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Show THE ORITISH COMMANDER. I arueral llnllar. Il.a Hull ll.ijoflha Irmr, lu liar t nillaiHilail (ontrol. BJ fondon, Oct 17 (lenetnl lluller hat gone to take entire-control of the South Africa situation He will bo at aiito-lute aiito-lute at Wellington nnd lett hampered: than Kitchener Not only thocandiict of the war lira In lit dlacretlon, but alto virtually tho future of alt South Africa Two mnnthi ago tha tccretary of atate for war, the Marqult of Lam-downe, Lam-downe, offered lluller command of Ilia projected arm corpt, but he gave a, point blank refutal unless tho war offlco would guarantee htm between 80,000 and 70,000 men He la quo! I at having tald on that occatlon "I shall not ba handed down In htttory at another an-other Sir (leorge Colley " Tho rofer-nce rofer-nce wat to the defeat at Majuba hill. He alto tald that If ho wero to go, It mutt ba on the distinct understanding that he could select his entire staff and would be entirely unlnterfered with by the warofllee, and exprettod himself him-self that at no critical time when ha ahould have the Hocrt In a tight place should any Immune cabinet afllcer alcp ' lu and defeat tha retul.t of victory ha mutt ba hit onn countelor, an auto- craL lie knowa tho lloers, and ha hates them. Ho baa campaigned over g tho whole present battlo ground, and It, above all, a toldler from head to foot |