Show ms ARE IN A GREAT PANIC Reports Say the tho are Going to Pieces I Forces u liAS PLENTY GUNS BERTS fl flare lIaTe to 10 1 to 10 Ula athe lily CUly D I I ro the special M JI tt see es tram from P Groe of af the Doers chic It Posts correspondent laming I 1 atu at atU shed tears tear I to rally zed zedS U who Rho were completely y s masterlY tactics TheY 11 ro 00 demoralized to heed his hla ex exA A that led to the present costly and san nn conflict KINDNESS S ON OF BOER OER WO WOMEN rEN Mr A G 0 Holes hales the Dally News New cor correspondent respondent who tell fell Into the hands of the lIo Boera rs February and Will was reo re a 1 few daya ago at some Bome In Impressions of at atthe clever the Doers They are as II c as cats cab cabIn In their rough mountain country and nearly as active dashing from poInt to point with marvelous rapidity equally nt at home hom or foot or In the saddle never by nn any chance exposing them themselves needlessly but brave enouch when more courage and force are necessary The They watched our men moving to toward toward ward them on the tho veldt tram from bushes rocks and loose earth often nl al allowing lowing our scouts to got get within IL a to tow l them to ride away away d In In order to draw the troops Into It wile Into one ot of these snares that Mr Ir JIn Bales I ell with eighty Tasmanians rode Lamberts the tho Doer general gen Is do scribed as 88 dressed Ils as a 11 hullock with patched tweed trousers n coarse blue cotton shirt II a dirty red cotton handkerchief around his neck nok and IL a battered felt celt hat Ite he wore a pair of boots that were lere ragged at the toes his were rolled up to the elbows and lIe ho had n a short pipe In his hi mouth when Mr hales easy him But Dut he seemed d full of dash and energy and was IlS saId to be n celebrated hunter men did ld not salute him but addressed him familiarly Mr bir Hales and the tho other wounded oundell were sent Into the Interior Whenever their escort stopped at a l Doer oer farm men and women gave them milk fruit WW M hood are anxious to lo surrender A dispatch from Poplar Grote Groo Or Orance Orange ange ance 1 Free roe Slate dated yesterday Fri Friday rl day says Gen French who is III ten miles ahead reports that his front la Is laclear clear of at th the All other reports tend to the state ot of of the Hoer forces In the Trans Transvaal Transvaal vaal as well as aa the tho Free State The rhe general is 18 that the tho further ot of the to will VIII not be opposed A great creat amount of ammunition was destroyed yesterday ThIs Includes several boxes ot of explosive bullets on the outside ot of which the Boers had marked Manufactured for the government HAS m ma GUNS omos The ninth has lias li sa under orders to embark for several weeks but three theM orders as tar far II as the lie artillery contingent le Is concerned t have been re recalled called Lord ha Ing reported that no more artillery from home Is necessary This is 18 the first pause In reinforcements singe since the war began Sir Buller second In command In the field and Lord are un understood understood to algo Ill consIder that no more artillery Is needed Lord lArd Roberts has altogether 46 guns Including siege pieces It Is quite clear that Gen uller Buller will not tr try anything large In the future as ashe ashe he Is to lose Sir Charles Warren and the men who have hao been ordered to loin Join Lord Roberta It Is the expectation ot of the war tear office that Lord Roberts notwithstanding the tho ot of garrisoning his depute depots will be able to operate a constantly increasing force orce until b by the time the Transvaal Is reached he will 11 have hae troops Ills His telegrams dealing with nones non es INN to be true Yet many thIngs too good e weeks s sas may moy hap ien In ele a or things are going as n This taken In c connection with Cecil statement the Chartered company compan would buy for tor him berley shows hows ely that the tho company Intends to urine arms and an army of at Its own EXPLAINING FOR OEN DULLER DULIER New York March dispatch to the Tribune from sa says There are many surmises respecting the future operations Pf Gen Oen hollers army There were contradictory re reports reri C th of f farms ports farms near near Van S an Reel e pass pails y U ri felt Ish troops the of Warrens division from Natal atal did nd the assign assignment ment of General White to fo command the forces advancing from The censorship Is still In operation and It ItIs itis