Had they been more far-sighted they would have recognised that the Transvaal had since 1881 condemned itself, and that no Ministry, be it Liberal or Conservative, could follow again in the steps of Mr.Gladstone.
* * * * * Since President Krueger has left the Transvaal, and Botha is negotiating for a surrender, the pacification of the Transvaal needs no more war operation, it has become a mere question of police arrangements.
Nevertheless Dr.Leyds is still as active as ever.

He reminds us of the Spanish Ministers who when they got the news that the Spanish fleet had been annihilated by Dewey, manufactured forthwith a report to the effect that Americans had suffered a defeat at the hands of the Spaniards.

_Le Petit Bleu_ does the same.

The announcement--English troops retreating--appeared in a marginal note the very day that Lydenburg was taken.

On Tuesday, 11th September, _L'Eclair_ made the following announcement: "London, 10th September, Prince Henry sails back to Germany.