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Correspondence. Letters must be written on one aide of the Japer only. Rejected communications cannot be returned. Only brief, bright letters on subjects o £ "lire" interest are desired. We do not accept letters which have appeared in other journals. All letters intended for this paper must be addressed, z.,I-ltor, Evening Expresss,' Car- diff." It will save unnecessary trouble if correspon- dents observe and exactly follow the form in which letters appear in this column. Each letter must be accompanied by the real liame and address of the sender. TO CORRESPONDENTS. &hoiastic.The three you name are fairly good commercial shares. You place them correctly in order of merit: the first is un- doubtedly the best. The term xd. means that the arice is ex-dividend: the two prices quoted are first what buyers offer. second what sellers demand. Business is generally done at the middle of these two THELRET. 0. WATKINS AND SLAVTRY AMONG THE BOERS. To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir.—Mr. Watkins. the Wesleyan lecturer from Cardiff. rightly denounces the appren- ticeship system, which is only a particular specie of slavery still in vogue among the' Dutch of the Transvaal. Why does he not denounce t|ye "compound" system in connec- tion and other companies of EuropeaijirtSrti Englishmen? Is it not a fact that thism is more demoralising and degradinc to the poor Kamr and other natives who have: to work for a pittance to enrich the millionaire's coffers? Why does not Mr. Wat- kins turn his attention to the British Colonies directly under the official cognisance of Mr. Chamberlain At this moment there are some 25.000 coolies in Jamaica- and some 50,000 in Trinidad who are imported by the planters as blacklegs to work the sugar plan- tations in these islands of the West for a very email wage to the deprivation of the natives of the soil. who are further taxed in order tfett the Government might subsidise the planter* and assist them to pay the fare of titese men, who are brought over almost as cattle from Singapore and other places, wherq they have to aign itocaments covering a period of fifteen, Y. or 25 years, and even in some cases more. If such a- system as this was tried iu our own country there would be a general revolt in less than 24 haurs. Tliis kindfo1 accoun^for the^etrong <fie!tfp in 3amaica?an^ oth^&places again rule or misrule, notwithstanding all our boast to the contrary. It ill-becomes a, gentle- ::tPn of the position of Mr. Watkins to make 'tca Pita state of things in Dutch South Africa, supposing it were true, to fan an ill- leeling and create even greater hatred Uian now exists in England towaiM^ the Boer, jfod justify an otherwise unjustifiable war, his'own country, and the Colonial Secretary person he tries to whitewash) is gt-r- of the same and even a worse treat- raent of the negro in another quarter. Physician, heal thyself,' before prescribing! for another.-I am. &c., JUVEXUS. I' Barry. BRITAIN'S OUTLOOK. To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir.-H the words in the last paragraph iu Mr. Maclean's article on the sub- ject above quoted, referring to the participation in the South African Whr of our Canadian and Australian Colonies, are his matured vie" s on this subject, 1 fear they art nou the accepted conclusions rf LJ5 rer ctllt. of the electorate of the United Kingdom, let alone the party he professes to oelong to. For vhe past h,¡Jf century statesmen of par- ties in the State have been straining to obtain what Oom Paul has done for us by a single stroke of his pen. Throughout history it always requires the sacrifice of flesh and blood to P?rk ^reut «Pwhs in the events of the worm. And here is a case of history again repeating itself. British blood shed on the veldt of South Africa is the seal set upon the future confederation of Britain with its Coloni throughout the world. Take another of his paragraphs: "Is it credible that General Buller of his own free will acquiesced in the detachment of ftoflower of the British Army— the Guards rl Highlanders to form :i, titparate' column for the relief of Mr. Ce Rhode, at Kimberiey. Mr. RliOds hart -no business there. but it seemed to "bfc a point of honour to save him. The trail of the speculator ba been oa- rbe whole campaign." It is impossible to ecoceire anJone but a man who had for the .tiite lost his mental equilibrium through crass prejudice penning Iucn a statement as tint. It i3 the old well-worn drivel—Rhodes-and- Chainberlain-pliobia. Then, again, the para- graph preceding the one just quoted..jrjSere, with his usual eg»tistic audacity, that the bulk of the British officers are mere mili- tary amateurs." No greater perversion of the trttth could possibly be made by anyone who knew the A B C of Army life in these days and for many years past. It i-i.true that in the old purchase days 1 lifer bulk of the officer? after obtaining thafcr^fcn'paniea sold out, and the keeuer ones j&Brg on until they obtained command of their regiments, and naturally so. Tip, value of their commission in many cases wa, their sole fortune. It wae only the fairly rich, ai a rule, and that only with a fair hope of employment on the staff or as' general officers with commands—and in the latter case they sank the value of their commissions, often not less than E5,OCO to £ 6,000 in the line and considerably moredin the Cavalry and Guards' Csrps-who remained in the service after obtaining command of regiments. But the officers of to-day. as a rule. make the Army their profe-siou, and. from the day they enter either Sandhurst or Woelwie'i to the rank of colonel, are always learning and being taught their profession, and before being promoted to each successive rank have to pass examina- tions. practical and,theoretic; pertaining to those ranks under a board of officers other than those of their regiment. It is the intefest of these men to remain and obtain as high a rank in the Army within the age limit, as their retiring emoluments depend on their rank. To call 'Õ.he¡¡e men mere military amateurs is a gross libel on the service. Again, could anything be more conducive just now to create a want of confidence between the soldier and his offii-er. and also among the many thousands of young men—Yeomen and Volunteua-no,. the country for routh Africa, iooaen the bonds of discipline, affect their morale—a'l such impor- tant factors in all armies—and almost put them into a, state of blus funk before starting than such unwarrantable statei-perit:i of this kind? The truth is the amateur-military critic is the Present day "bpgey and such reckless and almost insane, statements made by the versatile member for Cardiff '.ead one to infer from his criticisms on the British officcr that he even ner'ains to the character of that illustrious and pantomime creation—the "bogey man"— in the guise of an amateur military critic. Certainly, whatever else the Dublic schools of England have done 'hey have Iriven Britain's Army-with brains or no I)rains-a host of manly, liigh-eouled, and heroic British gentlemen in the truest sense, thank God. and not a. pack of effeminate white baboo cads. It. may be possible that all the brainless asses from the public schools enter the Army. and tha versatile geninses all the other professions, including that of i journalism. Admitting that even a fair num- ber of officers 111 the present day—and these are only the fairly rich ones—leave the ser- i vice after a few years' service, many of them join either the Militia. Yeomanry, or Volunteers, and. no doubt, give a stiffening, as many of our Reservists do. to these corps. We have an exarap'o of hnn- dreds of these officers goinj out to South Africa with their regiments, besides others i officering our Colonial ''<->rps. so thnt, «ven this is not an cvi! but rather a blessing to us at the present juncture when trained officers axe so much required. If the system under which our officers are trained :s faivty. ch vnee it by all mean.?, or cut It out root and branch hereafter; but. for Heaven's sake, ,!or, ,t let us blame the officers. and try to lower them and their military status in the eyes of their countrymen no* that they are tig!;ting their country's battles, and pouring out their blood as hey have been doing in South Africa in such abundance. To sav they are brave, dashing leaders of men is simply a truism to the world at !a.^ge, and did not require the dictum of Cardiff's M.P. to sen! it-I am, Ac., J. SULLIVAN. I 35. Pi;>i;{a;runet.-«tre«t. Cardiff. Feb. 1.

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