| Show BOER ROER PRESIDENTS IN L LI I C Supposed to be Discussing Pro Prop p i for Peace AY E ELSE I Der or Yet et to 10 ho bo London March 3 p Kruger I is said to Ita have ve left Pretoria the Intention of m President Steyn The place where the will meet Is not mentioned but Is believed to bo be somewhere In the Orange Frt State Those In Iii South Africa who are convers conversant conversant ant with the effect t the tho recent reverses have bae had on the tho express tho ho opinion that the meeting of the tho two presIdents Is 18 preliminary to II a tion for tor negotiations for tor peace But Dut If It ls is the case It must be duo dUe to the pressure brought to roar bear upon the pr presidents b by the burghers and kanders In tile British rather I than tha n the personal inclinations of the tho presidents a as nit nil the available ble lion depicts them us being II as dller muted till as ever to persist In the war un until tut til the resources of the republics republiC are aro much more than the they seem to be at present although some somo oance cance Is attached to the consultation In Inness ness ot of the reported visit to England of Chief Justice Mr Ir and Dr ostensibly on private and for tor their health hut the closet closest observers do not anticipate any sudden cessation of hostilities and the reports from the lime theater of war do not tend to encourage the advocates cates of Immediate peace The Beers are apparently rallying with their accustomed ability to repair a 11 temporary reverse and Great Britain lisa has yet et to test their force as al a deform ale sive olver under time till new conditions ot of warfare 1 j Outside the meeting of the presidents there Is no new Indication ot of any change In th the situation Telegraphing toll today a thanking the lord i mayor of Liverpool for his lions In behalf of that city Lord Rob Roberts Roberts erts soya I trust her soldiers In thIs country will gain such uch further successes es esa a will speed speedily II restore the freedom and t prosperity to South Africa DoeR FROM FRO LADY LADYSMITH LADYSMITh SMITH i New York March dispatch to the Tribune from Crom London says saI n l lOen Oen lea Duller Butler In II a dispatch from Iad Lady Ladysmith J smith makes It clear that the Doers Beers t decided to raIse the siege of tM the town Immediately after atter Germ Gen Cronje was at atthe atthe the mercy macroy ot of Lord Roberts at l lberg berg The advance In Natal was then only to allow time for tor the big i guns and ammunition and tOrts stores to be 1 safely removed north and west well That the Doers were not completely success successful tul ful In carrying out this Intention was owing to the tact fact that they were mOre or less demoralized by bO Germ Gen yb Ie I attack on Tuesday After the battle orders were Vere evidently Ii given glnn for tor a hasty retreat to the passes with the result that large quantitIes of It and two runs guns were left be behind behind hind Virtually speaking Natal Is now clear ot of the republican forces Public interest In the war Tar Is already declining since the end ii 11 considered a foregone conclusion tedious u as ma may be beth bethe th the process by which It will be reached The relief or of two garrisons and the complete collapse apse of the Dutch plan of oC campaign leave Gen Roberts at liberty to concentrate his forces with the trans transport transport port III as the chief difficulty to overcome DOER PRISONERS ERS NU NUMBER mEn Capetown March railroad I Ii t now repaired northward from Kimber 1 Ie icy to Tile The engineers are pushing the work rapidlY The fleer Doer prisoners lit at J total up UiO 1600 men inca About ll of them are on their way here I IThe The pressure on the rolling stock is Ia enormous Sir William MacCormack president ot of the RoyaL College ot of Sum Sur scon geons who hu has been acting U VOl vOlun vOlunteer un j teer sur n with the volunteer army In South Africa sails nits for England to toda today da day S |
