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THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNTRY. LETTER FROM MR. J. M. MACLEAN. Mr. J. M. Maclean, formerly M.P. for Cardiff, writes as follows to the Westminster Gazette "I was walking in Pall Maill the other day, and opposite the War Office I passed a gentle- man, evidently from the country, who vas showing his little boy the sights of London. I paused a moment involuntarily to listen, and heard him say, You see that building, my boy. That is the Hugger-Mugger office.' I wonder if this is the name generally given in the country to the War Office. It is (er- i, tainly well deserved. I have read with ;nte- rest and amusement the racy criticisms! of Mr. T. Gibson Bowles and Mr. Winston; Churchill, but it seems to me that Lord Salis- bury may well bear such remarks with a patient shrug. He knows that. in spite of what they say now, Mr. Bowles and Mr. Churchill will, whenever Parliament neets, go meekls' into the Ministerial lobby to vote for keeping in power the Government wnioh they describe as the most contemptible cf modern times. Mr. Bowles has the great merit of being always able to make us laugh, -ome- i times even in spite of ourselves, but is he not too hard upon the poor Cecil family? I doubt if the Cecils are not quite as good as the majority of the gentlemen sitting behind them who are so eagvr to taks their places. "What we are witnessing at the present moment is not the failure of Ministers so much as the collapse of a system—the cystem of public-school freemasonry, of class privilege, and of general social snobbishness which make up the England of to-day. We have all vowed for generations that the education given in our public schools was the finest in the world, and now it has been tried and found wanting. We have discovered .hat it breeds gay sportsmen and dashing fficers, who ride to their death as gallantly as tney í would go to a ball; but that it utterly fails to provide the mental training which is ossen- tial to the development of leaders of men. Individually, the Englishmen we send out to South Africa are no more fitted to cope with the Boers than the dandy diplomatists of Versailles were qualified to outwit plain Dr. Franklin from the backwoods of America; and we carry on the war much in the arro- gant and vainglorious fashion in v:iich the American War of Independence was Tont.t«ted by the men who surrendered at Saratoga and Yorktown. I could not help smiling the other day when I read that the officers who had returned from South Africa had started new club in Piccadilly. This is their contribution towards the settlement of the South African question, as if the whole West End of London were not honeycombed with their clubs already. But the whole British Army is nothing but a vast social club, which oets the tone of smart society in London, and nothing short of a revolution, one begins to think. will awaken a people 'debauched with ease, or will ever shake the admirable self-satisfac- tion with which they contemplate their handi- work. The War Office, of course, only exists to act in conformity with their sentiments., "Mr. Bowles is not pleased with the Opposi- tion any more than he is with the Ministry. But the Opposition is terribly hampered. Liberals, no less than Conservatives, have sons and brothers at the front-I observed the other day that Sir William Harcourt attended a service for a near relation slain in South Africa—and, blood being thicker than water, a bond of mutual sympathy has thus been established which restrains all but extreme men from saying what they think about the war. But the country is now thoroughly dis- satisfied and exasperated, and demands that some means should be found to put an end to an ignoble and worthless struggle. It is apparent from the very interesting account given in the 'Times' of the interview between Sir Bindon Blood and General Ben Viljoen that there are a very large number of sensible men among the Boers who are now prepared to accopt reasonable terms of peace. Those terms were nearly settled last March, when Mr. Chamberlain dashed the cup from our lips by insolently qualifying as preposterous the concessions Lord Kitchener had wished to pro- pose to the enemy. "An opportunity is now offered to the Liberal leader. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who is to speak this month in Scotland, to declare to the country, frankly and clearly, what in his opinion are the terms that England should make known to Mr. Kruger and the Boer Government in South Africa her willingness to aeecpt. HP should discriminate between the annexation he has declared his readiness to support and\the Totally different annexation which Mr. Chamberlain imperiously demands. Sir Henry's annexation, while requiring the Boera to recog?iiso the supremacy of the [British flag, would give them back their land I,and the right to manage their own affairs. This is the only kind of agreement by means of which Englishmen and Dutchmen can live together on friendly terms after peaoe is declared. The only alternative for us is to proceed with a war of extermination which is to wipe out the whole Dutch race, to destroy all the cattle, all the horses, all the oxen, all the implements of husbandry, and even all the pastures, and to reduce South Africa to the condition of the Desert of Sahara. This is mere ruthlessness worthy of an Attila, but Hot fit to be accepted as the policy of a Christian and high-minded nation."

MARINERS' ADVENTURES. SHIPWRECKED MEN LANDED AT CARDIFF. Early on Friday two shipwrecked mariners were landed at Cardiff from the steamship Ida.. They proceeded to the Sailors' Home. Picked up in mid-Atlantic, they had expe- rienced thrilling adventures. The fishing boat English Glor- only carried three hands, and was on voyag- from Labrador to Gibraltar. When she was many days out she sprang a leak. Then the troubles of the crew began. The weather was stormy, and the men were bard put to it to keep their little c' aft afloat. However, by assiduous endeavours they achieved this, until j the steamship Ida sighted their boat, and rescued them from the watery grave which I threatened. Two of the men. as stated, were landed at Cardiff on Friday.

