TOPICS A MID-WEEKLY GENERAL NEWS
... TOPICS A MID- WEEKLY GENERAL NEWS. IF.THE BOERS WERE WISE.— If the Boers were wise (says tbe i( Standard) they would un- doubtedly recognise that they had done enough to save their nations 1 honour, and that they should now abandon a contest from whioh they can derive no kind of advantage. But, #he.her the sullen Dutch temper will accept defeat until it is actually brought home in the most ...