Show BOER LEAD LEADERS ERS ARE QUARRELING English Advices Say I and Free Stators Disagree GREAT IMPENDING In No o heavily Great iT Ir Outnumber time Steer O ONe Ne New York Dee Dec S 8 A dISpatch to the from London gives the follow lag from river It Is reported that Ihal serious have broken out In the Beer amp be the and the Free Gen Oen Cronje Insists upon put putting ting ing In command of the Free State forceS and aDd says that the latter luter will not fight A trustworthy naIve who ho escaped from the noels Doers stats that lie he drove droe his Andrew Cronje and head Corn Com Commandant mandant Wessel In a cart otter after the tho battle of Modder river Lucy quarreled quarreled all through time the journey f everel blamed the Trans ra for tor not to time the of the thel l Free Stators l is reported to be full tull ot of Free who are ara returning home because they dont like time the way the EnglIsh are A dispatch to the Iho Tribune from lon london London don dated Dee Dec 8 says Two 1110 great greal battles lire are Impending be tore and Kimberley and the hotspurs lire are Impatient to ha have them como come One leadIng English journal urn with the conviction that thaI the sit lit ii of Whites army anny Is critical dep deprecates delay and nIgh raises R a acry cry or of on to It has also evidence ot of large reinforce meats ment which Gen Con CronJe Cronie has received from Natal and to enable him to make a 1 strong stand at al fontein The war office ha having Ing allowed Oen Duller a free hand Is content to leave the campaign In hI his hands hand and devote devoto lI its energies to the rapId die patch ot of the fifth and sixth divisions and to arranging the details of the mobilization of the seventh Military men of that office omco do not the uneasy feeling of the Times that the garrisons nr are In a cal condition and that the of the situation either on the tho Tugela or beyond the Modder lire are increased d b by bythe the inaction ot of the British forces They n that both Generals Methuen and Cler Clery beIng In searchlight with the Iho garrisons know what Is goIng on and precisely how urgent urgen t Is the need of relief The also aho maintain that the Dutch forces have less to gain b by delay than the British since concentration of forces force Is going on In both camps and the re ie serves servet of artillery and ariit cavalry lire are 1 a amore the two I more important advantage for tor relief columns than the strengthening of if the lie ot and Spy t Is for time the e enemy The situation when viewed compro at midnight was distinctly favorable to 10 the side nail there was no apparent reason for ter hu r 1 I nG much less les rushing the campaign Oen Cen Methuen on resuming command on had nn an additional brigade of infantry another regiment of Ian rem cers and arm an Increased force ot of artiller a as well ell o as caval cavalry 1 Ito was In much better ter position for using the bayonet and the works with an artillery fire and maneuvering i with cavalry These were ample corn com for time dela delay In mending the bridge and It if Con Oen CronJe had ben been reinforced ed the Dutch alii allies were weaker In Natal and W was safer In ron ot of the of their commands around Kimberley The details of two sorties by leke Keke gerrison furnished b by the war al omee and special correspondents correspondents dents proved hol well tt it was able to itself TakIng advantage of the tue weakening of the besieging forces b by bylie lie withdrawals for the defense of fodder Modder river men at attacked attacked tacked first the center anti then right afterward his right flank captured d a laager and four redoubts and destroyed a 1 large quantity ot of mill tary stores anti foodstuffs It was wal n a timely anti brilliant stroke for which the garrIson deserved thanks In a general order There Thoro has hns been vigorous entrenchIng at but General CronJe will willbe willbe be In danger of having basIng his hili retreat east enst eastward ward to cut oft off when lord Methuen advances to the attack force l is now nOSY estimated to be full fully The Tho gravest feature ot of the situation In Natal Is the marked In Inthe inthe the artillery practice of the Doer bat tories around While the naval gun had knocked out a big Creu CJu Creusot sot ot and a howitzers two more siege guns had been blen brough brought UtI up and accord Irr lag to Times dispatches three four big howitzers two batteries ot of Ion long range field guns and other heavy ordnance were working steadily The ration moreover had been reduced nil all allaround around In the garrison I Oel Con Duller Boiler not only knows know these facu but hu has provide provided so 0 strong n a rea re I let column tha that the sieg siege wi will b be kelly raIsed DB as sn soon IS as Cler Clery Is ready to strike the firt first blow The British force forces In lower Natal are now ld eel at and Generl General Cler Clery will have hae lo les less than Ihan 0 mel nien for operations either lank of Cole Boiler on 1 Duler 03 may maybe bo be for the Ir first t six of eighteen powerful howitzers which were weN sent out from I England A single section of this llory battery arrived at wn thre three das dabs ago and Its Iddie shells would olumn column be a BOUr source ot of strength for tor the relief Cautious veterans who discussed t the situation Int night refused to believe that could b be luce reduced to ex extremities when 1 so large a arm army was 8 encamped mies miles awa away There was as an rumor duro dur tag Ing evening that thaI the garrison was afe elite on and there Was 1 a more moore trust trustworthy worthy worth report that thaI 01 Coo Lynch Inch the correspondent ot of the lie Eho Echo Id had been capture captured b by the lie Does Boers outside the Url lint Ih Lab In lines Il lie Is a brainy and an excellent artist who did Io good work In the campaign an and lef Lou dan at hourI hour noice notice to rp rap resent Ihl three journals The advance of the Jore Free State raid raiders er ers on and other towns of Cape Colony Colon I is not regarded lS as a set ser IOUI loire by In touch with the war wal olee General Is believe believed to 10 be under ordes orders to drol draw them on and hold tho In back from reinforcing time the Dutch armies In in Natal and on the west tm era border lie Hc must have haI over oler men on the East London line and G Cen n FrencH cannot have less 2500 O available for operating against Cole berg with 18 1300 troops at Port Elizabeth Dut But each earh general generalis is playing wih with the tho ene enemy probably under instructions Sten to the Un Da autos cause cUles grim In Ln Len Lendon don and Premier reply to 10 time shifty hlf of tue invasion of Cape Colony Colon I is re regard ard od Cd wih with satisfaction 8 as proof that the once friendly relations lons bet between wen these Dutch are now at an end endA A war var bulletin issued at mimi night states that a message hu has been received d from the Ihl ned lied Cross at Pretoria giving time Iho numbers of erl era there The figures show how officers and only onh men so BO pro the tho bulk of the rank arid tle file have been removed from the Trans vaai aal capital UI the captured b by the British It at fodder Modder river lt are being belm sent south Among them are several Oar Ger mans who seem very er contemPtuous of the want ot of pluck shown b by the burgh burghers ers era ersA eraA A solemn servIce was held yesterday esterday In the Guards chapel bar barracks racks where Mr Ir Gladstone WI was a tre no quent attendant during his later years ers ersI I It was held In memory of the guards killed In three battles and was M attended by a large number of friend nut relatives including many people ople of distinction and fashion The Th uniforms of the guardsmen contrasted with the sombre huo of the ladies ro ens and the solemn dirges and mournful chants were most impressive |