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LORD ROBERTS AND THE WAR. c.QW AN IMPORTANT SPEECH AT LIVE RPOOL. Lord Roberts visited Liverpool on Tues- day afternoon and distributed medals to Volunteers returned from the front. His lordship, who is the guest of Lord Derby at Knowsley, had a. tremen- dous reception as he drove through the crowded streets to the front of St. George's- hall, where the ceremony took place, and here 20,000 people were present, nowithstanding the rain. Volunteers lined the route, and Hussars and Yeomanry formed guards of honour, while the Indian and Crimean veterans paraded, and were inspected by Lord Roborts. After distributing the medals, Lord Roberts made a speech to the men, in which he said:- I most fervently wish that the war in South Africa was now over, and that we were again at peace. The warfare carried on there now is most difficult to describe, and equally diffi- cult to cope with. I daresay some of you are under the impression, from statements in some of the public press, that everything is not being done that might be done to end the war in a rapid and satisfactory manner. But, believe me, this is not the case. Every effort is being made by those who are in charge in South Africa, and by those who are responsible to the nation at large, to bring about this much-desired result. Lord Kitchener, in whom we all have implicit con- fidence, has never made one single demand for men, for horses, or for stores that has not been immediately complied with, and you may rest assured that this will continue to be done so long as the war continues. None of us are perfect, and there may have been some shortcomings, but I trust that when the war shall have been concluded it will be allowed that Lord Kitchener in South Africa and the War Office authorities at home have done all in their power to meet the wishes of their King and fellow-countrymen to bring the war to a satisfactory ending. What I would ask the nation now to do is to show that marvellous patience which was exhibited to such a remarkable degree at the time now known as those dark days in December, 1899. The situation in South Africa is very different now from what it was then. There is now no cause for anxiety, but the guerilla war now being carried on is not an easy one to deal with. As I remarked on a former occa- sion, the country in which we Were operating is of vast extent, the enemy know every inch of the ground, and they make use of their knowledge by doing all in their power to evade coming into contact with out troops in any- thing like numbers. It is only, indeed, quite recently that they have given our commanders a. chance, and I hope that the failure of their attack on Colonel Kekewich's position the other day, and the heavy loss they suffered, and the gallant way in which Major Chapman and his troops defended Itala, will g) far to convince them of the uselessnels of carrying on the war any further. Now, I sincerely trust that all you men will not be called upon again to take service in the field. Should your Sovereign and your country again demand your services I am confident you will respond as you responded before, and that you will willingly take your place alongside the sons of the Empire, whether they hail from Great Britain or from that Greater Britain which is over the sea. I wish you all good-bye, and may every happiness attend you. (Loud cheers.) Among those present at the proceedings were Sir Michael and Lady Hicks-Beach, ir William and Lady Harcourt. Lord and Lady Derby, Lord Stanley. M.P., the Hon. Arthur Stanley, M P., and Lord Lathom.

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nOTHA HARD-PRESSED BY THE BRITISH. following dispatches from Lord hsve bf en issued by the War Office Lne the week: — PRETORIA Monday (1.30 p.m.). The operations on the Natal frontier have somewhat diminished the captures by our mobile columns elsewhere for the ilast week. They report 50 Boers killed, 26 wounded, 244 prisoners, 60 surrenders; also 111 rifles, 3,670 rounds small-arms ammunition, 66 wagons, 640 horses, and 5,2*30 cattle. General Kitchener's columns were Cli2.iged yesterday fifteen miles to the Dorth-east of Vryheid with the enemy attempting to move north, and Bruoe Hamilton's engaged at Inlilazatie fountain. Nothing further is reported. In the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies there is no change. Fatberstonhaugh and Methnen are Moving against Delarey and Kemp, whose coramandos have scattered since the attempt on Kekewich's camp. Kekewich has recovered, and resumes bis command to-morrow. All the wounded are doing well, except lieutenant H. Flower, Scottish Horse, and five men. In Cape Colony French reports My- burgh's commando has been broken up by the recent operations near Rhodes. In the North-east Fouche and "Weasels are on the southern slope of the Drakens- ber?. Smuts has been headed north, and is :near Darrington. Scheepera' commando is near Lower Celcertskraal All commandos are being closely fol- lowed by our columns, who have been lightly engaged with them almost daily. Tuesday i12.40 p.m.). Lyttelton reports that the main body Of the enemy under Dotha was engaged by a portioa of General Kitchener's force twenty mile" north-east cf Vryheid on the jjth. when the enemy fell back north, and «eueral Kitchener's column, still in touch, moving to the north-west towards 2 *vaan Bridge. Our losses were Lieu- t*11 art Pilkington and two sergeants, 18 th j^n&sars, killed, and ten men wounded. enemy wero without wagons, which are reported still near Ntabankulu, which our columns from th« south are t^PDr;.aching. e—It appears from this message that N» f Louis Botha, with the main body of %aa*rCe' has abandoned the vicinity of his S^r°U8 defeat on the border of Natal, has p through Zululand, and is endeavour- "i vv° force bis way through the province r7heid to the district of Piet Retief or ^Uand.]

