BULLER’S DISMISSAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4527, 2 December 1901, Page 5

BULLER’S DISMISSAL.

FEELING IN ENGLAND

COMMENTS OF A LONDON NEWSPAPER.

(Received December 1, 4.05 p.m.) LONDON, December 1

The newspapers publish a draft of a nssolution which will bo .submitted to a pro-linller demonstration at Hyde P.ark to-morrow.

The resolution declares that Sir Rcdvrjrs Bullcr’s speech at tho Volunteer luncheon on October 10th was used by tiio War Oflico as a mere excuse for the o(.moral's dismissal, which was really dm? to ids refusal to altcf the Spionkop despatches. Tim “Standard,” in contradicting tho staxunent concerning the Spionkop despatches, warns General Duller that unless lie restrains his injudicious backers, the Government will bo compelled to break its magnanimous silence with regard to him. The “Standard” hints that when Sir George White declined to treat for tho surrender of Ladysmith, and hcliographod from (lie beleaguered town inquiring whether the instructions to surrender were authentic, tho instructions were deliboratcly repeated, but were disobeyed. Tho. same paper adds that if tho evidence supported the’charges in the resolution a profound revulsion of feeling would bo created. “The only extenuating hypothesis,” concludes the “ Standard,”' “is that the shock of two defeats destroyed a bravo man’s nerves and paralysed his judgment.” (Received December 2, 1.8 a.in.) LONDON, December 1. Tbo Devonian Society in London entertained Sir Rodvors Duller. In tho course of a speech tho guest said discipline compelled him to observe reticence; otherwise ho would gladly hell everything. Ho dwelt on tbo hardships endured by the troops. The De vonshire Regiment, ho said, had marched 997 miles in 143 clays, fighting constantly. *