Show ROBERTS PREPARES FOR FORI J j I HIS MARCH TO PRETORIA rei rc tate Accepts Brish British Sovereignty and Call ICan Now be Left Lef With Wih Safety J Jl ii the h Continental a Powers Have Declined to Intervene in inthe i inthe the War Criticised by Cecil Rhodes j London March Mah 17 42 2 a a m tWit tWite With Withe e railway rU communication comuni to t the t Cape Cp Roberts will wiD In a aIn few days in a position pito to begin b the th advance avace L Pretoria His Hi deep dep political on n combined combine with wih his hi bold b strategy having the result rel desired dere in the ute sections of the t Orange Free Fr Frate ate ite which are rapidly calming down doW Mafeking is now nw the toe only point pit for and as a it i is I known that tat a arce ar r has left lf Kimberley Kimbre its It relief reif may my announced before many man days day pas pase p pass is efficiency of the relieving column IC e r clum 1 by the fast fae that tat It is i partly py of regulars n a the te lobbies lobbes of ot parliament last 1 ening it i was rumored that Lord Lr bests berts bert is about abut to t issue Jsu a pr t R a announcing that the th former for I t n a of government in the t Orange Or Free Fr ate tte te Is i abolished and an promising Free Fr I aters eters ter who immediately y surrender sr d due C Moderation t is I understood that tat aU the th conti ct powers with one oe exception un refused ru to ie e exception was Russia Russia whose hs reply a couched in less les fr firm language sl al ait slough t tough ough like the others oher she declined to toI I erfer It I is said sid that tt the te pope pp was wasi I i pealed to but that he declined to do doa a beyond be ond writing riling a letter to the q eon een e appealing to her to Us t stop sop the th fur furT furta t ta T effusion of blood bl Dr r Leyds ef u tip ts with King Leopold were wee quite quie fu Lu fuu Destruction of o Johannesburg the he e possibility p of the tM destruction of oC J is still 81 discussed dia here b bitt t tt it t Is i expected that the French and German shareholders would offer ofer a astr str ng protest The latest latet advices respecting the sur surrender sr surrender render of show that the approach of the British caused caus a stam siam stampe pe ped Thirteen Tren trains ti each eh composed of forty cars c and ad sit all at crammed with Hoer Boer Br hurried northward n just jit jut before the tine line lie was w cut Mr Steyn would ha haw have been compoUnd compelled to surrender but buthe buthe he ho pretended that he was wa going goi to t visit one of cf the outposts and an at midnight took tC a was waiting for forThe forand The T i it Sf i and ad military r r stores torea r away W y The Th Dally Daily Daly Mall published an a inter interview intervIew Interview I view this thi morning with Mr Cecil Rhodes secured by Mr tr Julian Julan Ralph in i the course coure ef at which complaining of the bungling of o the home authorities he b said sid General Bullers Bules extraordinary or orders orde orders ders de to Lord Lor Methuen to relieve relee Kim Kimberley Kimberley berley were to take all al the people away and to fall back to Orange river You I people in England have such wonder wonderful ful ideas about Butlers Bullets Bules generalship but monstrous such a retreat would have been b Boor Boer Boe Number Nuber SmalL Mr Ir Rhodes Roe declared d that there tere had only been 30 Boers Beers Bor in the field fed alto altogether alo altogether gether sether and that tha the te th foreign mercenaries ies lea were only about The num numbers bers of the Boers Boer he said sd had bd been exaggerated in order to explain the British reverses rever The rhe Daily Daly Mail Mal has the following die di patch from Lourenzo Lurnz Marques Marquez dated date Friday March 16 1 Entrenching is proceeding preding on the Vaal VanI Val river at a Ven Yere nig Late arrivals arrivals from Pretoria sa sy saY that the te Boors Boers Bor themselves now admit adi 1 that their cause cs is I hopeless General Geer Lucas Meyer reyer refuses to and Luea refus t fight again ain ad has returned to his farm far General Ge ral has also al returned and the burghers are are going home hoe by b bun hun hundreds McDonalds has ha nearly healed He accompanied the brigade to Lord Roberts Rober comments upon up the earlier erler operations of the war wa in the theLnon London Gazette and ad his absolute silence slee respecting Lord dispatch ire tre re regarded as a very ver significant sigl nt The Times Timen observes that tills this silence is perhaps more significant than than words especially when wh n connected with wih the fact fat that Lord Lr Methuen no longer loner takes take any ay prominent pi nent part Dar in the campaign Will Be Detained Dene The 1110 Cape Cp Town correspondent of tie Daily Daiy Telegraph says The Boor Boer Br pris prisoners prisoners oner I learn le will wili wl be b detained detain indefinitely Ind on board bard the transports and the Free Fee will wi perhaps be spared spar the trip tp to St Helens Helena He Lord Roberts Rober in transmitting Gen Gsa General General eral Gatres report of the th defeat gives give his hi opinion thus reliance The Th failure was mainly to on inaccurate Information regarding the ground g und to t be traversed t to the th position p lion tion ton Held by the Boers Beers Br ve to the tM employ employment meat ment of too small smal a force fo and ad to the themen themen men being bIn tired out by a long loag night march mch before they came cam In la contact with the enemy When It became evident shortly af at after atter Wn I bem a ter midnight that the guides were w e the column wrong I consider Gatacre should shul have halted and an endeavored to t find fn a proper road or 0 should have fallen fal back backon bk roa on Molteno Mole rather than tha have risked the safety of the entire entre force for by br b tel fol following Co lowing a route which brought the te ground commanded troop troops intO Int difficult gud on both sides side by b Boors Boers Br The Te Outlook commenting on Lord reply to the United States StE Stat s offer of mediation mediation says LUte Like Lie M 31 Del D Delcame came casse President McKInley must him himself himself cae self elt see that this thi puts put an end en to all ai talk of friendly fendly good offices on en the part tk of any outside g power P er But President Pei President pa dent det McKInley unlike the t French Frech pro pre premier pe mier is face Cace to face fa with that tat most mst factor his November presidential presidential awkward a hi war election and we know kw not net nt what even the best bt of presidents e can cai C be such times then I led 10 to do at suh ti Tact Tat and ad Firmness Fies Needed Heeded Let Lt us b b be thankful we have a not a W at at a Washington for fot we ne ne need a att a Mr ar Wainon tact and firmness the h fe f months mentis i 1 Spencer Wilkinson In I the t Morning Post POs says The difficulty dUlty now is I to imagine a 3 successful plan pla of or campaign fr for the Boer Ber operations The T i Boer Ber po positions will wi always be b turned bore before bo e a frontal attack atc Is made To await awa the attack will be to risk ri capture The T Tonly only plan pan to t avoid it will vU be a hasty haty retreat ret Then Ten proceeding to discuss val possibilities for the te Boors B Mr Wilkin Wilkinson son sn arrives ave at the following foll conclusion k n The Tha The best bt thing thin the th Boors Boers B can ean Cn hope hp for is I to gain time tm There Th is la no D c of their ther being sn able again agn to t reat re r the th equilibrium and aad a to turn tr the t balance b in inthe their the own favor or By gaining time thus t they tey may hope hp for some foreign fo intervention Intervention tion to or complication Great Q Britain Bt mu must t therefore or push puah the t war wa with the t u ut utmost most vigor vI r and must ml not spare Se any effort to keep kep the th navy nv and an the die t home he defense forces foreen forc in f the tM utmost et no ready rd for tor any emergency ergy A private telegram te received riv at a Liver Liverpool Liverpool pool pl reads as a follows By B dispatch rider to Mart March a 10 Going strong |