I BOTHA'S POSITION. n DUNDEE, Monday. closely Y»\ilclied by a numbe- i^6 which "are operating on every p- Me is still in the neighbourhood of t,fi -Yesterday Geaeral Walter Kitche- }»av^ng. received news the night before 0 th 0,^a intended movtner during the night e north-east, broke camp early in the W order to intercept him. fyo pT day the British general came Vnntact 'with a large force of the enemy, lably Botha's, and immediately vQe, p it- The result is not yet known. Clements reports that General Hamilton's guns were heard in action yesterday mornings but he has received ^formation regarding an engagement, ^nant-colonel Colville has captured a Jj: r of cattle. Ha only »aw a few Boers 8 tbarch.—Press Association War Special. tt, DUNDEE, Tuesday. )):<\f)tl)t1\!b lie is not yet by any means in a sa^efJr General Botha, it seems, has the inner cordon of troops which was put into the field to intercept hia fjjs J after being obliged to leave part of 'I¡ o¡Ocas behind him. With the troops at ^ttpi t>°~al it is impossible for General t ton Lo bloclmde the whole district from '!>v ,atni and Zululand borders across to (T^KJ t, A ^r;il Botha, moving northwards along n ^ron't^er' succeeded on Sunday outside our line of troop3 with lis for^e, leaving their wagons and ^tfe behind- The last laager of tlie Boers I h IL nisrht march, which brought them Jof Vryheid, and here they were _-p by General Walter Kitchener.-—

^EKEWICH AND DELAREY. t ilftK.. PRETORIA, Friday. ,&ht a have been received here of the stiff i<;lj jhich the column under Colonel Keke- Af tilad ^vith Delarey's Boers on Monday ,,Jo^ llstenburg. Kekewich had been moving tr) Very a ively, clearing the country JHJJ a Rustenburg, and, although he had ^g^ttBtantly in touch with the enemy, no Boers had been seen for some had been ascertained on the previous ¡¡s that a large Boer commando ti 11 the leiglibourhcod, and the usual pre- si tt-^8 '3een taken against surprise, and 1 (j."Ual network of posts thrown out. Just when the British column was the Boors, AVIIO had crept up unseen, y'tjj/ Indev cover of the bed of the river, 8f(w;3ted to pas3. They were opposed by a v'M 't/lr5r patrol, whom they quickly drove in. .^L *^y made a determined rush at the tti ts in the IJope of overpowering them and 8 the sleeping British camp before the vV? could recover from the alarm. The Qlade gallant attempts to stem the Boer pWj'11* kept up an incessant fire, but the Kvin °r num^er3 of the enemy told, and, f^r'vcn 'n the outposts, they became with the main body. The watchful- tp'c^eta had warned the camp of the cned da ^er- and in an incredibly short a.f»°^ tim. ^ps stood to arms and k^t fVance •- f amy was received with th » a warily checked. So close 'J1 died, however, that they t, c-i trters, and hand-to-hand oBryonets were brought 1r,!J. r' r taken by surprise as our 4rght most gallantly, and by iove the enemy gradually b, lei, ianger of their position, and f eir bold scheme of surprise I Boers retreated, taking with ai-v )l their dead and wounded as A large number of the horses and 1; -j ,-r" og to the Britiah force were 'r oled, the Boers having for gome t s, ated their fire on the horses and i! l( Among the Boers killed was t Boshof.—Central News.

L LAW THROUGHOUT CAPE COLONY. CAPE TOWN, Wednesday. I "Zette Extraordinary" issued to-day "118 martial law in the following dis- >/ Cape ColonyWynberg, Simon's ort Eiizatsth, and East London, and ^tape Town and district.—Reuter. letter;,tral News telegram says:The j'e of martial law over the i the Colony with the exception of the 1 Stgerrlt°ries. Au, °iai Army Order is simultaneously Jifl^ted appointing a special Board to grievalacee that may arise under the ^t,°n of the law. On this Board Sfily-Hutchison, the Governor; Sir of the Premier, and represen- V th? military authorities. •: tea.. CAPE TOWN, Wednesda.y. t Atir, Public approve of the 1" W.Q of martial law to the Colony. It (,t. hovever. that tne proclamation !|'t. 'Vs v greit consternation amongst the A '» v ,ere anc* they held hurriedly-sum- ^nterences on the matter this after- 's understood that the regulations will be greatly modified, and that j I ftblIC will suffer little inconrenience. N tT of the docks, harbours, and rail. iM eColony will remain in the hands of S ^horities,—Central News,

