Lord Kitchener, who is to arrive in London to-day, and
to be received with much military honour as well as popular enthusiasm, took leave of his troops in South Africa in an admirable farewell Order. He thanked all concerned for the excellent service they had rendered throughout a period "which offered few opportunities for those decisive engagements whicli keep up the spirit of an army and add brilliance and interest to its operations yet there has never been the smallest sign" during the eighteen months "of slackness or impatience," and it seems to him that such qualities of endurance and resolution are much more valuable than any short-lived effort. Lord Kitchener "has special pleasure in congratulating the Army on the kindly and humane spirit by which all ranks have been animated during this long stiaggle." "Fortunately for the
future of South Africa, the truth on this subject is as well known to our late enemy as to ourselves," and that truth is "that no war has ever yet been waged in which the combatants and non-combatants on either side have shown so much kind- ness and consideration to one another." That appeal to the Boers -themselves against- the worst- of the charges brought against Us is certain of a full response, and ought-to can luce the most envenomed of our detractors.