Is nut nul probable that will allow th the secrets 1 at ting future concentrations to be blurted out White outranks all the generals In the field except Anti Duller and aM hence It le la likely that hI he wIll be assigned to command the forces force no operating opera ling be below below low the tho Orange river at a and and preparing to Invade the l Free ree State General WhIte owed his appointment In Natal Ital to Loral and h he the In III Indian dlan dian school hool of oC lighting fighting than that of Aldershot Warren In rank to all the other division nUll and his appointment was II due to his own as IL a 6 trained In ht South Africa Glory bud Lyttleton lire are lon n commanders Whom General Duller will prefer to fo keep with him General Butlers friends have hll au an ex explanation exPlanation of their Own I to offer for Ida hla decision In November to go to Natal They The assert that M he had Intended to recall General hunter r Whites White chief of staff to Estcourt Where here he could plait the operations of the relieving column with General Cler Clery Ladysmith was waa surrounded before this plan Ilan could he be carried out and the tha difficulties ot of the tho situation were multiplied when the Doers Invaded tower lower Natal General Duller Buller decided to undertake the mo most t work rather than hold bold General Clery res responsible for tur It lie went to tl Natal d expecting to relieve rollee before January and then to Joll Iola General Methuen at and marsh across the Free State to Bloom on the lie lines General Rob Bob Roberts erts erta has followed Is the b best st adviser wham null Huller r can an have m III Natal and It Is pr that ho he be put In command of OC a A division and remain there SITUATION OF MAFEKiNG The only cloud upon the horizon for British eyes is the of the Ma Mafeking Ia garrison The croak re ate hay hayIng Ing much to say Sll about It and assume that the Doer Boer reports of the capture ot of nil all the forts except one are correct Tho rho optimists are disposed to believe that tha t the garrison Is weary of oC the long siege and diet of oC horseflesh and Is makIng mak Ing IL a loud call for tor a relief They admit that th the Bore Bors having lost Kimberley and will make malee IL a de desperate effort to Ma Mafeking a and carry carr oft off the prime minis terl lers son on to PretorIa but they are aro con convinced vinced that General has hus sent Colonel with rUh a volunteer force as far as the tho Va Vaal l river and that Warren or some other fen general ral will fol follow follow low hint with and ond push on to the relief rell f ot of th the garrison Roberts will need a strong column at at al a later stage of It the campaign crosses the Vaal Vaai river firer for tor Jl It will enable bl film td turn the position on th the Wit ridge of which Johannes Johannesburg Johannesburg burg Is the key and General Warren will be the right man for the work m OF ION TION London JAudon March The 9 Berlin correspondent cor respondent of the Daily Mall says I learn that there le Is dissension between President Kruger and Gen Joubert and that the tho latter hIs has resigned Probably ably abl President Kruger will assume the chief command Gen Oen and other are also aleo like likely to resIgn fur for similar reasons and because President lre Kruger Ignored their to make overtures after the first hoer vlut ry Vh A Y and declared that the L tannon were rere everywhere rte Ile Dall Daily Correspondent says 1 e Boers Were seized with Ith IL a panIc h t the whole plan which hi Nta calculated to tG de a f item InI ea lr At Aa the sixth dt dl rae from a hidden position ut b d In ern the crest with the lu In skirmishing order tra thought tho earth COy ItS ref lIb S 1 In their their front nJ ana iii on their flanks nank Tho They did not to their supposItion but It east the with dread d y aught share the tate fate ot DT 01 A mEAT VICTORY 9 l I Itc t Poet lod y with t Ithe tho In the p tnt lint by the war corre Corre s r i g the tho Poplar Grote Gron tat aye It was wa not a rb e the enemy was wait not t t that was and gain no great it It rn cannot ao Cho bo de deh nd de lit the eho hao to pursued a 1 In Inthe h of the er ball 1 and Presto Prestol advice of l r end and President Steyn From Ice It II II pity sr u D Lord tor In that bt ltd re We Du In tile whole would force t to obe be Irell sure lure that he dill did them to retreat hut but In the held field has haR his hili t JU b the Boero It looks now as tIIt