THE CHARGE OF INCITEMENT TO MURDER. Dr. Frederick Edward Trangott Krause. B.A., LL.D., was again placed in the dock at Bow- street on Tuesday on warran s charging him with high treason and inciting to murder. It had been announced that Sir P. Lushington would take his seat in the Extradition Court at half-past ten, but it was not until after eleven that the press and public were admitted. For a full hour the vestibule on the ground floor had been besieged by people impelled either by curiosity or a personal interest in the pro- ceedings to be present. The professional gentlemen engaged were admitted to the Extradition Court through the magistrates' private entrance, and, with their clerks, mono- polised the larger share of the space within yie narrow limits of the Extradition Court. Mr. Muir (instructed by Mr. Angus Lewis, of the Treasury) prosecuted: Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C., Mr. Mackarnans, and Mr. Lewis Noad (instructed by Sir George Lewis) were for the defence. The Earl of Dysart (Public Prosecutor) attended. OPENING STATEMENT. Mr. Muir. in opening for the Treasury, said the prisoner was arrested upon the 31st of August charged with high treason in the Trans- v.aal, and on a second warrant he was accused of inciting to murder. The present applica- tion was that the fugitive should be committed to prison to await his return to the Transvaal. The evidence upon which the magistrate was asked to commit was contained ia depositions already bef' re his worship. But there were other depositions of a more or less formal character, whi-.b had not yet arrived. There were also documents found in the possession of the accused, and there would be some verbal evidence laid before the court. The accused was Public Prosecutor at Johannesburg prior to the outbreak of hostilities, and he con- tinued to act ia that capacity, and also was a commandant of the Rand on and before May 29, 1900. About that date the British forces under Lord Roberts arrived at Johannesburg, and a message was sent to the town demand- ing its unconditional surrender. One of the messengers was Mr. Douglas Forster, a British subject, attached in a civilian capacity to the headquarter staff. The accused was found in command of the town, and he answered the summons, saw Lord Roberts, and obtained from him a 24 hours' armistice, in order, he said, to prevent etroet fighting. In a letter of June 2, 1900, he was thanked by Lord Roberts; but the fact was, as appeared from a report he subsequently sent to Dr. Leyds, that the accused utilised this 24 hours in adding t. j the armed forces of the then Republic. He obtained on June 5 permission to appear as counsel before the military tribunals in the interests of the burghers, but, as he would not take the oath of allegiance, that permission was within a few days withdrawn. On Juno 9 he was required to give his parole not to leave Johannesburg without the written per- mission of the military governor, and this parole he gave. Some time before June 24, in consequence of the interruption of the railway service of the military authorities, Lord Roberts, by proclamation, enacted that the principal inhabitants of districts should be responsible for the safe going and coming of the railway trains, and also made a rule that certain of the principal inhabitants should be nominated from time to time to ride upon the trains. On June 24 the accused was required to attend before the railway superintendent for this purpose. On June 25 he reported him- self, and made an inmnecegifuil attempt to get a substitute appointed. On July 9 he wrots to the military governor of Johannes-, burg saying that the strain upon his health was too mncb, and desiring to leave South Africa for four months. That leave of absence was granted on July 11. and he shortly after- wards proce ded to Europe. On October 19 he was in Pans, and on the 28th he wrote to Dr. Leyds, and received on October 31 a reply, which would be laid before the court. It excused him from coming to Marseilles to meet Mr. Kruger. On October 30 the accused wrote: to Dr. Leyds asking him to lay before the- I Transvaal Government a long report, in which he excused himself for surrendering Johannes- burg, and saying that he had communicated with the Transvaal headquarters and several of their gene?'als before doing av, and had used the 24 hours' armistice to increase the Trans- vaal forces and to hand over to the enemy an orderly but empty town, and to send £ 180,000 from Johannesburg to Pretoria. He added that he had been practically ruined by the war, and sought for money. On December 8 the defendant applied to our War Office for an extension of his leave. It was granted, and he was informed, indeed, that prisoners on parole in Europe could not be allowed to return to South Africa until the cessation of hostilities. On December 12 he wrote to the War Office protesting against this and arguing the matter. He said by the proclamation of annaxation he had become, according to inter- national law, a British subject, and, there- fore, no more a burgher of the Transvaal Republic, which had ceased to exist. On Feb- ruary 26 there appeared in the Times" a letter, purporting to be signed by a Mr. Mark- ham, but really written by the accused, in which,Mr. Douglas Forster was described as a person of doubtful character. On the 22nd of March there was upon the depositions a letter written by the prisoner to "Dear Brooks." This Brooks wrs. in point of fact, a man named Broeksma. who had been a colleague of Krause while the latter was Public Prosecutor of Johannesburg. It was quite clear from the letters passing between them that Broeksma was in communication with the burghers of the South African Republic still on commando and engaged in active hostilities against the armed forces of this country. It was quite clear that Broeksma was obtaining letters from various persons and forwarding them to the South African Republican Government in Europe, and that during the period in question the channel through which these communica- tions passed vas t' e prieoper, who. in his turn, got communications from the South African Republican Government in Europe sent to hira in England, and then forwarded them on to Broeksma either under the name of "Brooks" or Green," or through the intervention of a third person. It was quite clear that both Krause and Broeksma were interested in the continuance of the struggle between a remnant of the burghers and the armed forces "r the British Crown. Both men, each in his own sphere, were doing everything they could to forward that object. Information more or less reliab'e was sent by Broeksma to Krause in order that it might be inserted in the English and other European newspapers, j These publications were then sent out to South Africa as being a genuine prodact of British and European opinion, in order that the burghei's might be still further encouraged in the hope of intervention by a foreign Power. It was perfectly obvious that this conduct was treasonable. With regard to this letter of the 22nd of March, 1901, the address given was c/o Standard Bank of South Africa." "Dear Brooks," said the writer, "My sincere thanks for your letter. It was really a pleasure to hear again from you. The posi-! tion appears to be very miserable, but I hope from my heart that our people will hold out, as I am now gradually becoming convinced that we shall obtain the victory. It is regrettable our people did not fight in this way at the commencement. Now they have dis- covered what these miserable wretches are. I can hardly express with what contempt I look upon them—their arrogance and pride know no bounds. I quite agree that we shall have a bitter Ireland in South Africa. The news-, papers told us that that arch-scoundrel, Sir A M., had arrived in Johannesburg. What do you think of such a person ruling us—the enemy of our national existence and the willing tool of the Jingoes." That letter, said counsel, was in the handwriting of the prisoner. Mr. Isaacs took a formal objection to the reading of these letters at this stage, but it was overruled. Mr. Muir continued with a reference to another exhibit, a letter of the 28th of March, 1901, which passed between Broeksma and Dr. W. J. Williamson." The latter was obviously Dr. Leyds's emissary in Europe to the South African Republic, and Mr. Muir urged that. although the prisoner might never have beard of such a letter, it was the act of one of the parties to the treason. Mr. Isaacs: It will hereafter form an impor. tant question whether these documents are evidence or not. Mr. Muir, in further allusion to this letter, pointed to a particular phrase that the medicine was nearly exhausted." There were, he madd, other letters speaking of medicine, sugar, ccaee, and clothing, but the wor(I ammunition" did not occur. The word medicine" was. no doubt, used in a non- natural sense. On May 4 there was a letter of Dr. Leyds's written from Brussels to Dr.. Krause and addressed to the Middle Temple. In it the writer asked for information re the gratuity which Krause had applied .for, and also for details as to his banishment by the British authorities. On May 16 the prisoner wrote to Dear Brooks," stating that it was safe to address letters to the Temple, as not one up to that time had been opened. Ha (Krause) had been in Belgium and Holland, and had seen the old baas (Mr. Kruger), who was well in health, and his eyes were evidently cared. There was a letter from Reitz of the 29th of May addressed to Dr. Krause, Common Room, Middle Temple," announcing that he (Reitz) had requested that Krause should be paid his salary in the same way as other officials. Money was afterwards remitted. On June 1 Krause wrote to Broeksma hoping I that he would make good use of the medi- cines." You know, of course," he continued, that I am to be retained as counsel in Beit and Co. for the defendant Markham. The puppets dance. (P.S.