... Mr Schreiner, in his speech in the Cape As- sermbly yesterday, said that his object was to keep the peace in South Africa. If unhappily war between white men broke out he should do his very best to keep his colony aloof from the struggle, in which course ...

... amnitious character. Indeed, he ?? persons usua;ly well informed confidently - predict that if 'thiags go we'l in South. Africa and the war ha brought to a satisfactory termina- tion within a 'reasonable period the Goven- meat will hasten the dissolution, ...

... REQUIRE. NOTICE BY THE' WAR OFFICE. - The War Office has supplied the Press Associa- tion -with the following list of articles required by I British troops in South Africa, prepared from the' 'best information available at the War Office, but it does not ...

... permits. Royalty may possibly be represented, and all the military chiefs at the | War Office who can possibly manage it will be pre- sent. Lord Roberts was engaged at the War Office yesterday morning and again in the afternoon at a time when, according to ...

... any of the forecasts cabled from South Africa were in any way justified by the text. The Press Association ?? Lansdowne is expected to remain in Ireland until the end of the month, unless his presence at the War Office is required earlier in consequence ...

... Buller to South Africa at the end of October. Lord Roberts, who bad been at the' War Office, arrived in Dublin from London yesterday morning, and proceeded to the Royal Hospital to make pre- paratoons for his hasty departure for South Africa. He is expected ...

... CRUMLIN. ORGANISAITON OF A WAR FUND. A public meeting was held last night in tine Masonic Hall, Cramlin, with the object of or- ganising a local fund in aid of the families of the soldiers and sailors engaged in the war in South Africa. The attendance, which ...

... or wovod lead to the anticipation that war wars imnminent. There wfas a pal-ty not only in Soath Africa, but in this country. who seemed to wish to snake it appear that we had arrived as a crisis when threats of war were really necessary. HIe deprecated ...

... in oas opinion, it was not qualified, and remarked thbat it. was no more fitted to conduct administration or war in Central Africa than the War Office was to conduct the administration. Sir JAMfES FERGUSSON defended the Foreign Office system, and thought ...

... the line ta De Mr and Belmont. DEAThS IN SOUTH AFRICA The Press Association ?? War Offiee issued the following telegram. received from the. General of lines of communicttionz to .ie Secretary of State for War (received Decemnbms 2nd. 11 p rn):- Cape Town ...

... stations above Newcastle. The War Office yesterday received no news of the commknenement of hostilities or the movement -of Colonel Baden-Powell's force at Mafeking to meet the Boers, or of any movement of. troops tn South Africa due' to the new developments ...

... Pvetoria. -s is. is the calcnlatione of our Miltary Coun- cil at, the War Office have been upset by the feeble estimates of the War Intelligence Depart- ment in South Africa-When war was declared it WW supposed trat the Boor fighting force numbered no ...