| Show ENGLISH TROOPS STALE accounts lor the surrenders to atie boers british now realize that the war is far from benm proposed government lor south acca new york aug 27 the of south africa fell when it was known that steyn dewet and botha had defied mr chamberlain ard bad announced their to fight in the last ditch says the bondor correspondent of the new york tribune the proclamation of lord kitchener has not frightened the boer leaders tor whom a menace of exile has no terrors when they do not believe it can be military men hero have not swerved from the conviction that the war will continue until steyn and dowat aro captured tho transvaal leaders arc bound in honor to keep up warfare so long as their allies south 0 the vaal are unwilling to surrender proclamations only involve a waste of printers ink steyn and dowat remain in the field this Is the judgment of practical men who understand the full force of the point of honor among tho dutch allies generals cannot abandon one another when in a war which lasted nearly two years without a sign of treachery among the men in the commandoes comman does lord Kitch eners comment on tho surrender of a british force of sixty eight men after one soldier had been killed Is that ho Is holding an inquiry this points to tho suspicion that the resistance offered by british force was inadequate military men explain the difficulty of keeping jaded men up to their work when they know that to surrender to a superior force Is followed by a speedy release after their deprivation of arms and ammunition heavy work and incessant marching have rendered tho british army stale the sama feeling of shown in england where tho yeomanry force recruited for special services Is still eleven thousand below the full quota notwithstanding the strenuous exertions to strengthen it and abo high pay offered for rough riders an article in the current number of tho fortnightly review on the settlement in south africa derives special significance from tho fact that the writer ikjin muller knows more about torri than anybody else mr chamberlain lord allner it has been said will land at cape town with the constitution for south africa in his pocket and abo fortnightly reviews article indicates what is probably the outline of the scheme mr muller makes it amr that mr chamberlain and lord allner have decided that british influence will tie paramount in a south african dominion parliament he maintains that in any plan of confederation era tion it is of the highest importance that the senate should be the center of political power and have control of the federal bundte and english senators should outnumber the dutch by two to one for the constitution of the zipper chamber he favors the american rather than the canadian and australian precedents but in the first instance the senate would be nominated by the respective governors or the high commissioner |
