Show TIlL jIt The flows nos South Africa barring some unconfirmed rumors have been rather scanty this the last few da day but that does doc not mean that both sides Ides not actively preparIng for the stroke that tha t Is II to decide finally the contest be between tween Iween the two races Lord Is now muter master over oer a greater part lart of the Free re State Republic but ut his objective the capital of the Transvaal anti and there can bo o no doubt he Is preparing for an ad ance along a route least leat ex cx b by the tho enemy The Tho general is III Imon not to toke take en an steps without thorough pre preparatIons and It Itma rna ma LII b expected that when ht he moves moes hI he 11 be to hold bolt every Inch ot of ground over which Jle spread his hll ast army The at present are that the Doers hoere sue lire determined to I continue their resistance hut the Is II whether helber tho they would not are af after ter a curious follow the exam fie le or of tim re SlaW Thu Thay orB are not nota a warlike They are farmers handy tz th a gun but the Are not strictly l soldiers tastes nn are not In n a military direction but the opposite In a moment of enthusiasm inspired by the oratory of their leaders the thU would naturally rise seize theIr gUns and meet an invading linn army The They would remain In the b is followed their flags w would they as 1111 President to think bt be to tight tl t the death that even nn the ce n a can call tunk maka would avail nothing for the calico In the CIt case of the reo It that thAl disorganization came lit as n a consequence o of oC one Will the same me occur in inthe Ih the Ordinarily It does not take much to Induce nn agricultural 1 people to lenVA leavo the warpath ana lum to their ho homes In ell Did not even oen In the tho desert lovingly their life In Egypt though the they were In servitude Time The DOffS ore art t to have hao quite a force torce watching huller hut Dut LoriS Lord it sending ou out hI his forces e cut ul of for tor the ot of receIving the tho arms of those that ar are willIng to surrender long the hoer In the mountains may en I t on o ore e Ide and aud the troops troop oford on the othel anti the tragedy y ot of burg may be repeated In the eastern part of the th I republic That would probably mean the end of tr independence News may be expected at nn any time of n a battle between and Oene Gentral 1 Fr French The Tho former Is march marchIng Ing north from with a 11 consid considerable frable erable force with the lion ot of the main body some somewhere where north ot of lien Oen has ball been en sent rent east to ft head ad him ort oft and from the record this officer emcee has hall It may be that thal and antt hi his leers Doer will ha have 0 to eto cute some lomo very err maneuvers not notto notto to taU fall Into his h hands Germ Gen Olivier was as at accounts heard from at Maseru not far from where It Gen French to Intercept pt him Tie l e mobility of the Door army is 11 very great reat but lien Oen loren French h has roved proved himself able to move nove with equal rapidity |