NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE war news during the week has been meagre, but what there is is distinctly good. The Boer raiders into the Colony are not only meeting with no local support, but are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up their game of hide-and-seek. Moreover, they are gradually being forced north, which means their ultimate destruction, as the Orange River is not now fordable except at the drifts, which are well guarded. The western column has already broken up into small groups, which are being steadily followed up, while the eastern, which seems to have more cohesion, is being driven in the direction of Venterstad. In the Thabanchu region De Wet still remains uncaptured, but the news as we write is that General Knox is engaged with him. De Wet, that is, is trying to break south. He may, of course, succeed in this attempt, but if he fails it will probably be the end of him, for all other exits are believed to be -barred. On the whole, we see no sign for uneasiness. The Colony is not going to rise, and the guerilla war will pursue its normal course to a normal close. No doubt there may again be anxious moments and annoying disasters on a small scale, but it is not worthy of the nation to be moved by such minor worries.
