... feein in ritfcreut parts of I South Africa FeP EOngland io stop short, in | the middle of the war, to admit that it wes a drawn battle, that thi-.v wcr notb vrpareci to a;ssrt their suprmacy by force in South Africa. would be fatal! to the ho~nour. ?? ...

... Press have treated the I ailleged rebellion of the Dltch of Cape Colony I i agaist Engiand Eine the outbreak of the j present war have been somewhat amusing inli their variance. One journal boldly dedclres I| that the Afrikander farmers of (ape Colony are ...

... carrying on of the war. England is not so beloved by Conti- inental nations that she can afford to leave the defence of the United Kingdom wholly to militia, volunteers, and the Royal Irish Con- Istabulary. To place 120,000 men in South 'Africa will exhaust ...

... fought out between the Iutch in Soutih Africa and the English race is which is to be the oredominant Power. The utach in Natal and ap Oolony will pobably take note. But Ijord Wolseley's attempt to de- velop a war of races out of an official Stock 13xchange ...

... England is to beoverilor of a4itouth Africa. , Notwithstandiin the hordes of adventurers .e irom England and other parts of the world h. who during the last ten years have swarmed ti tb'-he Rand1 the Dutch of South Africa are *still themajority of 'thel white ...

... when the, war is over., That, at pr- sent; is a rather indefinie date. But, it is notewborthy that' :the Canadian model7 should. have, been 'so, soon 'invoked to' cover the crizinal blunders of ?? Office..' According -to this plsn the war will be fol- ...

... THE WAR. The Boers have won another small victory. For the past few days a portion of the Bri- tish troops at Estcourt, the moat forward position now left the forces south of Lady- smith, have been indulging in little excur- sions into the country towards ...

... possession of at the conclusion of the war. Such a step r he declares to be necessary if the war is not to degenerate into a war of exasperation, and Dutch opinion to be permanently alien- ¢ ated throughout South Africa. What that; - might cost the British ...

... THEJ WAR.- Ijord Rosebery was once described by au admirer gs the Public Orator of Great Britain, and it msy be pun tc his criedit that in his speech in Edinburgh l8st 'night he ?? xealised the character by makinig the very beat that could be made of ...

... THE WAR. Hostilities have begun in South Africa. [ An armoured train that had been despatched with some artillery to Mafeking was attacked on Thursday night by the Boers and cap- tured. The Boer forces are, therefore, in possession of the Rhodesian railway ...

... THE WAR. It is, perhaps, significant that simultane- ously with the appearance of' the first regi- ments of the Army Corps in South Africa, the news from the Cape should all deal with opera- tions along the western and, southern fr6n- tiers of the fighting ...

... THE WAN-l. There has been a distinct slackenin-g of the pace in South Africa. It looks now as i. we were hearing nothiing berause theri ik little to tell. Yet another pigeoll feund ns -way from Ladysmith to Capetown y-,rer- day, and it brings no nlws ...