Show ROBERTS IS RESTING OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA AT STANDSTILL British Taking Things Easy Preparatory Prepara-tory to a Long Chase After the Retiring Boers London June 7 435 a rn Military operations In South Africa arc apparently appar-ently at a standstill For a day or two the tired troops of Lord Roberts arc resting and he Is filling the magazines and warehouses at his new base Pretoria Pre-toria preparatory to a Iqng chase after the retiring Boers in the direction of Lydenburg Ills cavalry are probably seeking to intercept CommandantGen Botha Lord Salisbury cabled to Lord Roberts Rob-erts as follows I carnesty congratulate congratu-late you upon tlls crowning result of jour brilliant strategy and thedevo tioij of yptf gallant soldiers ARMISTICE AGREED UPON A special dispatch from Lourcnco Marques dated Tuesday June 5th says Gen Bullet and Christian Botha met at Lalngs Nek at Bullers request when a three days armistice was npreed upon The dispatch adds that the British have evacuated Utrecht OCCUPATION OF PRETORIA Lord Roberts telegraphed to the War olllcc as follows Pretoria June 5515 p I mThc occupation of the town passed off most BuUsfaotocUy and the British Hagis nVrnolstiCd dnfopof theJyvctTimenc ofllces The troops met with a much more enthusiastic reception than I anticipated an-ticipated The third battalion of the Grenadier Guards lined the square when the march past look place FEW CAVALRY PRESENT Owing lo their having been on duty at some distance around the town very II few cavalry and Infantry were able to take part In the ceremony Several of our officers who had been prisoners were among the onlookers ROBERTSS RETRACTION Until the situation In the neighborhood neighbor-hood of Pretoria Is enlightened the officials here as well as others will find difficulty In prognosllcatlng Lord Rob erlss Immediate programme It appears ap-pears evident that the Boer comman derJnchlef Gen Botha with all his guns withdrew In good order probably prob-ably along the Delagoa Bay railroad with the view of Joining President Kruger So the Transvaal forces remain re-main practically intact with Presidents Kruger and Steyn and Gen Boiha and Secretary of Stale Rcltz all safe and in a position lo continue the direction of affairs WAR NEAR AN END The more optimistic sec in tHe fact that President Kurgors wife and Gen Bothas wife were left at Pretoria an indication that the President does not I count on a lang resistance In any case It will probably take Lord Roberts Rob-erts at least a week to organize a campaign of pursuit The military authorities au-thorities anticipate that the next Important Im-portant news will come from Gen BulJers direction Pleiriy of time has elapsed to complete the turning move at Lalngs Nek 2UALMANIA OCCUPIED A belated dispatch from Mafeking dated May Ust announces the British occupation of Malmnnla where 200 Boers surrendered |