Show PERTAINING TO THE TRANSVAAL Gen Bothas force Is kept together by extraordinary inventions In Pretoria yesterday Mrs Botha was the guest of Lord Roberts at dinner din-ner nerAn An olllclnl circular asserts that Lord Roberts was forced to retreat south of the Vaal and that Lady Roberts escaped In a balloon Lord Roberts has recalled Gen Ham Illono column lo Pretoria cither to reinforce Col Broadwood or to relieve Gen BadenPowell There Is probably no truth in lie current report lint Lord Roberts has telegraphed to Lord Lansdowne that the war will be speedily brought to an end for the War ofllce has a remarkable remark-able talent for keeping Its secrets The campaign In South Africa Is nov closely connected with China for the speedy surrender of the Boors will enable en-able the British Government to take a mora decisive line In the Impending conflict than it has boon following Only 1000 burghorn with a single gun are reported officially as having surrendered to Gen Hunter in the Caledon valley but the Ilarrlsmllh and Vrede commandos will probably be brought In with the remaining artillery ar-tillery Rudyard Kipling testifying before the South African hospital Inquiry In London said he found little fault generally gen-erally except with the Woodstock hos I pltal at Capetown which he said waa friingpoakable H was horribly foul and Ldrajns ramlo It 7 |