Show HEARD JEOM london june 2 lord roberts last report 0 the movement 0 britch troops in the transvaal Is somewhat mysterious from the fact that gen franchs frenchs Frenc hs report took two days to reach the commander ln calef at johannesburg it Is believed that gen french be many miles north 0 that city or that he is having trouble with his communications the former Is generally accepted aa the most probable and it Is surmised that lord roberts vague phrase setting forth that french Is now holding the place which I 1 directed him to do north of johannesburg means that his position Is quite cloa to pretoria the additional fact that lord roi erts dispatch published today la dated tour hours earlier than the one given out yesterday and that it takes the proceedings no further than may 31 leads to the conclusion that some important movement Is on toot or hit lord roberts himself has not been able to keep his lines clear behind him gen rundle appears to have returned to senegal Sene kal after fighting eastward and contemplates an early forward movement boer prisoners say that men were killed and many wounded in the recent lighting the cologna gazette publishes a letter from state secretary beltz dated april 26 saying the british government promised the british nation that the cost of ahe war will be defrayed by the boers as the latter will be in no position to pay great britain must obtain the money from the gold mines which will be thereby mulched mulcted of halt of the nt profits whereas the transvaal never levied a special tax on gold the instigators sti gators of tho war rhodes wernher belt and others will suffer most in addition the british have to maintain a garrison of men the cost 0 which ithe mines will also have to par As soon as the british troops are withdrawn wars and rebellions will break out not tor years but tor centuries for england this means a constant source of trouble annoyance and bloodshed london june 2 p m the war office has received the following from lord roberts johannesburg june 1 p m sir henry colville in reporting the operations of the highland brigade at heilbrun may 29 states that ho was opposed more or less the whole way from Venters burg eight men were killed and four officers and 32 men injured colville says the lancashire battery of field ar did great work the naval guns were most valuable and the troops behaved in the most eol dierly manner throughout the trying march rundle telegraphs that his casualties killed and men wounded maseru Basu toland may 31 gen braibant has practically surrounded the boers five miles outside of vicksburg Picks burg I 1 the only side open for the retreat is the Basu toland border where thousands 0 Basu tos under chief jonathan are awaiting events the grenadier guards were the heaviest sufferers during gen rundles fighting they lost 30 men killed and had 88 wounded cape town june 2 A dispatch to the argus of this city from delagoa bay says pretoria will surrender president 1 kruger according to this correspond ent is said to be at middleburg and he adds the last stand of the boers will be made at Machada dorp |