Any way it was a glorious sight; and when it is considered that this great fleet was formed entirely from the Channel Fleet and the ships in home waters without withdrawing a single ship from the fleets on foreign stations—which are now in the aggregate much stronger than they ever were before, it must surely be acknowledged that it was a really formidable display of our naval power. Of course it Was not quite such a show as that ally arranged for June, but the difference was mainly in the show of foreign men-of-war. For that review all the great naval powers of the world had sent worthy representatives; but on Saturd: foreign navies were represented by onl four vesels—two from our now al Japan, one from Italy, and one Portus' ese. The illuminations were magnificent in spite of the rain. They culti i a wonderful effect when the search-lights from all the vessels of the Seo fleet were directed to one spot, where converged above the Royal yacht, wh was itself very prettily lighted. There more ill-luck'on Monday, when a portion of the fleet was to have manceuvres about the King's yacht at the Isle of Wight be fore the slips dispersed to their several stations. Rain, fog, and high seas rendered it undesirable to carry out the manceuyres, and prevented the hundreds of sig! seers on the island from catching more than a glimpse of the simple movement which was substituted for them, The Boer Generals.
Some ardent patriots are very much istressed at the welcome given to the Boer Generals here. Among them is Major Martin Hume, who writes to the mes" asking whether De Wet, Delarey and Botha were to be allowed to carry away to Holland the "false impression justified by the effusiveness of thei welcome in London, that the population of the Imperial capital is solidly Pro-Boer, and that another turn of the political wheel may after all give to the vanquished another Majuba Settlement extorted from Boer Generals are much too astute to form any such false impression. Tt was not a Pro-Boer demonstration, but a genuine tribute of admiration for three gallant soldiers who fought splendidly against us in a cause which they believed to be just and who, unlike some of their compatriots, always treated the British soldiers who fell as prisoners into their hands with merey and kin illness.
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