Show WANTS MORE f SOLDiERS Hints in London That Roberts Demands Troops I THE BRITISH PUBLIC WORRIED I i Lord Roberts Is Still Three Hundred Miles from Pretoria His Long Wait and the Activity of thc Boers Has Seriously Disturbed the English Eng-lish PeopleAll Press Telegrams from Natal Have Been Prohibited Ten Thousand Britons Arc Advancing Advanc-ing to the Relief of Wcpcner London April iiLord Roberts long wult and the Boer activity liavc I seriously se-riously disturbed public equanimity He I Is I rfiiii 300miles from Pretoria No OIIP doubts the ultimate success of Hrltlsh arm but behind the British army that crushw thc Doer armies an army of oceuyatlon will have lu be Installed From various sources hints conn that more mcjiJLhau arc already provided for j will have to be sent out j I TO CUT OFF BOIJUrf j I Lord Roberts Indicates thut at least l I 10000 rieii are sfdvnnelns1 to cut off tim J3oors who arf Investing VI > eti ir Ai i thrc lIcl reports from the Ball lo bon I d 19 r I thut firing has been heard In I Un I direction mf mime hills toward DcwKs dorp it Is pOHjslblp Gen ChQrmsidrs advirrocl Troops arc already In contact with the Boers I CLEARING THE FREE STATE Lord Roberts wires that he expected Ito I-to clear the southeast section of the i Free State I oast l uf the t < railway I and I then to swing round to the north and Ito I-to turn one si ft or I another the positions held by the Boers north of Bloemfun tat in inPRgS PRESS MESSAGES PUBLISHED Gen Bullers prohibition of all press telegrams In Natal until further notice IM taken to I Indlrato that a movement is about to begin there SCOUT TIKACJIES MAFEKING A dispatch I from Mafcklng dated Saturday Sat-urday April I 7lh t says The success I of I Lieut Smll I I hem n U10 Uhodcslun scout I who with I I th t > exception of IL RiHitrr correspondent a Cyclist Is I HIP only white man who has tntered Mnf I king since the siege began is likely to prove of rjivat value to r1 < Plum r I to whom he has returned with dK I patches sliould Plumir decide to raivj the siege of Mafcking In earnest NOT DISCOURAGED lOA Scottish doctor has introduced a II method l of making nourishing I pmrldgf with oat bran which Is I a great boon I und is I tclvlng thc question of feeding I thc natives Ve are now confident of holding out two months longer Tin men in the trenches are determined to play the game to thc end BOER KUSH FAILED A dispatch to the Times from Tamers burg dated Monday April 16 says On Friday the Boers tried to rush Cot I Dnlgetys left front but retired boon I I after Their attack Is I apparently weak filing I although largo numbers of fresh sclmnsjcs arc visible i along the cnein > s position OUTLOOK AT LADYSMITH TIme La ly mlLh I corn spondent of the Morning Post telegraphing I Tuesday sa > s Time condition of affairs In this part of the t theater I of war is one of 1 absolute llfelessness WEPENEIt STILL SURROUNDED The War olllce has received the following fol-lowing cll I path from Lord Roberts dated Bloemfontoin Tuesday April 17th Our force at Wepener Is still surrounded sur-rounded but it Is reported that lli enemy are attacking in u very half hearted manner und arc anxious about I their i communications hearing that i forces an approaching Wepener from two dlrcrtlons I one under Uin Rundlc via Reddirsbun and unotlnr under Gen Brabant ullh Gen Iliirfs brigade bri-gade in suppoit via Itouxvllle SKVliUAL IMPORTANT ARRESTS On the inoccupation of Rouvvllle April I5lh time few Beers there retired and Gen Btabant made some impoit I ant arrests Violent storms of rain have somewhat Interfertxl nltli I the inanh of timeS columns but it Is hoped they will soon be Jibli to make their presence inore decidedly felt BOISItS ATTACK DKPASPOORT Cell Set tie icpoits from Kenhardl 1 April I nth I 1 t that 200 Tiinsvaalers made a determined attack time previous duy un Dcpaspoort lield by i a parlv of Or ponshoise Our losses were tvo killed and one wounded The enemys losses must have been heavy as they applied to us for