KITCHENER IN COMMAND.
It is now an "open secret" at' Houte'.tbat there was a good deal of opposition o the appointment of Lord Kitchener to the supreme command in South Africa, and that it waa only the strong representafcipns of the High Commissioner that reconciled the majority in the Cabinet to the dastric measures which the hero of Omdurman was expected to apply. As it is,- the new commander will have to submit to certain restrictions which were not imposed upon ■ Lord Roberts. He will have a free hand in his military operations, but hia punitive measures will be to soma extent controlled. The Boers themselves are-anything but pleased by the change, and a cousin of Christian De Wet told one of the newspapei correspondents that they all had a great horror of Kitchener. " They always dreaded his possible appointment, " he said. the war, weird stories of his brutality were "widely prevalent among the burghers, and they will do something big k perhaps at once; they will unite against Kitchenei, because they are afraid of being taken in detail. If isolated bands are captured, they may be treated as brigands and shot> On the other hand, if captured fighting in large bodies, they will receive the recognition given to regular forces, and be merely made prisoners of war. This fact will influence the Boers, and make them unite. Their resistance will be desperate." The."something big" seems to have been the invasion of Cape Colony, and this unpleasant development of the campaign was predicted by the Express a couple of months ago. The authority, by the way f gave some particulars of Kitchener's) plan of campaign, which are interesting in the light of recent events. The country was to be divided into distinct commands, each under a major-general with a force of 5000 men, and the Boers were to be driven from pillar to post by fresh troops on every boundary. We cannot say whether the execution of: this plan has hrifl anything to do with their appearance in Cape Colony, but it would certainty be a relief to hear that the drastic mea i sures advocated by Sir Alfred Milner weie beginning'to produce the desired results.—Lyttelton Times.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 104, 5 February 1901, Page 1
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367KITCHENER IN COMMAND. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 104, 5 February 1901, Page 1
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