Show IS onn UP The Tho latest take R a RI avery very I hopeful view ot of the South African situation They Thoy indicate that the Doer Doerer er of r Is about broken and that pence peace may be looked for tor In Ina Ina a hear future The a assertion is II made matle that th the n er army Is demoralized that Joubert 11 has resigned that President r has au sued for tor l Peace and that n a general Panic prevails I throughout the Republics I This ma may be a too vl thaw ot of tho the situation but the probability Is that the effects ot of the surrender lurrender ot of ion Gen Pral Cronje are 1 a great deal more far farre re then than at first supposed Not only hn b CreaSe CronJe the reputation or of wing being ono one of the greatest strategists living but with him were weNt men whose hoe lou 1081 to the floers ons cannot lIe be made good Among the prisoners that were taken with him were two arm army officers officer one a L eleer artillerist and one an expert milito military engineer There were ono one prominent and 1 H who aIded materially In the tho resistance offered the arm army The loRe or of these to tae le floors Is to the loss ot of II a great Krent arm army It I is ther therefore tore not un tan reasonable to suppose that the tho hoots at present au are to some extent bed however knows know better bottor than at juncture to ask aak for Cor pac and the tho preservation ot of tho hide Inde Independence ot of hi his country That was the very ery question for the settlement or of which un on appeal to arms arm waa 88 made mado And Ie ho cannot suppose that the tho British government Is prepared to acknowledge Itself wron wrong nt at 1 a time when tho fortune ot war is smiling upon Ullon the country ruger knows that there thore Is now no other alternative thal ft a tIght fight to the bitter end and that en end 1 be the nn an of It both the tho Free State and the Transvaal Iaal b by the empire ruger ay sue lue for tor peace when he I is to give Ghe up the independence of oC his hii country The Tho only question I Is whether he belle believes he can make mako nn an another other el ort at defense or not News Is scarce from the Doer It is hI impossible to Judge clearly from Irom the dl dispatches of at what Is III actually taking place beyond the British lines The events as al they transpire must mut bo be watched for Cor reliable information Anyone who Impartially views Ies the campaign ir tar far must admit that thc have tailed failed Their plan evidently was waR to c capture 1 a low few strongholds In British territory the tho Dutch sub Bub subjects ot of Great Britain to 0 a g general rill ala rillIng lag Ing and then overrun Natal an Capo Cape Colony and dictate terms of oC pence peace per perhaps haps hap at Capetown Every particular of oC this plan has The Tho noelS tailed failed to capture and the thu military stores tores at They tailed failed par particularly In their efforts to Incite a gen eral rising among the Dutch The I Is one for tor supremacy In South AfrIca between the tho two races and nd the decree Is plainly for British ru rule Kruger to all appearances played a dAring game gamo and lost The Tho sooner he acknowledges this the better for tor him and hl bin lIle |