doctors and an ambulance FROM PLUMERS COLUMN A dispatch from Plainer s camp cab erones Friday April jlh via Lourenco Marques Tuesday April 17th says The hoer artillery about Mafeking Is well horsed Their pompoms are mounted mount-ed on light fourwheeled carriages each drawn by four smart horses in marked contrast with those Col Plumer fought with ut Crocodile Pool The Boers too ate well mounted and well I dressed and have finelooking patrols The grain and other crops In time districts arc excellent so the Transvaalers arc not likely to suffer from scarcity of food for n lone1 lime Plumcrs little force Is now strongly Intrenched northwest of Mafeklng COUNTRY EASY TRAVERSED The country hereabouts is much easier traversed than that the Rhoclc slans are operating Jn The total casualties cas-ualties Saturday were seventyeight but many are convalescent t Men and horses are improving In health as the winter approaches Natives I report that the Inhabitants I uf Mafcklng are very hungry Should a lljlng column be dispatched I a their relief It will find the country well grassed and watered as It proceeds northward CASUALTIES ABOUT MAFEKING Another dispatch 1 from Plumers Camp dated Friday via LOU lOmIco Marques Tuesday April I 17th I t says A letter has been received hen from Commandant Snymun with reference to the British wounded and prisoners at the Boer lunger after the engagement of March 31st from which It I t Is learned that Capt Crowe died of his wounds Lieutenant t Mllllgan Is not n pilsonei and IH believed Co be l nmong those the Boers burled The British casualties were two t ofilcers and six men killed I three oflleern nnd thirtysix I men wounded and eleven men made pris claims RKADY TO ADVANCli At last Roberts seems to be on the ae of making his main advance towards to-wards Pretoria Unless all the usual reliable souices of Information t and all I the I 111 iet t Ions smuggled past the censor cen-sor are at fault the British army within a few days will be marching northward After many premature and unfotindtJ reports that have purported pur-ported lo toll of this move there is naturally nat-urally even In the bestInformed elr des considerable hesitancy IM stalling upon the day Lord Roberta IB likely to leave Bloemfonlein but there Is a met tlud I impression I that It i will I I occur ojth cr al the end of this week or the bf glnnlng of next MUCHNEEDED RBST Thc long weary unit in the Free Slate capita has apparently effected a muchneeded rehabilitation though it IK probable Lord Roberts would still further have delayed bin advance had not Hie Boer activity forced him to put hn forces In such positions that today unless they quickly proceed noi thwnrd the strategic advance will be lost IIOV MOVE MAY Btf MADK Thc critics agree In the supposition that I the advance will bo made In par allol column with a broad front west of the railroad the Third und Eighth divisions sweeping to the extreme I northeast the ontirv force amounting to 7f000 men HfLLISJlS POSITION Exactly what part Clen Butler will take if still a secret which no one Is able to probe From the sent of war I there Is slgnlnVant silence From The Hague eomps the news J that the Boor dIigates refuse to make public the object of their mission They hone tu be rcrrlvfi by guen Wilhel mlnu bul iimning In thIs direction has vet been decided upon BOli VKKY A TIVK A Oir < iat > h from Maseru iutulnnd datfl Monday April ifiih say The JJoers for two diiyn past imuve IKMI dlfl IlsiAlng gi emit aftlvjty along the Ked dersburg and Rotixvliic road Their scouts report that thc British are ad viimlng on those I placer to tin relief of uepener and the burghers conKequent Jy mo riuided I I whethct to remain or ietlie A majorlt > of them desire to abandon th investment of WptntT fejiilnc i K nut t ocr whn i hl inRor Ky I lcd by conimnndani i oilvkr r ore r < luclam I t to I moy as lung as thn 1 Is Il i fhciiifi to ljtniv ii lMJ < ety m giLt risen Scoutx I hai Jiifil reported i ifK firing in I t Iii dimHun < T Thnbun hu |