. NEWS OF THE WEEK
ON Wednesday it was announced that in consequence of the speech delivered by General Buller on October 10t1 the Commander-in-Chief, after hill consideration of all the cir- cumstances and of the explanations furnished by Sir Redvers Buller, had recommended that he should be relieved of his com- mand. AccordinglyGeneral Buller was on Wednesday placed on half-pay. General French is to succeed him in command of the First Army Corps as soon as his services are no longer required in South Africa. - Meantime General Hildyard will assnme command at Aldershot. We have expressed our satisfaction eliewhere at the courage and sense of public duty shown by the Secretary of State for War and the Commander-in-Chief in taking this momentous step, and will only say here that we hold that General French's appointment is a most excellent one. He is just the man to train troops, both officers and men, for war. His experience has been unrivalled, and there is no man living better qualified to crganise an Army for war. The interim appointment of General Hildyard is in every way satisfactory. As to General Buller,-we will only say that We' sincerely wish he had resigned his appointment instead of in- sisting on dismissal. General Buller is a brave man and has a splendid record of arduous public service. He is not in any sense disgraced because the military authorities have been obliged to recognise the fact that 'he is not a fit and proper person to command the First Army Corps.
