| Show I KRUGER READY TO RUN t fI f i I He Has All Arrangements Completed for His Flight from Pretoria Presumably It Presum-ably for Holland f T r Gen Botha is at Transvaal Capital Urging Oom Paul to Arrange Peace TermsAeanvhile Lord Roberts is arching on and is Now But Eighteen Miles from JohannesburgFrench Has Engagement En-gagement With Boers Capetown Monday May 28It Is rumored ru-mored here that Gen French has cut tho Boer communications between t HcJdclbcrg and Boksburg within a few miles of Johannesburg London May CO 3 a niLord Roberts I T Rob-erts Is now within a days march of I 1 Johannesburg hnd Gen French and Gen Ian Hamilton fought the Boers from noon until evening on Monday I with what result is not known here Tho War office Just before midnight d published tho following dispatch from Lord Roberts ROBERTS AT KLIP RIVER Klip River Transvaal May 28 625 p mWo marched twenty miles today to-day and are now eighteen miles from f Johannesburg The enemy had prepared pre-pared several positions where they Intended r In-tended to oppose us but they abandoned aban-doned one after the other as wo neared them BOERS PRESSED HARD j We pressed them so hard that they had only Just time to get their five I guns Into train and to leave as soon 1 1 as some ot the Infantry dashed Into i i Frenchs and Ian Hamiltons forces 1 I are apparently engaged with the enemy I en-emy about ten mIles to our left a I firing has been heard since noon KRUGER READY TO FLEE f J Whlgam has Just returned to Lourenco Marques from Pretoria l where he went disguised He wired i that Kruger has all the arrangements I arrange-ments made for flight presumably to I Holland A special train provisioned Is always ready with steam up The I train walts some distance from Pretoria Pre-toria torn i FARMERS ARE SURRENDERING I Tho farmers neLL our line of advance armo ncar lne vance are surrendering with their arms and horses Rundle occupied I Sonckal on May 2lth No report of I what took place has reached me yet I t j PANIC PREVAILS H 3 Whlcam In a dispatch to the Dally Mali dated May 23th says j C The demoralization of the Transvaal 1 1 la remarkable Panic and confusion I J provalKi overywhene Everyone is I I wejuy of the war and full of fear as I to the coding of the Brltlfeh Operations > Opera-tions WCLe being carried on for encircling encir-cling Pretoria with telegraphic communications > i com-munications Fourteen points In the I lltif of defenses were connected with t headquarters unj with the Staats ar i tlllcrj but this apparently was the if only defensive measure adopted There i 4 were no other visible preparations f TREASURY IS EMPTY 1 Not much gold Is likely to be found in tho The th j treasury salaries of the 1 officials and Judges have not been i paid or have been paid only In National 1k Na-tional bank notes which will be worthless 4 worth-less when Lord Roberts arrives Thu 4 wat of Government will be removed to 1 Watorvalbovan a small station on the Dclagoa Bay railway line and then IC nwefrwiry to Diydtrnburg OBJECT TO ROBERTSS TACTICS Both President Steyn and President Kruger complain bitterly of Lord Rob ertas unfair tactics In refusing to 4 mcot the Docr In positions chosen by them and In eternally turning them b l y flank movements Around Johannesburg a few tronclKb have been duG but no other JtIf have been tuken for defense 4 The railway line is blocked with refu 11 a from the west and southwest Y who are packed like sardines in trucks WHAT GOVERNMENT IS DOING L The Government Is now endeavor t lug to reasaure the public by telling them thnl the British wU not outrage l nnd plunder them but It IH too late 4 Thp previous mlsstatcmcnta arc bringing T bring-ing their luwurdH Food Is I very scarce and prices rule high The proposal to release the British ITlnoners of war Is due to this cause pJ Mrmbnt of the Government and of theo the-o Volkvraud express approval of the roC ro-C POM > but President Krugor Is vIolent ¼ 1 opposed to It 1TSE INFERNAL MACHINES yd One form of Infernal machine which npi with much approval Is to be laid under the rallH of various lines A pressure of acme tons weight of tho engine will cause thin to explode with s Many of these most terrible effect U ft V machines are being made at the aruc ksit iitl and great caution will have to be fmrIHed In neutralizing them A T CHANGE IN OPINION I i Thorp has bwn a decided change 0J i lz I 1uWIr opinion which has become r r i k nuitQMHmlixh The burghers on comm com-m mauiWuiK nod Save the Queen and n TftwmMt br