The South Wales Daily Post

j WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1900. jMotss and Comments. The'illi;"s from the seat oi war continues to I ba CT<>!>d. On the 28th April Hafeking was so I. confidently holding its own that encourage- xu^nt was deliberately given the besiegers to I !deliver an attacsk in force upon the garrison,, But the Boers huve no stomach for facing fire: in the opect, acid they reitcd the inviustion. It is just, as well for ttiein that they did, for Baden-Powell had a warm welcome ready for the visitors. The fact that subsequently the heavy gvliiit used by the Boers w&re withdrawn wa- portend the beginning of the end of the siege or ba merely another example of Boar; "slimniss." It is impossible to say which. Their tenacity in holding on to Maleking is in- comprehensible, since the pla possesses no strategical value whatever, and has neither valuable guns nor loot to compensate the Boers m the improbable event of success. As besiegers of defended positione the enemy have Csen as rank failures in this war as in the war of 1831. I Meanwhile Hunter is effectively dealing the way for his advance, whether it be directed towards Mafeking in the north or Potchefs- troom in the north-east. After occupying the. north bank of the Vaal, he has swept his front to such purpose that the Boers fled, leaving their stores, ammunition, and parsomal effects.. We are left to conjecture the true objective of Hunter's Division, but the influence his opera- tions exercise, directly and Indirectly, cannot fail to be felt around Maieking, distant though the latter may be from Fourbeec Streams. In the centre Roberts is still steadily push- ing on. Mounted forces under Hutton and Hamilton have at different points, reached the Zand River, and discovered the enemy massed in foice there. Unless all the spirit has been I takee out of the B-cer-3 they are bound to I offer a stiff resistance at this point, since every mil; yielded to the invaders places the latter in enlarged control of the Bethlehem-Karri- smith line, the chief mans of communication with the forces holding the Drakensberg passes. There must come a time in the re- tiring movement when the Bo-r% in Natal will be placed in jeopardy, and Buller is pro- bably only waiting for the psychological moment for striking iiL Present indications I ars extremely satisfactory along the whole. line.

Matters are getting to look ugly in the tin- plate trade. There is a chance, of course, that a settlement. may be effected before Work is suspended still every failure to adjust differ- ences renders settlement more difficult, for the fee-ling of antagonism is intensified by unsuc- cessful negotiation, and the handing in of notices is, in a <ilse, the delivery of an ulti- matum. Outside the trade a strike, however I brought about, will bo resented as virtually ¡ the thi-owing away cf blessings long hoped for. There will be a disposition to place the bi.¡nne on the shoalders of thp workmen, if only for the reason that they have interrupted the continuance of the existing conditions by ask- ing for the betterment of the letter. But this view ci the situation will t>])8;the-r just-nor 1\ sagacious. It is not for outsiders to offer dog- matic opinions regarding the merits of the de- mands rncule by the annealer?, or of any other sect.iou oi the workmen,. Whether this or that price be pa,1 per bos is a point for the ordinary higgling between employer and em- ployed, And only th with m intimate know- ledge ol all the cUWHnstanoes are competent to form r judgment thereon. There are ctita n broad principles involved, however, in the pp. |pre.:iation of whi-i oaiv ordinary common- s iAse is required- J To judge the present situation accurately it! is necessary to aceoont the events of J the past as well ns tnpsa which may reaso-nab.y i I be expeetad to iiappen the future.. Durtng the leaa. years tktcP,?sl the collapse of, the; Aaxeriean t." the «u»jploye*B tl¡ 1 ,r-<W- argued sud acted in the spirit-of the lijat- wages should fail with the iaii itllhe pii-e obtained for .the tinned phr-e: and that thej 1874 standard this a fetich kept up after.the) conditions which produced it had for ever passed away. In other words, wages were to follow the market—that was an