The more one reads on this subject the more one marvels why Gensral Buller was so anxious to have all his tele. dispatches mate public. Th the light inno way improve is position, but on the contrary appear to strengthen the position the Government have taken up in the matter, The January 20th tel xram to Lord Roberts that he "felt fairly confident of success this time," is a distinct admission of hopelessness at an earlier period, whilst military critics to-day agree letter of Fels uary 4th, in which he do net think tha' a move int" the Free State will greatly improve our position here," is a frank confess-m of ignorance of the principles of concert-d action in war as has been since proved by the sequence of events. One can only hope that we have now heard the last of one of the lerist edifying episodes of the war.
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