... nanmliering 2111 oflisers rndl men, wills 2i0 homoer, left to-clay for Soulth Africa, WAR ITEMAIS, Yesterday, the St. Okrav's h'rimailions pireposoe that tie attention of the War ?? Salisbcry. Mr. Ballfonr anid Sir 11. ?? ]ltiasuttermaai be triinv to the ...

... point, that South Africa before the war was a British sphere of influence, he had to summon as his first reinforcement Sir flenry Camnpbell-Bannermsn. Sir Ifenry, before the war, used the words about British influeriie in South Africa- The great fact ...

... British, position becoming worse makes it better. In view of the comparative weakness of the British troops in South Africa when war was declared by the Boers, it was inevitable that the first stage in the operations should be full of anxiety and difficulty ...

... night. The hitter, ns 16 iember of the War Otlice, cluimed that the Department, in the mobilization and ?? of troops to South Africa, bad shoevedi a powver of organi- zation which had never been equalled in any war coninetcd by this or any other country ...

... South Africa should war eventuate, for it must be recollected that theyv were the original landownvlers, being dis- possessed in t'nrn by Beers and British. Numerically speaking, they could easily swamp the present white population of South Africa, as tie ...

... It may be taken as an evidence of the com- plcteness of the arrangements made for the trsnsport of troops to South Africa that the War Office distribution notice issued by Sir I Evelyn Wood yesterday was unusually short. The only reference contained in ...

... FOJRTH EDITION . THE SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. WAR CLOUDS GATHERING. DOERS MASSING FOR A COUP. ENGLISHMEN ARRESTED AND INSULTED. Oorn Paul has not yet repented, and there now remain but a very few grains of sand in the upper half of the glass. Unhappily ...

... SOUTH AFRICA. WAR BELIEVED IMMINENT. AkL$GF PLOT AGAINST THE BRITISH AGENCY. [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] CApE TowN, Thursday.-It is believed in Africander circles here that the Transvaal intends forcing matters to a st~dden issue, and that war may ...

... SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. WAR APPARENTLY INEVITABLE. DOERS CONCENTRATING NEAR LAING'S NEK. The chances of a peaceful settlement of our quarrel with the Transvaal Government have appreciably lessened within the last few hours. War, in fact, seems now ...

... SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. WAR APPARENTLY INEVITABLE. BOERS CONCENTRATING NEAR LAING'S NEK. The chances of a peaceful settlement of our quarrel with the Transvaal (Governmnent have appreciably lessened within the last few hours. War, in fact, seems now ...

... thisbumiliation without having lnde up his milnd to an al med resistance. We are thus confronted by the imminence of war-the first white war on a large scale on w hich we have embarlked since the Crimea. It is desirable to point out clearly wiho is responsible ...

... which bclieres, not that all wars are tmjust, but that this war is un1just; that we were wrong evren in pro- t ikonting thuo moderate terms of September 8, i and that the Boo- were entirely right in ?? South Africa into war rather than (1) grant a genuine ...