economic law so obviously sound that workmen in resisting it acting in a soifflda) fashion. Every demand for concwsgion originated in this, and j was made to derive sanction therefrom, and > the 1874 list- was mutilated evwywhers. When the public are tempted to pass fweop- ing censuro upon the men for demanding tm r& wages, let. them recall the notorious fact that during the period of depression the wage-rate was mfcreilesiily sliced into, and the further fact that when prosperity ca-me in full wave, quite unexpectedly, a couple of years ago, the workmen were content to labour on as if the 1874 represented the utmost limit of their aspirations. For two years the manufacturers have enjoyed a harvest which has recoup-d them for years of attenuated profits or no pro- fits at alL Thanks to the Conciliation .Com- j mittee, which came iu with the flood, they have been able to take the fullest poss ible ad- j vantage of prosperity. There has been no strike aad no stoppage du.e to disputes. An industry is most susceptible to disturbance when the price of the article produced is la^" ing. thereby inducing employers to retrench by cutting down the wage-bill and again when the price is rising thereby tempting workmen to ask for a larger share of the proceeds. Let it be remembered to the credit of the tinplate workmen that the period which might have found them restless and exacting has been dis- tinguished by a calm. unprecedented in the history of the trade. Now, when the prosperity is apparently be- ginning to ebb, the milliaen, who form the majority of the employes, are asking for a 5 per cant, advance on the 1874 standard, and I in default of it threaten to strike. We think I their action unwise, but only in regard to tac- tics. They have ample justification for at- tempting to force up wages in the successful efforts to press them down made by the em- ployers when the prices ruling for tinplates ware low. At the same time, we believe the demand impolitic, for HHreasoU that, it glV away the principle for which the workmen j fought a* their charter of rights a few years ago, and is a practical endorsement cf the ¡ policy of the employers in cutting down wages when profits are small. We use the words "give a-way" advisedly, for no advance for which the workman can reasonably hope will J compensate them for the sacrifice of the pr-n- ciple that the 1874 standard should be equally good for all conditions of the trade. This de- mand for increased wages just when the market is weakening, means bartering away a. valuable safeguard against encroachments valuable safeguard against encroachments upon the wage list in the lean years that must come again, sooner or later. I We are aasious to set out these facts i plainly, since the chances of a settlement will be improved by disabusing the minds of employers of the idea that they will carry public opinion with, them in whatever stand they may make against the dsomands of the workmen. This* they will not do, the siireple reason that the more thoroughly the facte at« disclosed, the lesas tenable will be- come the pob'Uon they had taken up. If tne reports of Tuesday's conference be sub- stantially correct Bind if they tU not TÀ11 responsibility as with those who will not I supply a proper official account; as is OOJl, by tie Sliding Scale Committee—the em- ployers refused to submit the main point to arbibation be muse on so earlier occasion the tinhousesnen had done the sxune, but an otfer was made to the workmen to ctatinue the 1874 list until .1une, 1901. It is difficult to believe that these terms! will obtain the endorsement of the intelli- gence' of the trade. Two follies will not count for wisdom, and if arbitration itself be good, the fact that it was once rejected by thej tinhousemen is no justification for the em- j plovers in doing likewise. Apart from that, t is not the rejection, especially with, the reaso l assigned for it, a tacil. admission uhat arbitra- i tion would probaibly be iavourable to the ¡ mUlmp.ii ? At all events, the parties to an I industrial dispute who reject arbitration must I inevitably suffer in tlis public judgment. And rightly so. In the present instance the men contend that the maiwifacturers are en- joying such profits as justify a demand for increased