Show CHINA AND THE BOERS FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA HOLDS THE BRITISH new york july 9 A dispatch from london to the new york tribune says the news from china remains very slack but there are some gleams of light and a hope that the anti foreign movement has culminated in a revolution and a hope for the usurpation of anarchy and independent action of the viceroys vice roys if the two legations where the foreigners have taken refuge can stand and hold out for a fortnight and can be relieved by a strong column from tien tsan the revolutionary dictatorship ship may be overthrown and some substitute found for it by the united action of the powers the chances are heavily against these results but the situation Is not so desperate and hopeless as it has appeared during the last ten days the european governments are sending out fleets and armies and preparing for a defense of foreign interests on a large scale the emergency is so critical that divisions are not likely to arise at least until peking has been occupied with a strong force the operations in south africa against dewet have an important bearing upon the china question since the dispersion of commandos which have been raiding the lines of communication in the free state will enable lord roberts to dispense with several divisions which can be transferred to taku the yra r office closed without reporting the occupation of either breide or bethlehem but there were no trustworthy explanations for dewet losing all prisoners under him the failure of his attack upon the garrison Is confirmed by press dispatches and gen brabant 13 reported to have occupied one of his strongholds strong holds between sen ek aland reports of recent operations have been so confused contused cont used that it is not possible to define with precision the british positions and approaches pro aches to bethlehem A failure of supplies was the probable reason tor the delivery of prisoners but now that dewet Is relieved from the necessity for guarding them he may have con eluded mobilization for some purpose or counter strokes raiding may be continued dewet may not longer have anya motive for taking prisoners bance be will not know what to do with them probably the commandos will divide and subdivide sub divide for guerrilla warfare and slowly break up when driven back to the mountains |