After all, the Boers are not perfect in xyes of every Frenchman, M. Decroix, ident of the Society for the Sup-of the Abuse of Tobacco, says he the heroic conduct of the Tran:
Jers but he is deeply grieved to that they are addicted to nicotine. He was at first inclined to think there was some exaggeration about the reports of the Boers' fondness for tobacco, but he has been obliged to yield to the evidence. "It appears"" suid M. Deervix, nrerview with an_ enquiring journalist, "that President Kr is never without a pipe, except when he is asleep, and that his example is followed by the grest_ majority of the male population." This is very regrettable, and I have no hesitation in saying that President Kruger, who is a man of superior intelligence, would be a genius if he did not smoke. It is quite likely that the defeats recently experienced by the Boers were due to the debilitating effects of tine." is ix a seductive theory. Lord Roberts o test it.
-gons full of strony they would certainly be unable to resist our attack Tels to be feared, alas, that generals are too conservative to adopt modern tactics of this kind,
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