wages; the manufacturers, on th I other hand, aigue that the cost of the raw I materials swallows up the profits. Thus, the whole question tarns on a matter of fact. i What conclusion is invited when one side proposes that an impartial and competent I outsider be asked to determine the point, and the other refuses the proposition? Incidentally, the offer of the employers to maintain the 1874 standard until June, 1901, conveys a suggestive commecit on the un- wisdom of the men in trying to disturb the I established for the sake of a small and temporary advance. If that offer means anything it is that the employers reserve to themselves the right to vary the standard when the trade is not prosperous. In otner J words, there is to be an implied {sliding Scale, which slides downward without limit, but cannot be allowed to slide higher fban ¡ the 1874 standard, which, therefore, becomes a. virtual maximum. Caunot the men see in this circoxnstttnce .couvtndng evidence the insubstantial advantage for which they; declare themselves ready to strike. We hope | thav at even this late stage in the proceedings ¡ the demand will be var ied so as to compre- hend the greater advantage of a wage, opeiative for good aud bad times uJ.ikp. The 'interests of the iudustr v require that the temptation should be removed from the path of the employer to fly at the wage-rate immediately bt feels the pinch of eompett- j tion and depression. The bctter-dass m- plover dGs uc*: aud cannot hope to ben din from an uoequui wagt>-ivbfce, sabje^ to sudden changes. employer ruxr employsd, nor general public, gain from rhe uuetv-; taiotv. widdi is the direct result of a ifoc- tuatuijj ia<w»-biil. It is the lees scru|)iuo!ts! rpmui&c!nr<-r alone, who, by snatching a wivantagc, TOiJtS by inroads upon i watgws m isolated works..A mufoxsn., Jised wsge.rate ,hAs for yems wen the sorest; need of tire industry, aud a. great opjwrtuuivy j will be.Jo.t if the pr^ent.negotiations do noM tat,aml the salvation cf th :ndB5tryj froui. iU old condition of chtvos. i

The Post Baø 1 -4- The question now "What's become of Kitchemrf ) The Oliver's new whistle is a great sue- j V-CES. It can be distinctly heard ten yjircLs away any clear day through a smoked glass. Where a.re the melodious strains of the I Town. Band uow-a-days? Some think that. the members have gone to the Paris Exhibition to enjoy a rest. Perhaps they have hushed their music, because it is not a paying job. They j could do a worse thine. j The fertility of some people's brains is J greM. A dispute between the Swans-.a Cor- ] poration and a. builder in reference to the i construction of a bakehouse was described by Alderman Gwilym M; rgiii a.t Wednesday's meeting as "nnother Spion Kop." Ch. tliundei'! Mr. Mai'chant Williams said when he was bausju€tted in London: "Anyone would think that. I had been relegated to some far-^way, off-the-liue place, like Fishguard or—Pwii- neli or—Swai^ea." Mr. Marchant Williams, you know, just missed being "relegated" to the Swansea stipeudiaryship.—Verb. sap. This happened at a. local electric works the other morning. A gentleman was being shown round the works, and was about to place his hand on a dynamo, when the engineer, a I j&otchinjaai, excitedly ^howt-ed out, Dinsna touch it, mon dinua touch it. If ye get but one ww small grippet ye'll breathe sparks, and there'll be a new face in heaven.' An Irish saiior was heard to remark as he gazed a.t Messrs. Weaver and Company's elec- trical conveyer discharging grajn from the s.s. Felbridge at the North Dock, on Monday, "I have seen pumps pumping water, and I have seen pumps pumping wind; but I be hanged if I ever saw a pump pumpin.g corn before." The s.s. Sagamore, of Antwerp, now Vaiting stem to load fuel in the IN'orth Dock, is one of the funniest looking things afloat. She is tapered a.t both ends like a German sausage, and has about half-a-dozen turrets on deck. This gives her the appearance of a torpedo- boat. She is also fitted with a very high bridge, and has three stump maste. Slasher wants to know if she stops out at sea all night. A group of monkeys in a forest could not have chattered worse than some cf the mem- bers of the Swans<?fi Streets Conmuttte on 1 uesday. h wa.