Show GATACRES REr OV ALlis AL-lis Sudden Recall Theme of Much Speculation in London London April 12 D20 a mThere Is I little fresh Intelligence from the seat of war In South Africa I looks as though Lord Roberts may be preparIng prepar-ing to take a strong force lo clear the ocr from behind him A Capetown dispatch says he wilL not move for another an-other week owing to the necessity of gathering stores and supplies Sir William Gatacres sudden removal re-moval IH the theme of much speculation specula-tion The curt manner In which It Is announced causes much comment The general impression is that it is i connected con-nected with the Reddcrsburg affair although there are many who consider that there must be something much moro serious as other Generals In South Africa have been retained In command after blunders more formidable formida-ble than Gatacres DEATH OF BADENPOWELL IS DOUBTED The War office has received no news of the death of Col BudenPowcll the British commander at Mafeklng and utterly discredits tho rumor The report re-port comes In Q dispatch from Pre torja The operations In Natal have not yet been fully explained There appears to have been an attempt to outflank the British at Elandsgaate and to sever them from their base at Ladysmllh The Duko of Marlborough has arrived ar-rived at Bloemfonteln There are now fifteen grandsons of the Duchess of forces Abcrcorn serving with the British forcesCHANGES CHANGES IN COMMAND I Is announced from Bloemfonteln that Col Inigo Jones has been appointed ap-pointed to the command of the Guards brigade Col Maxwell to the command of the Fourteenth brigade Col Knox to the command of the Twentythird brigade and MuJ BrnzlerCrcagh of I tho Indian staff corps to the command of Roberts horse l BRITISH LOSS AT WBPENER A dispatch from Allwal North dated April 10th says The British loss In the lighting at Wepencr yesterday was eleven killed and fortyone wounded Fighting vMS resumed today The British Brit-ish are holding their own well BOERS MOVING SOUTHWARD The Bloemfonteln correspondent of the Morning Post telegraphing Tuesday Tues-day nays Tho Boers to the southeast I south-east are exhibiting Indecision of movement I move-ment possibly In consequence of our occupation of the railway Bodies of the enemy arc still moving from Win berg southward through Thaba NChu Their destination has not been ascertained ascer-tained The Boers In the neighborhood of Paardeburg show no disposition to interrupt our ronimunlcatlon with Klmbcriey from which point civil convoys con-voys are still arriving CHICAGO AMBULANCE CORPS The correspondent of the Dally Mall at Lourenco Marquee telegraphing Wednesday nya The department of Chlcn ambulance f T the Chicago utiiki ai r corps for Pre torla was delayed on suspicion of fill busterlnf The members left by 8 special spe-cial train thU afternoon accompanied by n motley following of French and Germans 100 in all The departure only occurred after many stormy interview inter-view with the Portuguese authorities HAVE NO PASSPORTS The member have no paswports amino ami-no credentials beyond a letter from Miss Clam Barton to the effect that she knows aoiim of them pervooally and believe them to b nulu but many have openly expreaed their Intentions of lighting Tho Boers are paying from no to 110 per month for such recruits re-cruits BOER FORfKS MASSING Thlrtyflve thousand Boers with ninety Jd are concentrating on the rane of hlH between Krponstad and Winturg LhC 1II14 I Ihiiq 1 ortled ant Jul41 hi t Bl t AO J1 4 DEFENSES A1 B1OZLFfNTi5t The Bloemfonttin corespondent of the Dully Telrswph In a dispatch du 1T Iue11y J wy Th rnuint de I fenses are nearing completion so that the town can be held by a relatively small garrison A British scout who has visited the Bloemfonteln waterworks water-works reports that the machinery and dams are Intact Only a few Boers remain re-main in the neighborhood The enemy have trckcd six miles north and formed a laager near Waterval News from Gen Brubant at Wepcner shows that all is 1 going satisfactorily there The troops are getting new khaki uniforms uni-forms and boolb MAFI2KING LOSING HOPE 1 The correspondent of the Times at Mafeklng under date of March Otl comments upon the hupeless confusion confu-sion and Huctuatlon of spirits In the garrison us to he chances of relief since Tuesdays terrible bombardment and upon the variety of rumors regarding I regard-ing the location of the relief forces rumors ru-mors Involving so far as the southern column is concerned discrepancies of a hundred miles NOT MINING MINES The Lourenco Marques correspondent of the Times telegraphing Wednesday Wednes-day says JJplcr an Austrian financier finan-cier who is I acting as Captain of the Rand mines police In order to frustrate I frus-trate the destruction of the mines sent a remonstrance to Pretoria against boring with the result that State Engineer canceled En-gineer Munnlkss order for boring was TROOPS LEAVE DURBAN The Durban correspondent of the Standard telegraphing i Wednesday says A brigade is 1 being sent from here to Join the main army under Lord Roberts Hunter I Is under command 0 of Gen |