Show a lOU i f BOER S ELUDE BRITISl I u t S CommandantGeneral Botha Succeeds in E 11 il IP Getting Hts Soldiers Out of f TI 2 1C I a Trap V ort 2 ortU I Retreating Commandoes with Their Transport Are Again Safe I 11rJ Roberts Has Not Yet Begun His Advance to PretoriaDelay f1 f is Causing Muffled Complaints and Much Criticism in London i mt Warren Made Governor of Griqualand West diih i 5i 1H7 London April 25 455 mIn Commandant I Com-mandant Geji Louis Botha the Boers I appear to have found a capable tuc1 T cessor to Joubert As tho result of his ccssr i S 4 Insight and quick decision it naY be I assumed now that the retreating commandoes im mandoes have gotten safely away with 1 the transport It la true that Lord Robertas dIspatch I I patch leaves much unsaid us to tho I whereabouts of other forcca than those ro 1 Lb of Gen French and Gen Rundle I COMMANDOS IN FREE STATE Nothing la said about the troops of f EE r1 Gens Brabant PolcCarcw Hart and Chcrmslde but the Indications from Allwal North show that several small grl commandos are still hovering In the vicinity of Springfield causing t certain cer-tain amount of danger and the advices c vices from Dewetsdorp outlining the tl1L duties of Gen Chermsldc Justify the dutes e I roncluslon that It will still be neces body of f sity to employ a considerable r W troops to keep tho Free State clear of w Boers E The position Is that the Boers who began their raid a month ago by compelling lb com-pelling Col Broadwood to retire on ii I Bloemfontein have now gotten nufeiy n away to the northward practically without lose but with the advantage of seven British guns together with n ttt hundred prisoners captured 2 ADVANCE NOT BEaUx t Meanwhile the advance lo Pretoria th has not begun Small wonder Is It that muffled complaints and criticisms arc beginning to be heard here and there against Ix > rd Roberts Twothirds of WI his entire force have been employed in Affecting a small result and the probability prob-ability is that tho whole force mm the r t-he again concentrated on Bloemfontein before the main advance begins As similar raids on the British communications 4 communi-cations arc likely to be repeated It Is evidently still a faraway cry of Onto j On-to Pretoria HUNTERS MOVEMENT 15 Tho slgriillcancc or Gen Hunters sltIlcLCe Klmbcrley where IrtBls division going to I mounted troops arc also airlvlhg dally Is now said to be a serious attempt to tD 1t deal with the strong Doer forces on the I Veal river I now threatening to retake Barkley and then an endeavor to re 1 z lievo Mafeklng I will be borne in II mind that Gen Hunter paid a hurried visit to Lord Roberts at Bloemfontein TEMPORARY BRIDGE BUILT A temporary railway bridge ha Just been completed at J3ethulle where = hitherto railway trucks have been hiherto ralwa transferred over the wagon bridge ncb i This trnaCerre wi greatly facilitate getting stores up to Bloemfontein stai uq Mr Poultncy 1 Blgolow discussing the treatment of South African rebels says i treLtmcnt that the wisdom of the United States e Government In not punishing the Confederates Con-federates after the War of Secession ± has borne good fruit and he suggests that a similar result would follow a imlar so 1 similar BRITISH liberal policy CASUALTIES In South Africa lt A dispatch from Lord Roberts dated dlpltch Bloemfontein April 27th gives Gen lioernfonteln Gves ii Hamiltons report of the British casualties itlak casual-ties at Israels Poort April 25th Among the slightly wounded IH Cot W 1 Hamilton reports Otter of Canada Gen Hamlol j ict ports Oter that the Canadians and Marshals 4s Horse did particularly good service iSzs1 WARREN APPOINTED GOVERNOR The following dispatch has been received rib re-ceived at the Val office from Lord hA Hobirrlfc t I t Bloemfontein April 2GAt the request t re-quest Io of the High Commissioner Gen i Waiien has been appointed Governor g of a1en Griqulland West white that part of d tiP1 the country llqullnd In a disturbed condition inc i SIGNED BY MILKER shl93 Lord Itobertsti peculiar reference to I of t Sir Alfred Mllner over Warrens appointment ap-pointment lends Itself to the Inference i that the coniinandcrinelilef of the British forces In South Africa scarcely lerO approves of It arid that tho previous that Warren had been recalled report that he wa saved 4pOht was correct but WIS sed from coming home by the action of the II British High Commissioner ctc BOIJR FORCES ESTIMATED Ic According to a special dispatch from jc Lourenco Marques the 41LteRt authentic Iolji tstlmat of the Boer forces places thtulH at 30000 of which 11000 are at hib Kroonstadl6000 tit Fourteen Streams CCOO in Natal 700 about Mafeklng and I 70 ct l O at Pretoria while 250 have been Intercept Gen Car ordered north to Int 1It iX s J ilngtonn force Tho work of Intrench li i proceeding ing Pretoria Is proceedin 0 11 r FRENCH AT T1IABA NCHU nlnI l tfl office haH Issued the following k N The War ofc6 hat 11C lowing from Lord Roberts dated Lrd Bloemfontdn Friday April 2 < th INc Blomfonten reached Tlmba NChu this morning with Cavalry He met icii i mOlulnS Smlth Wf Gen Inn Hamilton and Gen r rC The enemy lc l V I Dorrlens brigade there were still holding the eastern outlet of 1 the town holding Gen French and Gen Hamilton were proceeding to turn S them out Gen Rundles division was thfm stl f l eight miles south of Thaba NChu last tilC evening I Gh 1 Additional casualties thus fur reported tr 11 1 AddlLonal caa llcI oi i ported Inn Hamiltons mounted Infantry I In-fantry Lleutt Barry and Hill wounded o hnth Vif Tnrhnlla 1Tme the former flihs Bvjrcly