<>, honestly, too bad. One of these days an ultia-sniart member, who hits contributed lun share to such a pamkmonium j of nonsense, will oomplain to his constituents that reporters do not i-eport committee meet- J ings fully, and then that member will at once join the ranks of the humorists. ¡ The season is evidently in full swing, "wka young men's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of I love. Here are a few specimens from the agony columns :—Rodney.—Tenderest greet- ings, my. veil-beloved. I long for you daily, and am happy.—O- B. Y.—Yerv sweest of you aoout those words, dearest. Only real trouble seeing so little of you. You assured me of I constancy, and wished I could believe it. I do, but few loving words would cheer so much. Do not withhold them." I A Paris friend of a member of our staff writes that one of the striking features of the exhibition is the superiority of the German aaval display over that of Great Britain. Moreover, above the entrance to Teutonic ¡ section i» tho significant phrase, "Our future is on the water." Like most Frenchmen the writer, is a pro-Boer, end he suggests that Doid Roberts will quickly join the other British officers who are playing cricket at Pretoria. We believe he will, but not in the sense meant by the Parisian. A short time ago a deacon in West went as delegate from his chapel to a. con- vention. A friend who did' not think he was a likely man to be sent tackled,, him OIl the point. "Wdl," he said, "perhaps I wasn't the most suitable man, but, you see, I was chairman, and, between ourselves, I wanted a. little holiday, so when the committee met the four of them each voted for himself. Weil, as I said before, I was the chairman, so I gave the casting vote for myself, and a very enjoyable time it was." I take the following item of fashionable intel- ligence from the "Cambrian" (writes "Labby" in "Truth"). for I feel sure that it will interest I and possibly amuse, many who would have no chance of seeing it in that paper: —• "Mrs. few friends left Swansea yesterday (Thursday) en route to Germany. They hope bo be in Berlin during the coming of age festivities of the Crown Prince. The I Emperor of Austria will be present, and the English Royal Family will be represented by the Duke of York, etc." Whmt a great day II for Swansea; t "Cholly, de*>,lx boy," said MeCh'rgler, "when a.re you tyred?" "Haw, haw, very good; but I 1 don't know." "Don't know? Well, ¡ it's when you axe being Mowed up." "Haw, haw," chortled Cholly, "I'll try that on O'Slajomer." A little later: •iO,Slannner, deah boy, when a.re you tyred? Ha.w, haw." I "Don't know, I'm sure," was the reply. I haw, ha.w, doocid good this—you are I being — haw, haw-filled." "Where's the said O'Slammer: "I don't see it." And now Cholly vows he will no longer try a joke I on anyone as thick-headed as O'Slammer. An Uplands young man has bad a very bad attack his season. However, the lad or the I lady, presumably the latter, was unfortunate enough to drop the letter, which, naturally ¡ enough, wanders into this office to bask itself in the generous sunshine of our "Post-B&g column. It. is addressed to "My dearest Eva" —who, we may take it, is «o relation to the "Where is my Eva. gone?"' party-and pro- ceeds -"After these years of silence between us. I now take the liberty of writing you. You will no doubt, think it very strange of me I taking this step, hut when I tell you that ever since we parted I have been the most miser- able man in the world, and that my heart is broken, you will easily understand how hard it is for me to live. Oh, Eva, my darling! if I you have one tinge of love for me, try and I forget what I said when we parted. I cannot ut de; stand now what made me say such tlJings to you, but I never realised at the time how muoo. you are to me, and how impossible it is for me to be without your love. Oh, my darling! I beg you to have pity on me, and just write me a few lines to say that all is ¡ well between us again. This would make me the happiest man in this wide world, and vour confidence in me should never be shaken; iigain. 1 cannot write in the old familiar way, j I don't know how this letter will be re-1 ceivod: ¡)on. I can only conclude by begging j von most. earnestly, 'from the bottom of my heart, to have pity on me, aaid let us share j. eaeh other's love we used to in the oht, da vs.7 I remain, in all sincerity, your broken- J hearted Ernest." Eva wa»so touched by this I mcitiug epistle that she immediately wrote j the following items on tue back o.i lib. rice lib. cheei&e, 3ibs. sugar, lib. tea, 21bs. | aoda, and 2osw. pepper—and went shopping | like a deaf, sensible, useful soul. I

