papers that almost for tor have been conservative has hasa a 1 been touched upon In these db dl hes hel Abuse of the war office has 1 existed and now flOW It is III only a 11 degrees more blUer bitter than It was be marks the passing the Brit i from a period ot of e o most severe fault ng nghe he abuse of oC their genel generals als the field There are unpleasant rles ries of oC fierce service jealousies and all the shortcomings shortcoming Ich have hare been secretly In clubs are this week find their place In print and not In clis table journals but In organs that dint oath ao have hao fiercely do de aced such tales ns as unpatriotic ether ther they were ere true or otherwise Is now well known that General tier Ier despises Field FleM Marshal Lord erts ert and hates bates Gen Lord Kitche that Lord Wolseley the tho command in in chief hares Gen Gon Bullers feel teel 8 and that Wolseley Is scarcely on terms teris with the tho secretary of ofte ofte te for tor war Lord T Tb To Toh h b a lagrant extent does docs this enmity that Lord Wol Wolseley eley wrote to Lady ler er that he knew nothing about Lord erts appoIntment to command the Ush tish troops In South Africa and andt t he be ot of It enormous obstacles to over overe e In the way ot of the Boers resistance and Initial advantages s condition of between the ther r I iders would con constitute a 11 stu dolI do drawback to the success of the Ush tich Sc ne paper well informed on matters declares It Is I ly that Gen Duller will throw up command and come home and be b horn In the side of the government l Is probably an exaggeration but butIs Is Ii admitted on nil all sides that he Is tiT to make himself as disagreeable to Lord Roberts s C If this was not enough It Is open saId ald that Gen Oen Lord Methuen has bas base hase e mad that his mother died Insane that all his life lite he be has been afraid might share her ber fate Hence It Is Isid led id his unceasing restlessness Only s week a ca cavalry returned I rn n South Africa with complaints Int Lord Methuen that the general ng ag one of his actions had or ored ored ed him to advance with hIs cavalry 1 that upon the colonel sending the theral ral eral word that his horses and men mente te re too exhausted to be physically ble of doing so BO Lord Methuen Is to have hae said Well Veli you OU had ter go to bell he officer to whom this remark was de has come home demanding a 11 al by court martial but It Is probable t he Will not get It as he has been ted for another command White Gatacre Clery and each all come In for their share ot of use ue and aM there Is evidence presented t the Senior generals are divided kit themselves 01 ow all wilt end if Ie the campaign cs g on longer without serious I Ie e for the th better no one can tell e rE gnahn a ot of Lord Wolseley would these who are cognizant of lOner Inner workings of the war office treat neat victory would probablY quiet ot g discontent till the da day ot of konin In j parliament arrived But king nr that there seems pending an which bodes Ill 11 for lor the tho 1 gov 0 ment the war office and antl seine Borne ot of the In the field for tor the these er current not so BO much among the tho cia classes but og the highest born and most even Great best citIzens or II the discontent confined to the St of oC the Several ut of the tho civilian factors In Eng life e some FOrno of them almost ns as much Ia h Interested In lb the tho future ot of Africa as the government Itself re the te urged certaIn reforms t e of carryIng on the war with the purely military UtI ase but oftering for tor instance to Cba t hor horses s for tor the Ca Cape pointing Ii a better tt r method ot or transport mg e a more thorO Vigorous campaign giving rd s the on aa a to the best beat routes to lo thing Ly by Objective export expert Witnesses and SUpporting brought en at a great expense from the Cave Cape as rt representative res ot of the Associated earns that a bOdy I II tanner former Oteo governor and about men en who havo held civil ij posItions position of contro a lbs rec recent nt a Waited troubles In South At tt O n Ot Ott of t of the on the military General Intel ence Ardagh de dek war var office the k very l to that Iha which ee dIsasters marked the to the British ese it men be Gen t Ardagh to ac acha ha had Otters and Intimated at underestimated the The bak and replied Y u 01 r 1 gentlemen but you OU are e t them at every lid we hll eup 1 have got em like that l I rn banged his open re h r aspite te or Of Ihl this dl men I referred refe reception and to te repeated their ot of the war Wa office now seems to top ened to the seriousness p PIU on or of Ole thi loft to one of the most daring pro projects proJects ever er undertaken the full tull scope ot of which the Associated Frees is 19 not at liberty to disclose e but which If per perfected will work independently of the War office to achieve one ot the most Important British objectives The he imperial yeomanry aft after r the first flush 0 of public applause Is being gauged gingerly ginger It is III upon the tho minds ot of all that what Great Brit aln am wants ae crack shots and rough roughriders roughriders riders after atter the typo of the American cavalrymen and frequent comments appear pointing out that the tho average yeoman who Is a farmer does not come up to this standard while the tho average who adds brilliancy t to the force I not lOt generally much nearer tile the mark In this re respect pe t than his tenant that both have hae far Car less military training than the m members of the vol volunteer 01 tome force and It Is a tact fact Ih t a large ot of the enrolled Imperial yeomen have hAe never served even In the a What Is being forced upun the war Is that one hundred cole colo nials accustomed accustom to bush whacking cow punching and scouting are arc worth one thousand English clerks ant and farm farmers farmers ers To instances of the im fm distinguishing the furma ornia tion ot of Great Irregular corps It Is only necessary to rent read the Un list or of orthe the kit being taken out by the elt city of oC London volunteers The ot of Lod bd carry to the plains ot of South Africa co ca an air pillow cork mattress mattres calivas basin bath bucket a 11 tin box ot of candles u a lantern R a filter and a host of other impediments that an American would burn before starting on a ten tenmile tenmile mile march while the men aM ai laden down with lour four of oC pants jour p of shoes three caPS pa I two large lurge turkish h towels a filter 1 clothes brush n a writing Portfolio arid ald domestic articles No wonder the ish bh forces are not mobile The revival ot of Stoops to Con Conquer quer Tuesday and A Midsummer Nights Dream at her thea theater tee ter Wednesday have gIven a decided Impetus to the languid theatrical sea season season son Doth Iloth performances were decided successes Sees Tree surpassed himself In the productions which are unhesitatingly pronounced t to be the finest exhibition ot of staging and scenery evet seen In London Louie Puck luck generally generall the crits but an element ot of cUrl curiosity It to the production to which young Irvings wife Dorothea Baird who hI has not been seen on the stage for tor a long time also contributes In Geo Alexanders reconstructed St James theater theat r which op opens ns shortly with Rupert ot of Is Ie a t curi curious curious ous the suburbanItes s In Inthe Inthe the shape of oC a room for tor gentlemen to todon todon don evening dress s sI S I S I J if V 4 t r I r j 1 o 0 h c N dk 4 LA 1 W IT V w BRITISH ARTILLERY RUSHING TO TAX A NEW POSITION AT I IA A A A A A |