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The Standard has been fortunate in its agents in South Africa. Its correspondent with General Colley performed a really splendid feat,—he joined in the advance of the troops, fqtyk, and shared in their defeat, was not killed, and telegraphed
once a long column of description to his paper. That man must come up to Jules Verne's ideal of a correspondent. He had the nerve to join, unarmed, in a desperate expedition, the eyes to see all that was going on, and the cleverness not to be killed on the spot, because it would impair his usefulness. He was trodden down, taken prisoner, and immediately interviewed Mr. Joubert with great effect. If he is, as we suppose, the man with whom Sir F. Roberts quarrelled in Afghanistan, let us hope he will be forgiven by the General, in consideration of his pluck, readiness, and resource ; and let us hope also that next time he goes under fire, he may have to record a victory. General Roberts must not silence correspondents in a colonial war.