1..A. THE WAR. | —— Bul!er Ready to Move, SIGNIFICANT SILENCE OF THE WIRES. j AHE IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS PENDING ? (Central News Agency.) DURBAN, Tuesday Evening. It is confidenvly predicted here that impor-1 tant developments in the military situation in Natal may be looked ior very shortly. There has been an entire absence oi news from the: front for several days owing to a rigorous ten- worship. ENEMY SEEKING INFORMATION. j m AS AFFAIR WITH A PICKET. Association War Special.) LADiiSjsUTH. Tuesday, An exciting incident occurred this morning. A party of the enemy, numbering about- eigh- teen, crossed Sundays River during the night and took a direct- line for the main shaft of the Elands!ajigt-e Colliery, They stopped at a house formerly occupied by the nu'.nager. for whom they asked. They were mostiy iards and Italians. M. Richard, an empioye of the mine, who s'ept at the house, is a. Frenchman. Mistaking the intruders for fel-, low countrymen he replied in English, hoping they would not understand. Richard t-aid the manager was at the mine. They wanted him to join them but he refused. They then asked where the soldiers were. He replied that they were far oil, but that a picket was only a short diHnJnce away. He gave them the wrong direction, but pointed out to them the route by which they would pass the picket. They then walked away. When within fifty yards of the picket near the colliery they were chal- lenged by a sentry. Their reply was "Hands up l" The sentry pwmptly fired, and the picket sent a few volleys into the party, who turned and ran for their horses. One Span- iard was shot through the stomach iWid died almost- immediately. A few were wounded, but managed to escape on their horses. One of the few idiots firsd by the enemy wounded a sergeant of the. Rifle Brigade in the leg. The dead Spaniard had a carbine belonging to the 18th Hussars, with two bandoliers containing 250 rounds. There was nothing by which he could be identiiicd. The sentry at first mis- irtthe darkness the enemy for a party of workmen going to the mine. They knew how to go to the manager s house, thanks to the rebels. Not knowing the strength of the enemv, the picket could not foilow them up. The men in the different companies stood to; arms, expecting an attack. Rumours of an intended attack by the enemy on the lilandslaagte position caused a general movement of the troops yesterday. Native deserters from Johannesburg state; they were working in Johannesburg tÜ April 27th, OIL which date they went to get their monthly passes renewed. A Government j official searched them, destroyed their passes, took from them all their money, and told them to go back to their homes in Natal All Zulus in the Transvaal have been treated alike.

ROBERTS PRAISES RHODES. KIMBERLEY DEFENCE OPERATIONS. PRAISE ALL ROUND, The "London Gazette" of Tuesday nigh; contains a Jong report from Lieutenant- Colonei Kekerwieb, describing t.he milita<ry operationa m the vicinity of Kimberley from September 13 th to February 15-uii, and th- defence of the iown Uprll; to the latter date, when its relief was effected. Lord Roberts, in forwarding the report. to the War Office, says the greatest credit is due to Lieutenant-Coloned Kekewioh, whom he confidently recommends to the favourable ¡ consideration of her Majesty's Government. "The Colonial, Volunteer, and Irregular forces, and the town guard," adds Lordj Roberts, "are deserving of recognition. Ths citizens of Kimberley, conspicuous among whom were the Right. Hon. C. J. Rhodes Mr. H. A. Oliver (the mayor), and Mr. F. H. Henderson (the ex-mayor), seem to have rendered most valuable assistance.

