11 NOVEMBER 1899, Page 3

Lord Charles Beresford, addressing a Conservative demon- stration at Whitby

on Saturday last, spoke with great candour and good sense on the war. After expressing his regret that Dr. Jameson and Sir John Willoughby had gone to the front at Ladysmith, he said that, "in his opinion, the Raid was, both in design and execution, the most contemptible occurrence in connection with this country's history for many a year." "That affair caused our present troubles, because it made the Boers arm, and caused them to think they hai only to show themselves in order to make Britons lay down their arms. He hoped the misguided enthusiasm of Dr. Jameson and Sir John Willoughby would be corrected, and that they would be asked to go to some other place during the fight." We hope that Sir Redvers Buller may act on this suggestion.