Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-20
'TELBGRAPHIC.
FROM BULUWAYO.
The Humber OF Natives Increasing
Around The Town.
DrsAaIrE MINIS TOR DEFENSE.


BuLUwAYo, April l0.-So far Ne thu
iuunlion h improved here over that Of
yesterday, II Is due to the departure Ui
the enemy, which has been ma'soi TO
tho north Of tue town for several days,
and from which uu attack has been al.
most hourly expected.
This movement, however, brings
little comfort TO those In Buluwpyo.
The excited manner In which the
natives quilted their positions indi.
Gated a confident purpose oi wischic.
There 10 no evidence that they were
alarmed Friday at tbs demonstration
% the patrol VI i0rIy.Iwo men from
Buluwayo ngEiu,s InsiI vanguard.
Although this vanguard was driven
back upon tho main body, the patrol
uid not dare 10 pace Itself within reach
u the ovcfw uglming mumbers OF tue
tnain toIy.
The direction taken by this great
body II hostile natives after quitting
the position 10 the north has not teen
learned, but " 10 feared the purpose 81
Junction with the tebuls IN tho MbtOp.
10 hills and thus sever connection 81
the south ward. The ROAD fuusthf0ugh
the Mattppo lllls % the south Of Bun.
wayo, aul lisa difficult AND dangerous
one Tor fity mileb from here, ut which
distance the road rescuUs the Mnngwc
pass. This angular aud prucipltlus ne.
ME, II IN ielt, must be held. II ~ OF
Hucn character that it can be- made
imptoruabiu against the attacks OF M.
tive Warriors. but fot the same reason,
II allowed 10 get Into the hands Of the
native, 1t would be- extremely Jiili,ut
anu purhspa impossible o. diBluugU
them with any force az present avail.
Eblr. 10 leave this pgss TO tho enemy
would slluctually cut OIL the siutef-
course Of BuluWayO with the outside
world. 70 hold tue pass and to patrol
the road between II anu BdluwAyU,
mua,ur,H which arc folt 10 be impefa.
lively necessary Tor the safety Of this
place, requires large proportion Of
TIE available force, les than "A thousand
mou Iva Buluwayu. Tho threatened
movement OF the enemy upon the liuu
Of communication pufpiexrs the uu-
thorliies with the problem Of how Tar
they can further douude Buluwayp Of
ila fighting force to guard the TOad,
Tue lack OF certainly as 10 tue where
gbOuis and immediate destination OF
the great mhAa Of natives moving ~
nrat this town causes much dread aud
anxiety,
CApETOwE, April ig.-Advlces re-
Cuiyed here from BuluwayO are that
the numbers Of the MAtabeles around
BuluwHyo and threatening that place
continue to decrease 40 they now iUrm
70 formidable force. AZ n measure OF
dtiouse against the expected attack
upon this town, dynamite mines have
bton laid In the outskirts OF the town
and Ia the grouud over which an at
lacking party would necessarily
approach These mines have been
WifgI and connected with instruments
In tue GENITAL lAager, which will b.
the point OF retreat IN case OF attack.
From the central lager the ground In
which the mines have been laid IL In
iull view and tue mines eau be- tx yloI.
rl by electricity NJ the moment rs.
qIlrpd. An explosion at the moment
IN atvRr oIng hUidu Of natives axe over
thB mines would DO tremendous sxscu-
ton amuug them.
CONFIDENCE IN LONDON.
tONDOS, April lg.--The officers Of
the Chartered South Africa company
here are pefsieioutly representing that
the lsliuatiOn nj Buluwayo Ia not AZ
serious M represented In non.Oiilcial
dispatches ana that the town 10 not In
any real danger.
The Daily News Gays that military
auihotlti,s consider that the appoint.
ment Of General Darlington, British
commander at Gibraltar, who hns bsen
ordered TO tue Cape OF Good Hope to
take command OF the British forces In
Matabeleland, Is n measure OF precau.
ton, and that II viii probably be fol.
lowed by the Dispatch q more troops.
"The war otlloe l. buzz Masking At.
.angemsuts," the Daily News con.