THE REFUGEES AT BELAG0A- (Central News War Correspondent.) LOURENCO MARQUES, Tuesday The Cunard transport Umbria has been des- patched from Durban to Dtkgoa. Bay to take away the victims of the last expulsion from the Transvaal. The Uaibria has accommoda- tion for two thousand passengers*. Strict in- quiries have bean made into the history of tae refugees, and it has been ascertained tha.t only the- antecedents of some eight hundred Will bear investigation. Those permitted to go forward to Natal or the will be limited to that number. j

BOER TRENCHES AT I FOURTEEN STREAMS. J THE ENEMY'S S.A. DEFENDERS- f (Press Association War Special.) WARRENTON CAMP. Tuesday. To-day has passed quietly. The troops snend off time at the river, watching the am.^ Te «*>* *.«■» *■<*»•» ,r| ox-wagons across a rbngii, deep <J" '• Engineers have put up a new pPnt' begun the construction of a tenipo^'n- w.si- wav bridge, material for whie ji st arrived. A Kimberley train Tf J ,la^ to-day'for the first time since .J 'u Wth. The Bix^r trenches at Foiirtt>eu Streams re- The Boer trenches at Foiirtt>eu Streams fe s«u>ble underground dwelliu^. are in zigzags, and the posJtlOns weie tou- cealed bv bu¡.;h. The exca vated chambers were roofed with iron aDd e-a.rth. An invalid Boa who was found in a hdii beeu brought j into the hospitaL I OITR SPLENDID MOUNTKD INFANTRY. Mooks as if a. serious rot, had set- in among the covering their widely ex- tended frtwt in the Orange State (writes Mr. Charles >Villjams^ "stickers" as they were, they apparvut-ly incapable of a wheu seriouslv .pushed. Of course, Lord Roberts is pressing them in the north with an overwhelming force even more remarkable for its mobility than for ita mun- aaid if any Englishman has a doubt re- maining about the value of mounted infantry, Tfhick Lord Wolseley has advocated for :11 quarter of a century and Sir Evelyn Wood forj nearly 30 years, let him study the organisation j and movemeut of the division under lun Hamil- j ton iai South Africa and the working of thej Colotiial Irregidar Horse, wnich ure more j mounted infantry tiian anything else, and be I will see that not even our splendni command I of cavalry could have enabled us to do what we i done with mounted, iiifeucry in envelop- iua: <the enemy's Banks and in piercing so to speak, the enemy's aiidriix. j

LOCAL LETUPS FRO FRONT. "TO BACCO" FROM THK It is now quite cicitr 1V4'Saftfftflse» | ineuts of tobacco sent to cf tl^ J the front, through toe m u' tt.eir Post" War Fund, have re^ proo«k,r tion. We have rcceivea this is so, principally (?}• to in soldiers' letters. however, deais exidiisi^ n 81 One is from Pie. to Coldstream Guarus, vho, f fro«» at Swansea, dating .'j{. River, April 7th, says: "j jaifl-5' f thank Messrs. T. G. ^aa.'e>,n. for rJl.\ I ivlauger, and Sid '=>0f0'"(."io0l<iie,s ja i, their kindly thought of of tob^^ | front and their generous y -„eptabie' '■ cuu assure yoa it was vei.v ^er in^J the time that it arrived, ;L.d 93. iof t'o pany bad that illGrÐ1ll; ee Jjoff J'Ø" I j of to'oacco. So that yen c" ,niexo £ h £ j valued the tobacco il)e~je nOfJijD0 -i smokes alright, and taer« e « k than a good smoke. 0, Úle veldt,, it- helps to weitr aVir kin! I;t which a man feels coinsag outfit and puts fresh life iaito yo'J-. ^iiOr.eJ'0'rf» thank them for their afJi;J.Ilë.llt « be able to get this ackno-W^ a in the I'0;;L" K Mr. \r\. A. lanie^. siiip t^e(' the Strand, Swausts. f iront, acknowledging tlie Hi! tobacco sent- out by the abo*- inati.^ The letter is datel fontein. nul flca-cls :11: l:lS\í -¡Çe to be utile to let you kue>w reived t)H> tobacco which out to the, Swa.ea boys i» l. j,ad 1 received a letter syi-ibig MB tobacco oa in Jitnuaiy. gs^^jjHBj Cowman, Lewis and myswtf a-.ti hopes of ever rewiviug about that time, i'oj' a tated -mB belonging to the troops was ^.gtt wB»j Boers. Honestly, its quite ft ufl||. a taste again of the* good oH were not able to get anythia^jgsb^'jvitjjBt ci a smoke leaving 'B|^ through ail the tevr-bic inarch^,a[^BK herley, aud from there to oiJ ilia expect to comrcanucer t:iking Kimberley and i>onj< s. {gp we got nothing in the shaps 0 (flier comforts. This is a verj #^B and if it had not b-:eii for which our gineiUiis made, 1> e' have taken it for a, long time, with a v'foo. built fort's all around the town, and had a n miber of we did a iiankmg iuovemcnt, about 63 miles to the ta-st. ^.ogJjb^Be »pou them in the rear. Ot co^JgBg^Kbt very good move, but. very haf" aad the horses, w-hk-h uie Uj); we eau only mount the v.tiole legimeut-. Ther^- jHp tVQsh remounts coming up xo-ii^^Pjjf5^ 1f^|^ place the horses killci, and Hiali be. on the move again i'dfl There is a large force of the |B the north of the town, but v-fs lB them on the move again. £ }je B got a bit cheeky, and show i'P S siitoe our cavalry have not been 1 but they'll be oif at a gallop w5jj5 lighting line again. I hope bf "Mr •:j ietter reaches you we shall h^ VW fight, and this a little nearer border."