—I have published a portion of one of your earlier letters, and it created a bit of a sensation.)" Next came a letter from the Consul-General of the South African Republic at Amsterdam announcing a second advance of money to Krause, and on the 22nd of June one from a friend signed Marie," asking for information about Fitz- patrick concerning his action and behaviour at the time of the Jameson Raid, as there were some professors of the University of Utrecht who wished to give the lie to some of his statements. In a letter of the 14th of June Krause asked Broeksma for some details of Douglas Forster's life, and that was the first occasion on whicc Forster's name occurred in the correspondence. In a letter of July 14 Krause's correspondent Marie stated that she read the Daily News" every day, and called the attention of the President to what was printed. She sent the President's greeting to Krause. The writer also alluded to the work of Miss Hobhouse, and concluded, "I have informed his Honour that you are engaged in the case of Markham, and that much will come to light. His Honour said, Yes, Krause knows all about it. He is acquainted with Johannesburg.' Our people in Cape Colony cherish the belief that we shall win back our freedom. One is inclined to say, 'How long, 0 Lord?'—With many greetings, always your friend, MARIE." In a letter of July 12 from Krause to Broeksma he referred to the arrival of "medicines" without the destruction of a single box and -without being opened. There was in this communica- tion an obvious reference to Mrs. Reitz—" the wife of the State Secretary still at war with this country" remarked counsel. Two addresses were in use for the receipt of letters from Krause. The letters showed three things —that Dr. Leyds was Dr. Williamson," that Brooks was app:ying to tb Government of the South African Republic for money, and that the trust-d chann-' through which com- munications could pasa was Dr. Krause. On July 25 the last-mentioned addressed a letter 0 Mr. Kruger relating to messages of sym- pathy on ths death of Mrs. Kruger. Amongst the signatories was Broeksma, and the letter concluded with the wish that his Honour might live to see his Afrikanders as one nation estab- lished as the United States of South Africa. There was next a letter in the depositions from Broeksma, dated Johannesburg, August 2, containing the first instalment of informa- tion which the accused had asked for in refe- rence to Mr. Douglas Forster. This letter formed part of the evidence in support of the charge of incitement to murder. It was im- portant to remember the relations of Forster with Krause. The latter attributed to the former the withdrawal of his permission to appear as counsel before the military tribunal.. Krause had been Public Prose- cutor and Forster had been president of the Uitlanders' Le« fae, and there were disputes j over the case of the murder of the British subject Edgar by a Transvaal policeman. Forster next set an action in motion for the imputations made against him by Krause in the Times." On receipt of the last-mentioned letter the prisoner wrote to llroeksma. on August 6, 1901. thanking him for the informa- tion about Forster, and adding, In some legal manner this man must be got out of the way, cost what it may. His influence is very damaging." A second letter of the same date to "Brooks" said: "The lies published here are unbelievable, and the person Forster, of whom I wrote, is greatly the cause of this. Our people should be made aware of it, so that he can be shot dead in some lawful way or otherwise put out of the way. This is abso lutely necessary." On August 24 Broeksma was arrested and his house was searched. On August 31 the two documents written to Brooks and Broeksma from the prisoner, advising them to get Forster shot, or otherwise legally put o"t of the way, arrived. On Sep- teinber 14 another letter arrived, but this and the deposition regarding it had n.ot yet, reached this country, but the following waa an extract:—"We must begin with the liars1 themselves, and, therefore, I have advised that our men should be informed about Forster, so that he, at any raje, should be put out of the way." It would be seen, therefore, that the incitement to murder Mr. Forster was repeated in letter after letter from the prisoner. Among the other documents found in Broeksma's house, which would be put in evidence, was a pamphlet addressed to the Afrikanders advising them that Great Britain: had no right to demand that they should take the oath, and, that being so, the oath was of no value or significance, and no burgher should trouble about it. "England," it was added, is going to lose the whole of South Africa. Everything is coming right. The God of our fathers will not allow the Afrikanders to be wiped out. Persevere and the victory will be ours. If jou discover a traitor and he fall into your hands treat him as a traitor and let him die as a traitor. As long as the Lord spares mv life I shall shoot Englishmen. The English must leave South Africa. South Africa for the Afrikanders." On this evidence, counsel concluded by say- ing he asked the magistrate to tend the prisoner back to prison to await his return to South Africa. MR. FORSTER'S EVIDENCE. Mr. John Douglas Forster, called and examined by Mr. Muir, said he was a member of the English Bar and a justice of the peace for Johannesburg. He went out in 1876, and practised at Kimberley. and from that place went to Johannesburg in 1895. when Krause was practising at the Transvaal Bar. Witness was not admitted an advocate at Johannes- burg owing to a new rule making Dutch com- pulsory, but he practised as a jurist. He took an active part in Transvaal polities, and was a member of the South African League up to 1899, when he was elected president. He had previously been one of the vice-presidents. The South African League was a body of persons interested in promoting the rights of the Uitlanders, and had its own constitution. It was established for the purpose of uphold- ing British supremacy, and for giving every resident in the State equal political rights; but the league drew the line at people who had no political rights in their own country. The league was opposed to the methods of the Transvaal Government, and manifested it in many ways. While Krause was Public Prose- cutor the prosecution of a police-constable named Jows iifcrespect of the killing of a British subject-ffvhned Edgar came on, and it came to the knowledge of witness that the statements of witnesses were not being taken in a proper way. The wit- nes3 gave evidence of the political agitation in Johannesburg in July and August, 1899, and added that hearing there was a warrant out against him, he left hurriedly on September 29 and went to Cape Town and assisted in organising a civil branch of the Intelligence Department. He joined the headquarters in May at Krc-onstad and advanced with the army towards Johannesburg. He was sent by Lord Roberts, along with Major Davis and Mr. S. Evans, to dmnand the surrender of Johannesburg. They found Dr. Krause in command of the town. After seeing Lord Roberts and getting an armistice of 24 hoars the prisoner surrendered the town. Witness acted at legal adviser to the military adminis- tration of Johannesburg for some months afterwards. It came to his knowledge that Dr. Krause was acting as an advocate on the burgher side before the military tribunals, and he made such representations on the subject that this ceased. On August 19 laat witness left for England. He knew absolutely nothing about the charge against Broeksma. In consequence of a letter which appeared in the Times over the signature of a Mr. Markham," and in which witness was described as of doubtful character." He raised an action against the" Times" and Mr. Markham. The Times tendered an apology, which was accepted, but the action against Mr. Markham was still pending. A letter had been written by the prisoner in which he stated that it waa he who had

