Some important military appointments are announced to take place as
the vacancies occur. Sir Neville Lyttelton, Chief of the General Staff, will succeed Lord Grenfell in Ireland. The new Chief of the General Staff will be Sir W. G. Nicholson, now Quartermaster-General. General Douglas, Adjutant. General, is to have his present appointment extended one year. Sir L. J. Oliphant will succeed Sir Leslie Rundle in the Northern Command, and Sir A. H. Paget will succeed Lord Methuen in the Eastern Command. Lord Methuen will take the place of Sir H. J. T. Hildyard in South Africa. This last appointment will, we are sure, be popular in South Africa. Lord Methuen, we believe, has formed friendships with several of our late enemies in the field, and, with the co-operation of General Botha and others, will no doubt help further to allay the race-bitterness which is already so happily and speedily disappearing.
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