Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-03-12 | Page 6 | Pertaining to Transvaal

PERTAINING TO TRANSVAAL I Oycr ISCfO fugitives arc now within the British lines and many of them demand arms dud permission to take the field Gen boweL in reported lo bo moving norlhwdrd from Bloemfonlcln steadily at therate of twcntyfivo miles a day Every toWn In the Free Slate occupied by the British will fiooh become a center of British Influence exlondlijg a lougdls tanco In their vicinity Several small commandoes arc In possession pos-session of the southeanlorn portion of the Orange River Colony from which tho garrisons gar-risons of IDpwetsdorp Wppener Smithfield Smith-field and RoUxvllc have been withdrawn In Capelown p courtmartial has sentenced sen-tenced to dpiith two rebels connected with the recent wrcckliug of a train nt Taunt bosch Others concerned In the crlmo were condemned to various terms of Imprisonment Im-prisonment A great prgportlon of the former enemies ene-mies of Great Britain In Smith Africa now frankly throw iii their lot with the Brit ish Brandforl Kroonstndt and Blocm fontelncompanies of exburghers are now bearing arms against the Boers WIth regard4 lo the reported ncgotla Uona between Lord Kltchcrfer and Gen Botha cars are beinii expressed lest the BritIsh should bo loo easy Already from cnpe Colony comes a strong plea that the British Ministry should refuse to grant anythingwhich could be considered terms by the DOers I