tho lattar a slightly I d A patrol from Dethulle came across a body of tho enemy on Smithfield RO0i rand n April 25th Private King of the itb lONd Apri 1 Prince Alfred Guards witS killed and two of the Royal Scots Service corps I wire taken prisoners The Yeomanry cavalry tinder Gen Ycmary Brabanzon after reconnoitering ns far as Br Vypener returned to Dewotsdorp this mornln1 rrOl IU An GLAUD ACTIONS bsfldhr Clii The Dally Chronicle haa the follow 1 JIg from Vaalbank dated Wednesday 0 April 2Glh For two < lay the Boero oC1 LSLVP bovu JlKhllnp n i IIP o f rear it l guard unions CriI4Iflg tin M ddir lt hr and hoi i Iv MtrmnMl by 1 On Alder 5i1 Ih I gr hll I i t1 t fo111 sitheact iC of th fEllu anl narrowly I mle ri 0OP i being captured by Gon Rundle who was coming from that direction but on sighting his advance they turned eastward and slipped away between cOIL Alderson and Gen Rundle A prisoner pris-oner Just captured asserts that President Presi-dent Steyn was present during Mondays Mon-days fight at Slangfonteln east of Lecuw kop He hud shaved his beard so that he was not easily recognized EXPLOSION AT JOHANNESBURG The Lourenco Marques correspondent of the Times says The Barbie foundry foun-dry was under the direct management of a Lo Creusote firm and rat or the workmen hnxl been trained at Le Crue sote Nothing is yet publicly known an to the cause of the explosion but It Is significant that it was predicted About I twenty of the workmen have been arrested ar-rested and the others have been prohibited pro-hibited fromleavlng the country SENT TO PRISON > The Pretorlji correspondent of the Dally News says On Monday Ernstus dr Klock was sentenced to two years at to Blocmfonteln hard labor for guiding the British I WILL WINTER IN NATAL I I The Ladysmlth correspondent of the I Dally Telegraph says The Boers arc I I preparing to spend the vmler at Natal They are bringing their stock from the high veldt into Natal fur winter grazing graz-ing and they arr demanding that the I Kafilis pay the hut lax to them Instead of to tlu Natal Government They alco declare that unless the Kaffirs work for I them they the Kaffirs must remove south of Sundays river HAVE BIG GUNS The Ladysmith correspondent or the Standard says The strength of the Boers In the Biggarsberg district is believed be-lieved to bo between 5000 and KOOO They arocommanded by Gen Lucas Meyer and are well supplied with artillery I ACCUMULATING STORES I I The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Morning Post telegraphing Thursday Thurs-day says Most satisfactory progress has been made in the accumulation of tho stores during the present week Supply park now presents a respectable 1 appearance The prospects of n general advances are more favorable I BOTHA ACTED QUICKLY I I The Bloemfontein correspondent of I Times telegraphing Thursday says I Thoro appear to be little chance of Inlllctlng effective punishment on the retreating Boers Commandant Louis Botha who arrive at Dowctsdorp Monday Mon-day realized the situation at once and Ordered the Immediate withdrawal of tho Boers both from there and from WcDcner BOERS DOUBLING BACK The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Dally Chronicle telegraphing Thursday says The latest reports show that tho Boers passed cast of Thaba NChu when going north A prisoner reports that n commando which doubled back on the pursuing British Is now making Its way west In the direction of Lecuw kop KEPT AHEAD OF FRENCH The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Dally Telegraph under Thursdays date says The Boers who retreated from Dewelsdorp kept well ahead of Gen Frenchs cavalry Unless the enemy should make a stand at Kroon I stad Lord Roberts will rapidly l cross the i Vaal river LIGHT SITUATION Other Blocmfonteln dispatches throw i Interesting points of light upon the situation One special says that 750 wagons of a Boer heavy transport train have reached Kroonstad from the south Only light wagons have been left behind The Boers have organized I specially mounted corps for foraging and other work requiring special mobility Another reirorts that before the Boers wero driven from Dtwctsdorp about 7000 of thorn had been slowly retiring toward Ladybrand where large supplies aro stored and Immense cornfields are ready for harvesting KILLING IN SWAZILAND Lourenco Marques reports that I Swaziland runners report that U1 r cont visit to tho Queen of Swaziland by Sir Ellis AshmeadBartlett has not checked the I killing The Swal Queen has placed the former Kings brother on the throne L boy of IS She argues arg that as she will have to answer for the death of Zebu Lu she may as well continue killing and she has given tho chiefs pcrmliislon to kill whom they please throughout the whole of Swaziland u FIE ON RED CROSS The commandos ordered to the front are obeying reluctantly One burgher who has escaped Injury In a number of battles admits thai the I Boers have fired upon the Red Cross frequently The sending of Gen frequenL The len lng Cronjo I to SI Helena han greatly enraged the Boers who are Bald to be more than ever determined to fight to the death WON DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS A dispatch from Pretoria says All advlcee indicate that the United States Consul Mr Adelbert Ba Consu Hay has won n diplomatic success Ills position is exceedingly ex-ceedingly difficult but ho la I pursuing an Impartial determined on impartal etermlne policy and has succeeded In considerably amcllor amclor ntlni the condition of tho British prIsoner pris-oner at Pretoria Including tho colo nlalB |