| Show COST OF THI WU WAIL This statement ot of of the ax chequer ch ur published In on one ot of th the mega maga shows the enormous cOlt coat Of the conflict now being waged In South TAkIng this ot of O as aswell well within tilt the limits limite of w we And that tar tor a period or of nine months month this vier r will us at th the rate rat of over CIU A minute or an hour ur night and da day Titus for the purposes ot of our South Af ican war ar alone Wt we art arc spend spendIn Ing In at the rate of over a million and a halt half pounds pound sterling every H week lit In addition to our normal expenditure ot of over oer a year In maintaining our army and fleet and anda a further a ye year r In discharge ot of for wars era In the past PAit We thus thu find in the atran strange pod UGh lion ot of s on war alone Ione the stu stupendous tu sum aum of oC e o a year or something lIe Ilke men mo thAn our fUr l total tal national r revenue for the year yearTh The Th coat to lo the Boers Doell is II ot of course also allo but U it an hardly be bev v even approximately The th hear soldiers are ate riot paid pala for tor their sr Hr vicea 1 III as are soldiers ot of other coon trl tries Their maintenance II s therefore to the state merely a q question ot of the cost COlt of It living expenses But Dut Indirect Indirectly ly Iy the war falls heavier on theta hern than on the Their In must necessarily I dormant In the sheen of oe the men In the tho field fild And th they art are I less capable of carrying lh the enormous burden than are their an tai tinder the circumstances lt It is rather peculiar pedlar to hear President Kruger sol solemnly declare that Ih the war ar may go on practically Indefinitely for tor hi hie people are prepared to lo d defend themselves to lo the tut lut mn man It has hae lIMn been supposed that the capture ot of Crania CronJe and tie tbt t death ot of Joubert world make march to Pretoria easIer a but as yet t there a ano no evidence of this It Is II only onty to be hoped that for tor tb the sake sak of at humanity some nesting pace pIaN I In tb the warlike pro can be found from which negotiations for peace pece may be fully commenced Ton To an Impartial on onlooker looker It Il ap as al It a people lighting for existence u as the Moen have havedon done don have a right to independence put Jut as the Greeks Gra lad when h by th the humane poUt policy of oC Ot Great Britain they were ere established la In their own country It I le also evident that th the tenor MIner of Britain la a sets I after the brilliant luc uc ucc c Cases ot of Lord Roberta Hobert Nothing bt be lot lost b by an 11 attempt to solve I Iy the flu questions that have cau caused ed the war On Great t Britain It Is an l wealthy nation but can n she afford to te spend on military operations a year r tv fu perhaps Iupe years II And alto also thousands ot of her ber young men menThe menThe The coat of the war Is a matter of no little |
