BRITISH WAR METHODS
"MISTAKEN HUMANITY."
The " New York Press," says the " Stan-* da-rd," explains the persistence of the Boers by the fact that the British have contracted to support the ■jion-ecmba'tants, thus enabling the commaiidoss indefinitely to indulge in " kharki stalking." Similar mistaken humanity, enabled the Confederates to approach Washington closer than Vlakfontein is to Pretoria. Then General Grant ordered that the Shenandoah, Valley should bo m-adz barren and. waste.- The result was that after the Confederacy's Paardebsrg General Lee's subordinateV'did noVtaik* the field, as Cronje's subordinates have done. Lord Kitchener's work of destruction- is not ono-quarter of that caused! by Sheridan, and the loss is no more tltian tljat from an accidental 'fire .in Texas, over areas some.what similar. ',. . •--• .•:>.•■.. ~- x^ ••.. . '-
The "Press" sees. nor sign in China, .that modern international public opinion or morality requires such tenderness. If .it does, says the writer, the remoteness of ever ending a war will the commencement of hostilities., , ,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7154, 19 July 1901, Page 2
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156BRITISH WAR METHODS Star (Christchurch), Issue 7154, 19 July 1901, Page 2
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