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Show UOERS INVADING CAPE COLONY. ttllehsstr Ortantilnc tsvslrj to Oppose lUrlnf InssiUrs. It Is understood that Lord Kitchener now holds securely all the railroad lines In Houth Africa, having recovered' possession of tha Delagoa bay Hue, which had been cut January 7th. According to the Pretoria correspondent correspon-dent of the Dally Mall, Lord Kitchener is now orgnnltlng a fores of 30,000 Irregular Ir-regular horse, which wilt occupy some weeks. W hen this force Is ready, lm will rcsumcoflonslvo operations Meanwhile tha Invasion of tape Colony Col-ony looks mora threatening. 1 he news that Commandant Hartrog has In a guns Is ratherstartllng, as it was firmly firm-ly asserted that the Invaders hsd no guns. Tha defenses of Capetown, Including In-cluding two 4 3 naval guns, are now completed and tha recruiting ot volunteers volun-teers Is active throughout the colony. According to dispatches to tha Dally Hxprcss, the Admiral of the Cape licet la prepared, In nn emergency, to laud a nnval brigade at 3J00 men with alx Ulotchklssguns |