AHITHOPHEL'S COUNSEL. IAGO (Mr. Lloyd-George): "I'll pour this pestilence into his ear! Othello," Act IT., Scene 3. supplied the information on which Mr. Mark- ham had founded his imputation. Mr. Muir called the attention of the witness to letter in which Krause had written that "F." ought to he shot, and that putting him out of the way wag necessary to the pood of the Boer cause. Witnesa said he believed he vas referred to under the initial "F." Mr. Isaacs; I object altogether to this evi- derce. Mr. Muir said that, in libel actions a witness was asked his "belief, but he would not preSi the point. Mr. Isaacs now asked to postpone the cross- examination of 'Mr. Forster until the other documentary evidence had arrived. Sir- F'. Lushington assented, and it was decided to remand the prisoner formally week by week until this day month, when counsel will attend and further evidence be adduced. Mr. Forster, however, took the opportunity before leaving the box of categorically deny- ing the accusations made against his personal character. Priscner was then again formally removed in custody.

DISTRESSING FATALITY AT PENYGRAIG. WOMAN "QUACK" SEVERELY ADMONISHED. An inquest was held on Wednesday at Peny- graigv(before Mr. <E. 15. Eeece, Cardiff) v<&icern-: ing tile death of Obadiah Harries, fourteen years, the son of Thomas Harries, Amos-hill, Penygraig, who died on October 6 under dis- tressing circumstances. He was playing with a chaff-cutting machine, and crushed his hand shockingly. lie was taken to see Dr. Llewel- lyn. who found that he suffered from a com- pound fracture on the back of the hand and a large open wound in the palm of the hand. He was treated antiseptically every morning to the 22nd of September inclusive, and Dr. Llewellyn thought on that date that he was coming on admirably, and had great hopes of saving the boy's hand. Then, on the 23rd of September, the mother, .t the request (as she stated at the inquest) of several neighbours, took the lad to see a certain Mrs. Thomas, of Ynyshir, who has acquired a certain reputa- tion for treating wounds, and jhe recom- mended an ointment of her own manufacture. On the 29th u" September Dr. Llewellyn was again sent for, and at once saw that the lad was very ill, there -being well-developed signs of lockjaw, and the lad died on the 6th of October. At the inquest Mrs. Thomas waa brought in charge of the police, and was examined by the coroner, who remarked that it was the most sesious case of its kind that had ever come under his notice. The doctor could not go so far as to say that the oint- ment was the immediate cause of death, but it was most improper ointment to use. It was fortunate for her that the doctor put it in that way, or he might have asked the jury to com- mit her for manslaughter.—1The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the boy died from lockjaw, but that the doctor's evidence did not show how it came on.

ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO A DESTROYER. The Central News Portsmouth correspon- j dent telegraphs that his Majesty's destroyer Crane has returned to Portsmouth, having nar- rowly escaped the fate of the unfortunate Cobra. On Tuesday the Crane, which is the flagship of Commander Nicholson, in com- mand of the second division of the Portsmouth destroyer flotilla, p-at to sea with the rest of the flotilla for the purpose of joining the Reserve Squadron at sea. After getting to sea she suddenly buckled in an alarming manner. and had to put back to Portsmouth with all speed. An examination showed that in sagging between the waves the deck beams bent amid- ships. In short, the vessel is showing the first indications of breaking in half at this point. It is believed that the injury was done during the last cruise of the flotilla in the North Sea, and that it has developed gradually since then. Fortunately, the vessel was in smooth water and within reach of port when the buckling was observed, and she was able to get back without a repetition of the Cobra disaster. The list cf lost or damaged destroyers now includes the Viper (lost off Sark this summer). Cobra (lost in the North Sea). Salmon and Angler (damaged by collision off Margate last week), and the Brazen. The Crane v,as built by Palmer's Shipbuild- ing Company, J arrow. in 1896, and is 215ft. m length. She has a beam of 20ft. 8in. and a. draught of 6ft. oin. Her total displacement is 360 tons, and with an I.H.P. of 5,900 she has an extreme speed of 30.7 knots. The full com- pigment of the Crane is 62 officers and men.

