Show FIGHT RAGES Gen White Reports that Boers Hade Attack on Caesars Camp i I ENEMY WAS REPULSED Assault was Made at 245 Yesterday Morning j jI I BATTLE WAS PROLONGED At 9 Oclock When Ho Reported to Gen Buller by Telegraph the Contest Con-test was Still RagingNews Received Re-ceived at tho War Offico In a Brief Message Up to Last Midnight Nothing Further Had Been Received Re-ceived News from Other Sources was Meager Although the Dispatches Dis-patches Indicated that Important Events at the Front are Imminent if not Actually Progressing at this Time Reports from Herschel Caps Colony State that Lady Gray Has Been Deserted by the Boers London Jan 7The War office last evening Issued the following From Buller Frcic Camp January GThe following telegram was received from Gen White January 6th 9 a m The enemy attacked Caesars camp at 245 a m considerable force The enemy en-emy was everywhere repulsed but the fighting still continues Gen BuHers telegram caused many I later calls atrthe War office In expectation expec-tation of the ceceipt of addltonal news The officials stated at midnight however how-ever that nothing further would be Issued Is-sued during the night No news has been received from other sources though the dispatches indicate that important events at tho front are I imminent if I not actually progressing at this time I A dispatch from Hersohel Cape Colony Col-ony reports that Lady Gray has been deserted by the Boers whose families will go to the Orange Free State The Boers according to this dispatch are concentrating intrenchments between Lady Gray and Barkeley West A dispatch from Durban says the German steamer Herzog has been seized by a British warship and brought to this porL IGNORANT OF OUR POLICY Movement to Have Uncle Sam Intervene In-tervene is Misdirected New York Jan 6A special to tho Tribune from Washington says It Is pointed out at the State department that the popular movement reported in press dispatches from Belgium having hav-ing Jn view a petition to President Mc Klnlcy asking him to offer mediation Continued on page 2 fiGHT RAGES Continued from page J 10 the belligerents In South Africa Is altogether misdirected and exhibits a l painful Ignorance of the American J policy of abstention from Intruding III I mailers which arc none of thla coun trys business it l Is suggealcd that such petition I could have no direct influence In the direction of terminating hostilities If It proposes to induce the United Slat s to lake the inlllallve toward sociirlng an American cable selllemeni of the quarrel Both belligerents arc abeady presumablY pre-sumablY aware of the historical attitude atti-tude of the Pnlted Stales last consciously con-sciously l shou as late as the war be Ivoen I China I and Japan 1 In I id ways being 1 be-ing I read to use its good office to avoid m end strife hon the invitation comes from both disputants not from one alone and not fruin a mere outsider Great Britain and the Soulh African republics are aWare that the President will I acopt promptly and with plear urf any suggestion of mediation hat I amc from both of thorn I but up to this line neither of those Goernmonts has given the slightest Intimation thai lt I doslios anything I hut strict neu traIl ty from the I United Slates It la true that Just before hostilities began President Stoyn of the Orango I Free StaIr t through his Con lIlGc ncla I at New York Mr Pierce desired the friendly Intervention of President McKinley Mc-Kinley in the hope of averting war but no concurrent request of a similar nature came from England and the President therefore l abstained from volunteering his good offices where thoy apparently would have been unwelcome un-welcome Since Ilia I I time no suggcj ion of a desire to arbitrage or to put an end to fighting laos been manifested manifest-ed however guardedly to this Government Gov-ernment I by h the countries concerned and reports to the contrary are au tholllat ely chaivuterlod as false U Is probable that should Great Iritain indlcjito her wish to I have the President attrmpl a peaceful solution of the dlffiVnlly Ihe i American Consul at Pretoria would prompily isk I President Presi-dent Kruger if he doslied to unite in the request This procedure Is made possible by President Steyns earlier request and by l the State departments depart-ments declination to receive Gen OB > rno who wan nndoi stood to be charged with powers from Pretoria to ask for mediation In I the event of Eng land being wllllnt to leave the dispute to arbitration Officially It Is I said hat United States cannot bring to Iho at trntion of the British Government a foci request for mediation though it Is not doubted that England would bo come aware of such a request as soon as It I t was made and would Imnined hate Jy have on opportunity to make an i Identical proposition |