Englishmen read the appreciation of their attitude in South Africa
just published in a semi-official paper by the Hun- garian author, M. Andreas von Kosma, as a pleasant compli- ment; but it is something more than that. M. von Kosma expresses with force a feeling which we beliive to be nearly universal on the Continent, and which has direct political consequences. He does not like England, and he does like the Boers; but what strikes him is the dignity with which Great Britain bears all reverses. The British temper recalls that of the Romans. It is, we believe, true that this impres- sion is not confined to authors, but extends to statesmen of the first class, who draw from it the deduction that a war with this country is not to be lightly undertaken. No one can guess how long it would last, or at what point the British would offer or accept terms of peace.
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