Show GEN S SURPRISES REITZ REITL Orange River Government Was Captured STEIN Sl N BARELY ESCAPED IJ Do ho Not so ot Speak Ilal Hope full 6 tho Smith African Situation Troop London July 14 Tho war office has hall received the tIme following dispatch from Cram T Lord Kitchener dated at lit Pretoria brigade surprised Heltz fleitz nt lz capturing Steins brother and others othes Stein himself escaped In Its his sleeves s with one other man ruman only The Tho Orange River Govern Government ment and papers were captured Lord Kitchener also al o that tint commando us as announced In the time Associated Press dispatches early arly last wok week burned the thu public buildings In Cape Colony and some SiMile farmhouses In III the vicinity I According to further from Lord Kitchener tho time columns under and amid Col Ce Dixen have hae reached westerns western Transvaal They Time rhe met with opposition nail made mime captures The British casualties were one o I fleer killed killet and three thre officers and men wounded Gets Gen says a mm I dispatch to time the Dally Daily Dall News Neiss from surprised due duo east ClIst of o Indle at nt dawn last Thursday 11 July He lIe took twentynine prisoners Including Gen Sen A P 1 Clowne Chowne and ant Gen Germ Wessel Wt Commandant Dwall First Cornet lornet Co Ill I t Pelt Stein President Steins brother Thomas Drain Brain secretary of ot govern ment muscat und mind de tie secre secretary secretary tary of the time council Stein himself lied without coat or boots Oen Gen Dewet Dewel Is to have ha ve been ell present II ell t MAY tAY W Lord lArd Kitchener has hns time the gov government so time till Dally Daily News under understands stands that It Is possible to withdraw withdrawn n a large number lumber of uC regiments from rein South Africa amounting virtu virtually ally to tim the time purl purt of ot tire till array army arm At AI 4 t the time same lame I he lie requests that bitt he be supplied with more amoco mounted amounted men area The Tue government Is considering this according to the time DailY Dally News und alum will sill probably be he guided by b Lord enera eners advices It Is also contemplated says nays the tho same name Journal It If the time Is III largo large largely ly Iy withdrawn to concentrate tho the Brit BritIsh Ish troops along time the Natal railway be he between tween Durban Durlan rind and between bet Johannesburg limit Pre Pro Pretoria PretorIa toria term thus carrying gold Jold antI provis provisions provisIons ions for Cor the troops by hy II n shorter route roule than trans the Capetown loute route A 4 Portions portion I of oC the thu line from Capetown to Pretoria I II I may mil b bl be abandoned I SITUATION UNSATISFACTORY U S New NIJI York July Jul IB British do not hot speak ok hopefully of nr tIme the situation In South Africa says ells tilt the Tribunes correspondent They assert that the time railways are se cc securely 0 helm held that there are small zones tone around Pretoria and Johannesburg where here It is III s possible for the time Inhabitants to settle down arid ana to 10 resume their usual oc occupations without fear ot of ills dis disturbance Is but apart from time the of oC these small spheres of there are arl few fe sl ris of progress The Time railway line from Jo Johannesburg to Laings Nek Is still menaced and mund the Dutch Duch section along the time South Orange Orane river Is ravaged by h guerrillas antI and ant broad broat districts of ot the time Transvaal anti and the Orange colony coon are aro only kept quiet by b being emptied of ot their population through repeated marches of ot strong columns In Cape ape Colony olon If is giving to Gsa Gen French considerable trouble The Thug feeling In is 19 far more bitter against Mr Ir Stein who shio tins has Just narrow narrowly ly 1 escaped capture by b column than against Mr Kruger J the tire former being regarded r ordell as aK Interfering In Ina ina a 1 quarrel not concerning him anti lind apart from the time Impression which Iris his being bei ng made prisoner would undoubted undoubtedly ly h have hn made In the time Orange lUser HIer col 01 army nn his hits escape e will cou cause c great disappointment Lore Lord dispatch us lI by h referring inferring to Mr Steins brother ns os among those thoRe captured rather Indi Indicate cate coto that time tho th other prisoners are of small Importance Of Ot the th generals In n South Africa Lord 1011 Methuen H is I the most highly commend by b time the officers f serving under tinder him He lie HeIs lieIs Is 18 described ns nR one nf ot the tue most ener energetic getic and ant resourceful generals nt at the front Instead of oC complaining of ot the time harsh criticism tc to which he hie was Willi sub subjected uh lie he has haR remained In the service and amid displayed untiring Industry and gallantry |