—(Signed) Fred V:1.s. ■ < man, Jack Jenkins.' '• HOW THE HORSES ERf; 1i 1í1 A Swansea boy, now in k [Scarlet) Lancers;, wiiting from on the 8th April to a friend &.wl says :—"We hive been havinit Wf_ of it, as we have been in alt has occurred on this side S j column started on the relief of JB t that wa.s about the hardest fieMJj wish to experience we were ^rjj ul marly the 'whole of the time « ft' ceotion. of a S&vr hours each \w\ jweve always on picket, so th^?. eLi'.uci.' oi sleep. I wa-s «o. hor1'1 T tu<e-d i-n drop off to sletp as j^n|B|' iug aioug, and suddenly wake, j wtw being left behind, as all K dow up and would stop dead V would let tlitT/i. My regimen'g •. moat wonder fid luck in ca/r.udties. Vv> were in front i ■division on the way to I noitriug and drawing the 'J«% I course, were always the first l was on patrol e.veiy day, an<l to stan. pot-ting at us as soon aS,, and keep it up all along the i-0'1 dark. We got quite used to it JftSpJ 1 we halted you would see I of their saddles and so ti> sleep, not take the sightest notice 11 I don't think so much of th9 > rff £ jt' myself. They are alright at /.# j |' they are stuck behind a. bier '1 are no gotxi at long range. into Kimberley they shoui.l wESm. c,ijJ of our s^tTfvirons idt-oiifmEfi where they were making a occupied two rather high yards apart, atid our road la/iJ}j so my squadron and "1, t J order to charge. I^sifall ne 0>1\ lung as For glrrl like galloping through severeKs' (I could see the strik.infc>S^ £ ^B>t. aioiiiid you. None of ns the other side. In fact, we f,! | j* Mm that the, general said alter }1\1\) order that we cr. :Üd never 1 and marvellous to say, .<J 't.: .le! and about a doasn •(jPmd'c'tlu0t suffered most. 1 ^,e but had the saiis^ f through the felio^ ^1^ >1: '*c &i> •idtyEh- ai-e b&i-tlv cow^' tftf* JM •. you are cio« «^ttIlenV J »», their lcneea- -fn stopped 31 'V^berte/' hard day' f.d Lha-t- >f0J bo**s ,ve i-tt. ^Bp moiuM ou. and B and went atter Cronje. i H c -< ^•liat has hajjjfeued since then- AN ECHO ,> F 7Ti>il Private Geor^? Lewis, of VS^M1 Regiment, ,VriUng to his J 1 Borsseaaiy' x>rift on the ^Ulivef M £ Sj| states :We 3er, Mcdder trtiOiCs cn Februarv ICth. a*1' ,0 ii* 1m Arriving there, we marched p'oijud, and after having J •Vityouac cut of bl-snkela to K ^.»0K 1 tins was on Sunday. Early f :ef wjH* I left- for the relief of | Roberts' flying column. v\ e miles, then h.v'tcd for the ..i dav. W p could hear heavy t' t.( on this march. We espe'Ct^- t but found that the enemy hi»° heels'. We in contact biirJHMl wire, and arrived in 9 a m. With a few others (1 JV, v" and got a few potatoes p we were going back we eou*' yMk? our rear. We were <ri*tt loni^^B» j in camp again. Then we killed it, and had a fair Mi W ;}i Vj/ commandeered everything InJBLilt v:sinn«, as otherwise it We then marched to' f'hilp^JP*^ y. pouring rain, and we liad th%. c^'l jfy fling all night; but'we kept ,f just at daybre dr. I smchore*- ø.o, hours ur.de!' a, mule wagon. a.t1 ø?'!1t (.;j morning and marched to o'ir ,e A had ;»■ d^y's rest: but- th« ($L to go on outpost duty. T,Jilf>nt U heavy b'nttie. but our regi-' .^st^ in it." Next morning our «">«■. J^r'V iu. and we had another l*a*eo v k, Boers back. Having alright, there was no »ee-d V so we changed our direct^ ga-t. marches arrived \VeJ1; yt 1¿¿rf1 On the next day the cf !J one shell dropped about j,pt- *.j "'J me, but it was hatirle^; r,ra^.1', il" '^jr >- ,not burst. Then it set -J» 'were fighting from abo«, (• v.™. T, wk. fww f<? £ »5;>k the extent- of our losses- c* p?" f lost heavilv. We drove j-c their kopjes. They th«« p>'«r' the bed of the Modder cor'\J*J rounded them and caj"*fle4 t?is^pv^ j-fj + dav after day we ?a- of ..j Our division has done 'y Kimbprley, and the Free State. despatchas for coo^n