loon adopt 1 but even een when the is II bO Je Pleat I of o i there will stilt f Rork for the 1 Standard rd et x le Is In closer touch tor a ot of the government thin than ant kWe I lat organ DrEan aye aYI this Wade b p 1 h r statement to believe bellee will be kr It he rat Im l tb tt ot conceding u An t e to the h h A Doer r Involve and nd a or Independence o V VY M brandy brand and tobacco washed theIr wounds and ond literallY overwhelmed them with kindly attentions When Shen some of at atthe the British prisoners sold said they were married and all had families the Doer Boer wo women 0 men mell would lift their children to W be shaken haken by the hand DOER BOER PROPOSITION Tho Daily Dall Moll Mall publishes the follow Collow followIng Ing dispatch from Pretoria dated Thursday March via Laurenzo Marques which has been by bythe bythe the Boer government Conversations I have had with the highest state show that the want some They say it If England is waging war ot of con conquest quest tho they will tight to the finish the they believe that a plain statement of the hoer intentions will reveal R a basin of negotiation now that prestige Is III repaired President Kruger and PresIdent Steyn conferred con felTed Monday at tein on the Incorporation ot of the above representations In A cablegram to Lord lArd Salisbury The preservation of the independence In Inde de dependence of at the two hG republics le Is a sine qua non Sir Michael lUcks ench Deach chancellor ot of the exchequer when hen eh explaining to t o the bankers the he terms term of the new loan gave them on nn Intimation that the goy gov government considered the end of the war near Since Bence the tho estimates were pre prepared Ir pared he said event have hwe taken place that have hae c changed an the situation and probably not all the tho money will be requited required OF DO BOERS nS Whatever the government may knoll or Intend unofficial opinIon seems everywhere to think that the Doer Boer pow or cr is II collapsing colla The war has hili Issued the follow tollow followIng Inq Ing dispatch from Lord Clements has occupied Pont and the adjacent drift A As soon oon as the engineers pontoon and troops l arrive h will crass era the river when the nece necessary nry repairs to tn the railway bridge will be 00 commenced d Gatacre occupied March Marth ith and Will was greeted with great enthusiasm on the part of loyal In inhabitants habitants III hie stoup report that large lIuo numbers number of the rebels rebell In their neighbor h send are taken to mean menn that he Is up to some mischief as his parent apparent a activity usually spells uncommon ac WILL WILli DESTROY London March correspondent ot of the Dall Dally 31 all at telegraphing Thursday Bays sas sasI I 1 ILm am reliably Informed that high openly avow that the British flag shall hall never ner fly lIy at Johannesburg The place wilt will be razed rated to the ground and the mines put In readiness to be electrically exploded from the fort ILK as occasion requires Most ost of oC the gold goldmine mines mine except those which the got go controls are In IL a shocking state slate The They are flooded and machin er cry I Is rusting and la II being wilfully smashed mashed MENNONITES S mE ARE PRO Winnipeg Manitoba March Gretna Mennonites strong hoer Doer sym att attempted to burn the qu queens ens but a dozen Englishmen with rifles arrived on the scene acene and threatened to lire fire on the disloyal crowd If the was The Mennon Mennonites ites were ultimately dispersed The Altona Mennonites are also giving trouble threatening to drive drle the En speaking people from the town CECIL TO IlAVE VE AN London March WI WIllama llama hams the military expert ot of the Morn Morning orn ornIng Ing Leader lIa says today General Sir Frederick I staff has been selected and the names turn out to be those ot of retired Now there is III no longer any an good to conceal the tact fact that he be t is going to South Africa by 11 arrangement between the government and the Chartered corn com puny linn to take command ot of the force which the company will PD pay for though there may be some time pled In placing the territory of the two republics republic which h may my tall fall Into our hands handa a political settlement lt It la Is hoped to login embarking re the bulk ot of the British forces force In South Africa b by July lit 1st It la Is said that tat then Gen Duller uller still ex expeels peels to Ice Ite the Derby run tun but that I la |