Show reflections ON WOLSELEY WE IVY observe than many journals ahre are taking advantage ge of the perplexity of the situation in the soudan tot to throw roy rob I 1 disparagement upon the gallant and wolseley the injustice of such strictures should be self seit evident wolseley was not responsible forthe for the delay in dispatching a force to relieve rene rehe e the brave and eccentric gordon neither is be he to blame for taking the slie nile route travel by which was necessarily slow p as it is an open secret that he had no choice the way vay by which khartoum be reached being selected by the govern illean froin economic considerations it was no fault ot his that he did not nov reach the objective point of the expedition before ithell it fell feli into the hands of the mahdi mahni the mischief all arose from being too late and to depreciate the capacity of a soi dier who has proved nis his eminent ability in anum a number of camp campaigns il tui tzi S which he hascon has cou conducted is neither 1 just abt nor ma magnanimous nani when he id is supplied with an adequate force with which to begin the herc herculean ulean fatt falt of arms before nim him an and d should he fail theu it will be time enough to cast usper aspersions upon his ability as a military tactician and a manager of large bodies of men in battle general career has been eminently successful thus far notwithstanding the difficulties of his present position ile he is not a soldier in all his operations he lias has exhibited but one oue method it consists of a concentration of his forces and until he accomplishes that he liever never makes any important move all the fighting tip up to that point being necessarily incidental IncIdent ala aIA A and more or of less linder under compulsion when once the concentration process is completed he makes up his mind as to the time and manner ot 01 attack and when uie the striking point is reached he hurls against the enemy his hlf entire power ana and up to date dame his onslaughts conducted conducted atter alter this plan have been Irre ir some of the fighting in tile the campaign sofa go far rasit it has gone has equal equalled led a auy any uy of the faahs so far as they extended ever performed by arit ish arms and no more could be said bald than that the battle fought by general stewarts force on january 19 was a striking demonstration of british br I 1 i tish military pro prowess wess weso the incidental dash by a smail small body of cavalry through the of the ranks to reach the nile procure water for the fainting troops and return by me same appalling palling loute route was a feat with a few pa parallels rall rali el s but not many has surpassed it while we are averse to war in any shape men as a rule ruie cannot well slip suppress a sentiment ot of admiration for the ahe daring deeds 0 of f the brave and intrepid soldier who d dashes ashes into battle ignoring every sense of danger to life and limb I 1 it will bo te indeed strange if great britain will not by by a powerful effort retrain the piet pies pi astige uge she has lost by the reverses she has ha met in the soudan and n i if there is a i man in every way qualified to turn the tlde tide in her favor general sir garnet wolseley has shown by his hii record that the selection should necessarily fall upon him and unless the almighty has some problem in his economy regarding the nations to work out by permitting great britain to be worsted in her african difficulty the re taking of khartoum and the subjugation of the revolutionists would appear ap ear car to be but a question of a short time |