GENERAL BULLER'S RETIREMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 251, 24 October 1901, Page 3

GENERAL BULLER'S RETIREMENT.

I MAJOB-GBNERAL FRENCH TO SUOOEBD. Heceivecl 23, 10,52 pm. London, October 23. I The War Office notifies thit. in conIsequence if his speech on the 10 h inst, Lord Roberts, afier full consideration of all the circumstances, and General Buller's explanation, recommends that General Buller be relieved of his command. Action has been taken accordingly, and General Buller plao- d on half pay. Tht King bas approved of the appointment of Major-General French as 1 General Buller's successor. Pending , General French's return, MajorGeneral Hildyard will take the com- 1 mand at Aldershot. ——mm ' LONDON PRESS OPINIONS. R6ceive4 21,1.20 a.m. London, October 33. The newspapers regret that after a useful career the inevitable sequel to indiscretion and intemperate language i has resulted. An example was needed 1 for lack of discipline in divulging one ' telegram which the Government de- , clared must not be disclosed. Surprise is expressed that General Buller preferred dismissal to resignation. The Standard states he was not re- ' moved previously owing to advice tendered by Sir George White. The j dismissal is distinctly based on his recent speech, wherein that strangely c mistaken action was openly acknowledged and g'orified. Mr Brodrick , shows that he intends to make army reform a reality. The Times state* that General Buller has been a supreme type of i centralisation, his impatience of control or co-ordinate authority unfitting fcim '■ for refoimi which are imperative. General French's exceptionally brilliant reputation, made and maintained during the war, adapts him for the • command under entirely new conditions. 1 The Daily News states that General ] Buller bas been punished for declining to alt>ir the Spionkop despatch, favouring peace after Oronje's surrender. If the latter proposal bad been carried it would hive brought about br-tter terms thin were to begot now.