Show MAGRUM IS SILENT TALK OF intervention HEARD IN EUROPE new york jan 23 A dispatch to the new york tribune from paris k says charles IS mackim who arrived hero yesterday states that he is not the bearer of any message or communication from the transvaal authorities sir macrum was much interested in anything the trend of public sympathy in the united states in regard to the south african war but he yet firmly declined to make any further statements beyond those sent from naples saturday ho said that his instructions from the state department were absolute and left him no discretion in the matter mr Ma crums arrival in paris simultaneously with the publication ot the sensational dispatches enumerating the terms ot alleged propos ails of attice which rumor vaguely connects with mr maci urns mysterious journey from pretoria to the white house in washington has ghen rise to ciuc h ingenious journalistic guess work moreover 11 is known abc the qua dorsay that dr leyds fully primed with his recent confidential conversation ciui count von the errman min later of foreign affairs is deiy shortly expected in paris under such circumstances cum stances and in this atmosphere where it is impossible to walk u hundred yards on the boulevard or to enter a theater m concert hall without meeting a tangible proof of the intensity of the popular enthusiasm for the boers and the against england it can readily be imagined that all boits of rumors arc angat tonight about a cessation of hostilities and of mediation sitter the termination of the battle now being fought no matter which side may win A diametrically opposite feeling however prevails at the foreign office where it is reluctantly admitted that all attempts at mediation whether through president mckinley or the king of belgium have no chance of success unless for from downing street as well aa from pretoria Preto iia durban natal jan 22 the sta ment comes aiom an excellent schue in that lord dundonald has entered lady smith 1 col men this is not aroi adv riner quarter but it is known that lord Pun donalds flying coluin has been artong well to the left of tl line of advance london jan 23 gen 13 iller ins reported nothing of his operations on monday and and pi ess gance leaves tho bivouacked bivouac ked sunday night on the ground they had won after two days lie fore midnight the war onlia the dispatch from gen buller Armans camp jan 22 G p m the following casualties aio in gen harts brigade as the rebul ct yesterdays killed capt ryall regi and five men wounded second aleut Andic ws border regiment capt maclaughlin MacLang hlin beut barlow igl ment and alvo dpn missing 8 men other casualties will ho when received the war office turned ever body out oi the lobbies at midnight apparently lord lansdowne was as without rewa all day yesterday as other persons verc military men i that hoiu lug must have taken alico and chit it v as probably more severe than ait oit hie two preceding days gen duller would cot be likely to give the bows lolow to add to the elaborate tc arrange their and to concentrate cen their corces the special correspondents sunday night allowed to pend ini announcement no that the ba ia would al most certainly be resumed the ns day and hence official ana popular anxiety is at high tension alio Bri liali military experts all share the hopy 0 their leaders and aa spencer paints out they hesitate to say a word that might be interprets inter is nemir able mr wilkinson cwi i to HIP cooler judgment of geran and an critics which means that iipp ot the best judges look upon gen bail lers enterprise as a borun hop berely a continual strain of fighting figh ling which may prove too for ysl cal energy of the roond the dally chronicles part edys even when a IAU ia won lii a single day as a rule pursuit Is only possible when fresh trop s me icil able but in this iastan e it Is not a question of mere pursuit but of renewing an attack upon binl l positions after harl aal night of lying on the battle hell |