Show DANGER AHEAD FOR DUTCH OF CAPE COLONY UTTER A WARNING cape colony thursday may 31 the peoples congress opened here today of those present many were dutch clergymen commoners and mr de villiers brother at chief justice presided mr lous a member ot the assembly offered a resolution declaring that in the opinion of a majority ot cape colonists the chief immediate cause of the war was the unwarranted intolerable interference ot the ministry in london in the internal affairs of the south african republics speaking in support of the resolution he said it would be impossible to bold out the aiana of friendship after the war and asked can ive take the english hand that perhaps is stained the blood of my brother the members advised moderation in all speeches the resolution was adopted unanimously othar members declared that it the republics were annexed the peace and prosperity of the country would be irretrievably wrecked and that in order to secure lasting friendship and prosperity the settlement must include the restoration of unqualified freedom and independence to the republics and tha colonists be allowed a voice la the appointment of the governor of cape colony thus obviating the necessity for keeping a standing army as tho republicans would be prepared to assist the colonists to repel any foreign inroads in south africa A delegation was appointed to visit great britain canada and australia to explain the views of those represented at the congress before the close of the peoples congress olive Sch relner mrs conwright made an impassioned speech in which she predicted that the south african republics would regain their independence london june 2 1030 a m lord roberts reports to the secretary of state for war the marquis 0 lansdowne as follows johannesburg may 31 a m franchs frenchs Frenc hs report of his operations during may 28 and 29 reached me at 3 a m today he was opposed throughout his march but managed to drive off the enemy from the strong positions they successively held with very little loss and is now holding the place which I 1 directed him to do north of johannesburg two officers were wounded and two men were killed and 27 wounded Lou Tonco marques june 2 president kruger yesterday was still at about halt way between pretoria and the portuguese troney on the railroad between the transvaal Trans vail capital and delagoa bay boer commands totaling about un thousand men held thursday all tee positions and hills around pretoria another large command was at bronk bursts about forty miles aiom pretoria on the railroad leading to delagoa bay telegraphic communication with ahe transvaal is closed to the public feverish excitement prevails here owing to the almost total absence of news from either side the object of the trip here of fit chie eloff president brugers Kru gers son ia law and dr heyman the presidents physician appears to have been to place a large amount of gold in safety |