23 SEPTEMBER 1905, Page 16

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " J

have just received the following, dated August 25th, from a farm on the veld, near Randfontein :—" Farmers are getting very nervous about the Chinese deserters, who are roaming about, raiding and sometimes murdering. We have got both guns and revolver ready for emergencies, but it is not pleasant, and D. does not like leaving me on the farm when he is obliged to go into town." The writer is no nervous woman unaccustomed to danger. She was in the Transvaal before the war, joined a Red Cross ambulance, received more than once the thanks of the authorities on both sides, and has given many proofs of unusual courage. The situation speaks