COLONEL HERBERT ON THE WAR. In continuation of the tour of Mr. R. M'Kenna. M.P., and Colonel Ivor Herbert in Monmouthshire, a meeting wader the auspices of the Crumhn Liberal and Labour Associa- tion was held on Wednesday evening at Dodd's-hall, on the North Monmouthshire side of the village. Mr. John Monks presided. Colonel Herbert said that all legislation was at a standstill and was overshadowed by the war. It was a remarkable thing that it waa a war which they had been told was not a war. What was wanted in South Africa was the very beat cavalry which it was possible to get by training, and not men picked up in the streets at 5s. per day and called Yeomanry,! who were only fit to fill the hospitals and burden the country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M'Kenna said that as to the military aspect of the war he could not do better than refer to the utterances of Government sup- porters in the House of Commons and in the press, in which the Government was charged with lethargy and want of attention. With reference to the political aspect of the war, he joined issue with the policy laid down by Mr. Chamberlain in the House of Commons that no ternw should be given as a condition of peace. If terms were possible—and he believed they were—which admitted the annexation of the two Republics, and which could be made satisfactory to the British, there was absolutely no reason why we should refuse to make terms with the Boers, so as to bring about a lasting peace. (Hear, hèar.) Resolutions welcoming Colonel Herbert, as an officer who had spent his life in the service of his country, upon a Liberal platform, and congratulating Mr. M'Kenna upon his Tiotory at the laat election, were passed.

A FRIEND OF OUR INDIAN EMPIRE. The death is reported of Abdurrahman Khan, Ameer of Afghanistan, which took place oa Thursday last week. He \>as about 54 years of age, and the eldest sou of Afzul Khan, and tlie grandson of Dost Mahomed Khan. In 1863 Dost died, and Abdurrahman was appointed by his father, who was Governor of Afghan Turtestan, to be Governor Khan. In 1863 Dost died, and Abdurrahman wm appointed by his father, who was Governor of Afghan Turtestan, to be Governor Takht-i-pul in that province. His father Afsul was supplanted in the succession to the throne by Shere Ali, brother of Afzul, whom lie cast into prison. Abuurrahman tiieieupoii became the lile-long enemy of Snere Aii, aiiu for a long time they kept up a steady warfare. Shere Ali, though constantly defeated, as con- stantly returned to the struggle, but in the end Abdurrahman placed first his lamer and afterwards his uncle Azim upon the throne. In 1&67, however, his uncle Azim was conquered by Shere Ali, and Abdurrahman, after five years' continuous wariare, had to fly from his country. He remained in exile ISH ten years, accepted a pension from Russia, and lived at Safflftrcand. In 1878 Shere Ali threw off the British alliance, and his country being invaded by huglami lie dethroaeu. This was Abdurrahman's opportunity. 001 iecting a small body of troops he first seized Badakshan, and then marched to his olu province of Afghan-Turkestan, and in 1830, when a second British expedition seized Cabul, he was proclaimed Ameer by the Bruish, ILL111 has since been an ally and in receipt of au annual pension from the Indian Government of £ 160,000, with stores, ammunition and arms. The chapter oi Afghan history which closes with his death reads like a romance. Some time ago his autobiography appeared and in that curioua document he tens u., much about himself. He makes a contrast between the ways of most Asiatic monarclis and his own. They have pursued idle- ness and luxury, while my way oi living and dressing has always been plain and simple and soldier-like. I have always liked to keep myself occupied day and night in working hard at something or other, devoting only a few hours to sleep." The Ameer delighted in work. and proclaimed his pleasure in these words :It in no trouble tj me to work hard; on the contrary, I love it, and I never feel tired, because I am so fond of work and labour. There is no doubt that every person has some sort of ambition, and this is my ambition; all the hard work I do is to complete the administrative work of my kingdom." Afghanistan was ever in the thoughts of its ruler; he saw the progress of the world, and kept thinking how he could race with the ewiftest:—"I dream of nothing but the back- t e b ward condition of my country, and how to defend it, seeing that this poor goat Afghanis- tan is a victim at -which a lion from one side and a terrible bear from the other side are staring, and ready to swallow at the first opportunity afforded them." To those who would have liked to know some particulars of his daily life the Ameer said that he had no fixed time for sleeping, nor any definite time for taking his meals. Some days he forgot about the latter, and had to ask his courtiers, "Did I eat my dinner to-day or not? But the Ameer's usual custom—turning night into day —was to go to rest about five or six in the morning, rising again about two in the after- noon. Here we saw the Ameer amid the work of peace, but let the bugle blow and he was ready for it. "The pockets of my coats and trousers are always filled with loaded revolvers and one or two loaves of bread for one day's food. This bread is changed every day. Several guns and swords are always lying by the side of my bed or the chair on which I am seated, within reach of my hand, and saddled horses are always kept ready in front of my office, not only for myself, but for all my courtiers and personal attendants. at the door of my durbar-room. I have also ordered that a considerable number of gold coins should be sewn into the saddles of m.v horses when required for a journey, and on both sides of the saddles are two revolvers." A full and graphic account of the Ameer appeared some vears ago from the pen of Mr. Stephen Wheeler. The Ameer. Mr. Wheeler snys, has always held somewhat inflated notions as to the divine right of kings. He certainly lost no time in showing that his will should be supreme throughout Afghani- stan:—"Before very long there was scarcely left a single great mrm in the king- dom save the Ameer himself. It is impossible 1 to give a complete list of all who incurred the Ameer's wrath. Some were poisoned, others were beheadsd or strangled. 'There is a Thing," Abdurrahman once remarked, 'that iroes about the streets of the city of Cabul by rryht. Should evil-doers come in the way of this Thing, they fare badly. Often they are found dead by the morning.' The two brothers Ali Mardan Kul and Shah Mar- dan Kul. song of the Nawab Jubbar Khan, were put to the rack and squeezed of all their property, including three lakhs of rupees and the finest fort in the country." That the Ameer has shown himself to be a ruler of unusual ability Mr. Wheeler thinks cannot be denied. Sir West. Ridgeway, wb-> i had good opportunities of judging, dcscr^b "1 j him as one of the few great men living." He is certainly a successful one. yet how has success been achieved? His domestic policy, says Sir Lepel Grifftn, has been harsh, rapacious, and cruel. He ruled. sai-d Sir West Rideewny, with a rod of iron. 'He is a hard and cruel ruler, but he rules a hard and cruel nf'ople.' The type is common enough ia Oriental history, and many kinss since Reho- boam have lashed their subjects with the whips of scorpions. Afghan chiefs, John Lawrence said. are not to be judged by the principles of Christendom. AbdiirrabmaTi has succeeded in great undertakings. He has kept faith with his friends, and he has crushed his enemies. He has ruled over the Afghans for the space of fifteen years; and it will be to the benefit of his subjects if his reign is pro- longed."

