THE OUTCRY IN ENGLAND.

Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 11, 13 January 1900, Page 5

THE OUTCRY IN ENGLAND.

CONDUCT OF THE SPY. SHOT BY THE~GENERAL'S OWN HAND. (Received January 13, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 12th January. Belated details have been received as to Iho betrayal of Lieut. -General Oatacre's column at Stormberg on the 10th December. It is stated that tho man who had guided the column, after uaving led the Brili&h into the trap, pointed lo the

Bdcr position, and said, "There's your enemy," after which he attempted to gallop away. Uencral Gat acre, however, prevented his escape, 'shooting him Mvice with his own revolver, and remarking as he did so, "You've done me; you g° first." He (? Gatiicre or the spy?) cried like a child, exclaiming, "My t ioor boys." ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MATTER. "A MOST EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER." (Received January 13, 30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Lieut.-General Gatacro's loss, says the Cape correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, fell iike a boll from tho blue. It all reads gloomy enough, but nevertheless it is true. Though the military censors may ruthlessly slaughter tho facts in regard to General' Gatacre's revense, says Iho correspondent, (ho affair seems to have been a must extraordinary blunder, >-ac primarily to the nntive guides, who were afterwards shot

THEIR IGNORING OF THEIR BEST ADVISERS. (Received January 13, 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A .Cape correspondent says that rumours ore rife in regard to the needless manner in which Tommy Atkins has been sacrificed in various battles. He also mentions that it is a matter of common talk amongst colonists that Imperial officers will never take the advice of reliable colonial scouts. They employ natives or doubtful Europeans, or ignore each and go in on their own account.

A REFUSAL TO DO A RISKY DEED. WORN-OUT CAVALRY KEPT BACK. (Received January 13, 0.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Cape correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald states that Major-uen-eral Gough, who had charge of the Lancers in one of tho fights near Modder River, is going Home to account for his refusal to charge when his men and horses were so worn-out thai he declined to drive them to certain destruction. Military critics, on the oilier hand, say that he should have intercepted and cut up at least two thousand Boers.

A MINISTER'S REPLY. (Received January 13, 9,10 a.m.) LONDON, 12th January. The Hon. St. John Brodrick, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Oiuco, in the course of a speech at Marylebonc, said the Generals commanding the British forces in South Africa had been given & free hand as to the course of tueir operations. Referring to the outcry which has been aroused in England by the late reverses to the British arm* the Minister said the nation ought to await Iho disclosure of the fact* before passing judgment. The fate of Ministries or of individuals was a matter of no account in a national emergency. The great question was effective service for the Empire's ends.