"_*«___ game was a thoroughly friendly one, and was watched by a most cosmopolitan «»*-_ among whom an old Kaffir created great amusement. An excited barracker for y_ a Pretorians had adjured that team to '•*j__ c j. up," adding, "You'll beat them yet!" ft hopeful prophecy which was not borne out by tlie state of the game, then 13 points to nothing, "l-ko-na" (no fear), drawled % old Kufiir. whose confidence in the c6lunia_ was thoroughly well founded. So New"2_v hum is ho'ding its own in Soutii Africa ia

peace no less than in war,

Ut:e has become used to A Hong Kong the idea that in getting of the North. Wei-hai-wei for a naval

base in North China, Eng., land did considerably worse than Russk with Port Arthur, or Germany with Kiaa* ohou. There are plenty of people only too ready to assert that England always does get the worst of it in matters of foreign _j. plomacy. and this point of vi?w *v_- go strongly urged in respect of Wei-Lai.wa that a good deal of tlie mud stuck. Tbe special correspondent iv China for the "Syd ney Morning Herald," who served in the same capacity for "The Timeß" in the Chino- Japanese War, declares, however, that ''if England remains in North China she hasia Wei-hai-wei the most- valuable possession she could possibly have acquired." Ger many, we are assured, would gladly take Wei-hai-wei in exchange for Kiao-chou, '"where millions will have to be spent ia breakwaters and docks." while the draw back to the Russian Port Arthur is taafc at, present oidy light draught vessels can enter or leave it at all states of the tide. Wei-ha.i--.vei—pronounced Way-high-way, and called "Way-high" for short—ia on the other hand declared to bo an ideal Lawn from which to raid an enemy—"a highliifl, from which to scan the surrounding seas a narrow entrance from which to dash out upon the prey, a snug and hidden anchorage iv which to wait for fresh adventures. The little island—only three or four miles ia circ-umference—Ls all hill." It is rathtp characteristic of England, unfortunately, that though she has held "Way-high" for two years, she has done nothing to improve the shipping accommodation or to fortify the place. "There is not a single gun on the island, and few spots on the world's surface could be more completely and easily and cheaply fortified. 