TERRIBLE TALE OF THE SEA EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF A WELSH SCHOONER. To have reached the banks of Newfound- land and then to be driven back across the Atlantic to the Irish coast, a distance of some 1,500 miles, is an experience of rare occurrence. Still, this has been the fate of the Welsh schooner Cad- waladr Jones, which has just arrived in Cork Harbour, looking much battered in conse- quence of her encounter. The schooner is a little vessel of 86 tons, and belongs to Car- narvon. She left Cadiz for St. John's (New- foundland), with a cargo of salt, on the 23rd of August. The little vessel is commanded by Captain Jones, a typical Welsh mariner. He had four others on board with him. The schooner got along in pretty fine weather until she reached the vicinity of the Western Isles, when it began to blow, aaid the wind increased to a regular gale. Gale succeeded gale, and, worst of all, they were changeable in their direction. The captain, in speaking of the sea, said he had ne\er seen anything equal to it. The seas broke on board with sledge-hammer force, and the little vessel was almost buried under the weight of water that broke on deck constantly. The sails were split and torn to tatters. Some of the bulwarks were damaged, and, in the face of an angry gale blowing day and night with- out ceasing for a lengthened period, there was no help for it but to let the frail little craft drift whither the elements might drive her, and thus for eight days she was tossed about in the Atlantic helplessly while a fear- ful storm prevailed.. The sufferings endured by those on board might be imagined. It was realised that the remaining 500 miles to St. John's might prove more difficult to cover than the distance already gone. The gales and head seas threatened a still further prolonged passage to St. John's, and the cap- tain and crew had not, changed the clothing they wore for more than a week. A consul- tation was held and the situation discussed, and it was decided to return across the Atlantic. The supply of fresh water was almost run out, and all on board were exhausted. As a result of their encounter the sails were in ribbons, the bulwarks damaged; and all round the situation was far from inviting, and so they put back on their memorable voyage to Cork Harbour for shelter and safety. The gale literally blew the little vessel hundreds of miles back, and. although the wind and sea continued at their worst, the gale was a favouring one, and when Cork Harbour was reached those on board felt relieved after their terrible struggle, which lasted 46 days. and during which they covered nearly 3.000 miles.

THE AMERICA CUP. The last race for the America CuP in con- nection with Sir Thomas Linton's challenge on behalf of Shamrock II. was run off outside New York Harbour on Friday, and resulted in another win for Columbia, the defender. Five races have been run: two were declared invalid, owing to the failure of the wtnd, and the remaining three were all won by Columbia. Under the conditions of the contest. the victory is, consequently, awarded to the defender, and the cup remains (for the present, at least) in American hands. The race on Friday was keen and interest- ing. There was again a good breeze, and the competing yachts had, therefore, an impartial trial. Shamrock II. was the first to gain the goal, being two seconds ahead, but the handi- cap of 43 seconds has to be allowed for, and Columbia, therefore, wins by 41 seconds. Early in the morning the Vind off Sandy Hook blew at the rate of 24 miles an hour, later on falling to 15 or 20, and jut 3 further stage to a still lower rate. The course was fifteen miles S.S.E. to 1. ward and return.

SALIENT POINTS OF THE RACK. 11.02 a.m.—The start, Coluinbia leading. 11.17 a.m.—Shamrock drew ahead. 11.27 a.m.—Shamrock led by ten lengths. 12.48 p.m—Shamrock rounded mark 49sec. a-head. 1.12 p.m.—Columbia drew level. 2.0 p.m.—Wind fell considerably; Columbia leading. 2.15 p.m.—Shamrock took the lead. 3.35 p.m.—Shamrock reached the goal 28- ahead, but lost on the handicap. ¡;oR,