... more of office eud power. There were four points in regard to the war. First, the antecedent negotiations, then the pte?tlluuns for the war, then the settle:aen: of South Africa after the war, and lasdy the question of national defence aud army reform. Mr ...

... reap no benesfit. In the second place the news, if true, goes to show that one of the most astute brains in South Africa regards the war as practically at an end. But it would be a great mistake to make too much of this inference. The ‘Boers who remain ...

... WAR. For me there is no choice as to the issue | on which our contest must be fought. War is not like a bad Act of Parliament or bad administration, or bad distribution of public burdens, or any of the ordinary things for which at a general election ...

... had been so hardly gained by the sacrifices of the war. As regarded the causes of the war, there was wide difference of opinion. He was one of those who thought that the ultimate respousibility for the war did not rest upon the ‘utwddon of the Government ...

... DUE TO THE WAR. There has been an increase of 1,710 samples, representing 135,2951 b. weight, of tobacco exported ‘“on drawback’ due to shipments for the troops in South Africa. A llrgs’ number of butters sampled contained ric preservatives and were ...

... LABOR AND THE WAR. e have drawn attention already to the remarkable resolution condemning the war in South Africa and deprecating the suppression of the two Republics which was passed the other day by the Trade Union Congress. There were many motives ...

... supply anything which a-sisted towards the carrying ow of operations in South Africa. “ We felt, too, that we could not organies collections at our works on beha!f of any war relief fund, though we have never broughtany ru-nu to bear on our workpeople ...

... of the two Republics the franchise agitation on which tRe war had been undertaken was now proved to be a mere bogey and the real reason for the war was to secure the goldmines of the Transvaal for a body of cosmopolitan Jewish capitalists without dpnr‘x:usm ...

... being killed as compared with his men, in South Africa the British officer has to face a three and a balf to one chauce. As regards the men the risks in the Franco- German war as compared with the Boer war were 50 per cent. greater of his being killed in ...

... NO GROUND FOR WAR, What he had said was that in the ggbliuhod negotiations there was Dot shown to be any ground for war, snd therefore for military preparations. His belief was that by firm and friendly action and by patience all could have been gained ...

... THE WAR NOT INEVITABLE. He was never one of those who believed that the war was inevitable. He had been misquoted, even in an important Liberal paper that day. So he wcould repeat that he was always one ¢f those wiho believed that. with groper diplomacy ...

... TO END THE WAR. NEW PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY LORD ROBERTS. HOW GUERILLA WARFARE WILL BE TREATED. The following message from Lord Roberts was issued by the War Office yesterday: MacuADODORP, 13 Sept. I have ordered the following proclamn-‘ tion to be printed ...