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Show THEY LOOK TO WARREN. British Are Beginning to Lose All Confidence in Buller. New York, Jan. 24. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: An English Eng-lish South African, almost unrivaled in experience and knowledge, says that his hopes are centered in General Warren, War-ren, rather than in General Buller. He isays that Warren has long been known among the Dutch as "the general." For example, a friend accompanying Cecil Rhodes through the Barkley West district dis-trict during his election tour in August. 1S9K, heard constant references to "the general," and asked who he was. "Sir Charles Warren, of course," was the invariable reply. Before Mr. Rhodes had foreseen and carried out the great echenie of expansion expan-sion northward. General Warren had been preaching it to deaf ears. His expedition ex-pedition through Bechuanaland in 1SS5. when the Boers were disputing over war northward, was bloodless. This was duo to the dread which hia name inspired among the Transvaal Dutch. He hasihad greater experience in South Africa than any other British general, and his column is the only one that has atta-cked the enemy in the Boer way among the boulders and kopjes, and taken advantage of the cover offered by the rocks. The plan on which the British troops are now operating was not heard of until un-til Warren's arrival and the compliments compli-ments so freely bestowed upon the theoretical the-oretical brilliancy of General Buller's turning movement have been earned in reality by the general who is carrying out the new method of operations with wariness and deliberation. General Warren is. described as a man of military genius, and as profoundly religious, resembling in many respects General Gordon, and having a far-isee-ing mind. He has no social qualities, and it is probable that his aversion for drawing rooms and the dislike of the Lord Wolseley gang for a stern, mystically-minded soldier of the Gordon type have stood in the way of his promotion. pro-motion. If Warren succeeds, it will be the most brilliant feat of arms since the peninsular campaign, and General Buller's Bul-ler's victory will be followed by the complete caving in of the Dutch forces, and the war will virtually be ended; if the movement fails, the fault will not be Warren's but the collapse of Buller's campaign will be most disastrous. |