l slopped All are sick I I nf warfon In the towns the rnbld d nitliiujll h l4 I less mmpunt People ar thinking nf their property The L r irtj l aer for uprender IH now voo ii Inlluflmlul mid Includes the political 111 at the front 1 1AME IS UJ or i The lrlcllU t ut public feel that the t rumc 13 1 uj Fnlsc itevra no longer has j0 1 jl Iy otrect aiwl the lying report of the oui i TI > papers nro universally dl iii be 1rt J It Altlioujh the hand of the cen 1 T IMS been very heavy on news of 11 1 I klnl In recently every one believes J trr WL flL LOOKS TO FRANCE n Tho Government has arranged to trju rourwo the agitation aealnit the U1St 1 ut teh occupation of the two repub on the continent of Europe In lO erit Britain and In the United States Jrf rtLlrtort Kre to be rnatle In this dl 2 Ch and no expense will be spared I lVIl I rtcPlIe t Tenons for believing it JiN th uaarplaauen rights haven 4tf bo < have-n BOM to a French syndicate with y the J tnctlim of the Volkarnad The T flVerfl Nt impex hy thUi means to Irln annul French Intervention for lg I roi rtion of French rights In the lLv il 4tupl iiI thUS to uaue i 1111 r i rr ifu uti H IS 1Jl In r ri fh I nlJIll rf I mtd MirJ t Con 1i I I sul Hay Is admirably discreet and meets with universal praise alike from Boer and British sympathizers URGING PEACE PLANS Another dispatch from Lourenco Marques says Gen Louis Botha IB at Pretoria urging President Kruger to arrange peace terms Runaway burghers from Lalngs Nek paused I through Heidelberg lost week Wounded I Wound-ed officials with their families are I leaving Johannesburg Pretoria for Lydcnburg President Steyn occupies I the house of a British resident at Pretoria I Pre-toria UNREST AND ANXIETY Passengers arriving at Lourenco Marques Monday from Pretoria said It was believed there that the British would not be at the capital for a month Nevertheless there was much unrest and anxiety It is rumored In Capetown that Gen French has entered Johannesburg KRUGER IS OBDURATE The Lourenco Marques correspondent correspond-ent of the Times telegraphing Monday says CommandantGen Botha consulted con-sulted the Transvaal Government a fow days ago and In the strongest terms urged capitulation recognizing that the struggle is utterly hopeless Neither persuasion nor the liberal use of the sjambok can Induce the men to stand Steyu Is equally emphatic for peace but Kruger is i still obdurate The strong feeling of the Pretoria peace party however may at any moment I carry the point BORDER CONFLICT While the reports of a possible border bor-der conflict between the Boers and r the Portuguese are not credited here the uneasiness of local officials continues r con-tinues All aorta of sensational rumors ru-mors are afioat The latest is of the hauling down of the Portuguese flag at the Portuguese consulate In Pretoria The Boers are undoubtedly strengthening strengthen-ing their commandos oa the border According to a special dispatch from Loureuco Marques there are 300 Boers nthe Portugusse hojdgf l ADVANCE ON DUNDEE i The Times publishes the following from Newcastle dated Sunday Four hundred Boers are advancing toward Dundee There Is no fear that our communications Alll be cut MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY A dispatch from Durban says James Smith the American District messenger boy who Is carrying a message of sympathy from Philadelphia and New York school boys to President Kruger has arrived at Lourenco Marques and President Kruger has sent his private car to convey him to Pretoria I The French liner Glrondc arrived here today to-day with many Transvaal refugees OATH TAKEN BY REBELS The following Is the oath which Sir Redvers Buller administers to rebels I a British subject do hereby swear I that I was forced by the Queens enemies I ene-mies to take up arm against her Ma jestS troops I now hand In my horse rifle and ammunition and If permitted per-mitted I will proceed direct tonw farm and remain there as a loyal British subject until her Majestys pleasure I promise not to communl cath with aid or abet her Majestys enemies under penalty of death Carl CronJe a son of Plet Cronje signed the declaration but arms were subsequently found on his farm TO LEAVE JOHANNESBURG The Morning Post has tho following dispatch from Lourenco Marques dated Monday President Krugcr has Issued a public proclamation warning all people peo-ple to leave Johannesburg or to remain there at the peril of their lives as It may become necessary to destroy the town and the mines |
