Show Unusual Interest was wan manifested till this year In Lord Guildhall speech delivered n a few fow ow days ago at the lord lent mayors banquet because It was expected that the premier would have som Important to say on the South African war He lie did discuss tho the subject but Jut he ho failed tolled to 10 satisfy fy public curiosity by giving any details On the contrary he ho declared that the gui gov government ro emment must observe silence o M iff not to 10 defeat t Its own well d plans luau In substance he Ito congratulated the tho th country that nil all tho the foreign govern had assumed a Ii correct attitude during hue tho embarrassment anti and s in which It may ma bo be thought that our country Is ls standing lIe He saw no cause for the expressed sed b bj the public and amI the press pr ss lIe He admitted that Hint tho the war had lind not nol been concluded as early as expected but he asserted there was no reason ren on for believing that Great Britain not snaking making BUm cleat clent progress Then he went on to say sar I We cannot lay la before you ou the tho lie whole circumstances of the tho case We W can cnn cannot cannot not tell you ou publicly all nil that IB is going on We Ve should be gravely gravel neglecting our duty If It we did Yet It Is III only ani by sumo such Ruch revelation that we can give you Ol tutu full and entire satisfaction 1111 All I Iran Ian Ian ran an cay any Hn Is and 1 I am nm speaking the Judg Jull Judgment ment of ot those who into hose have the best op up opportunity for determining what la is reel real really ly Iy going on that we wo are making month by month and week by week weel sure aol and substantial progress The belief bellee line has been expressed In public that It III Is ow owing owIng ing hag to some somo neglect or on the tho part of ot the tho government that list the war has hns not been botn Ix en brought to tl an earlier conclusion lon There Thero Is III no UI doubt tnt that warfare line been heen considerably diminished and we wc do not stat admit that any act or O neglect on our part has hns hind hal anything to do with the Ito of the war It is ut easy to say theio things against UH us anti It Is absolute absolutely Impossible to refute them without be our duty We maintain that lint there Is no ground for saying that the government has lias In any an degree neglect neglected I ed eti Its ItA duty either In meeting me the tho de tie demands demands mands mantis of the th generals on tin the tho spot or In making malt lag other preparations necessary for to this tue conduct of ot the war ivar He lie closed by b expressing tho the belief bellet that It was the tho deep resolve of at tho the Brit British IsIs ish people trouble should not recur again no matter how much sacrifice Ice fice and labor are arc required to end It stow now no Lori Lord Salisbury evidently said all an he Ito h could say 1111 about nn un embarrassing subject lie Ho did not nut refer teter to the tho vast vaL expenditures engendered every week by bythe bythe i the war nor to the occasional oc IlIsa I met with by British commanders or to the he terrible death rate In tho the camps All thI these things s are arc nr of ot public record But Jut he asserted what all nn the world believes that the war will be carried to a n successful conclusion sion sian no matter how long time It takes to do Jo so to And with that explanation the public imbUe must rest rRt satisfied en The I London ondon Times Time mildly mild suggests that It cannot understand why h the tho government should not give gho the country countr n a general view of ot the tho situation monthly month I so 30 that the progress made malle could be scon soon When the tite country U is II spending week weekly ly b It must roust bo lie pardoned If Ie It sometimes sometime asks whether there thero has haB been slackness in the discharge ot of duty dut when whon might have been Llen energy and alertness and provision And this no doubt ex expresses e presses presse till the general view of tit the tho British public But Jut as an this thin for tor state reasons has hns been declared Impossible the In Information Information Information formation will not be bo forthcoming The Tue war will nih III drag on and tho the question when will the end come Is asked tn in n vain aln |