Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-08
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Cecil Rhodes Fastening 10 Tho Relief
Of BuluWayO.
MRS. HAMMOND SEES KRUGER.
The mir clors Of the South Africa Corr
pany Proved Their Innocenc'
Before They We're Accused.

CAPETowN. May THE advance Of
ibe imperial tToopn beyond Masklns
has been cancelled on Earl Gray's
abatement that the back Of the rebellion
has teen broken aud thsI tneit assist
nneo was not required at Buluwayo.
Earl Grey also requested Gov. sir
uereulea Robinson uOt to Increase the
difficulties Involved In forwarding
supplies by sending any more troops
GwELo. May Oh, via Capetown,
May 1.-Two CAprtown boys have ar
rived here from Belllngwe, aud they
teport forty white rersons have been
compelled TO stop there through the
.oss Of their cattle. The messengers
.,port that these men IRE holding their
own against tho enemy. The boys
had narrow escapes from being shot.
Cecil Rhodes who has buon delayed
hofu with his columns on his wny 10
BuluwAyo, hns mhue Nh address 10 the
frspls OF GwelU, In which he said
hey should loao no time IN thoroughly
tbrsshing the rebels aud giving them
an tvpflaslIng Lesson. eve viii attack
the emmy matsed at Mavin," MI
Rhoucs said, "Nithin n Jay % two,
aud will tbon proceed 10 BuluwayO
with tho smallest delay"
Mr., Rhodes Intends. be said, 10 re-
maiu In Rhodesia until the Tebsllion
u crushed,
pREA. KRUGER GNrERvtEwED'
LoNBoN, May IA Pretoria DIE
rnten tu the daily Telegraph dated
"wednesday says: John Hays Ham
monuis wife had u long and tcuching
intctviaw with President Kruger IT,
night, nj which she pleaded the cause
Of hlT huFhnuu and other pfisoners.
President Kruger promised 10 con.
rlduf eveTy thug anu hoped tho mat
tet would DO settled by tue end OF tbs
week.
a dispatch from Chpelown to tho
Times says. Supplies Of food arc te.
inR sent nom Salisbury to GwelO by
native bearers. Tue GwelO aud sails.
tury column have gszetIcd Cecil
Rhodes A. their colonel
THEY ARE ALL INNOCENT.
LoNDoE, May s.-rhe Times pub.
fishes ~ communication fOu Mr.,
Hawkos.ey, solicitor Tor the British
South Africa company, which con.
tains the mi utes Of the board meet
ings, Its c0riespondo nee, etc, during
the porlod OF the excitement over tue
Jameson raid aud since, showing that
Cecil Rhodes before leaving London
ON his return TO RhodeaiR ompowefod
Mr.. HawkosleY TO tender his resigna-
ton u tho chartered company n u
should prove advisable, he being nc.
tuAtod By supreme desire TO preserve
the oOmpany's charter.
DR.. Jameson, Als3, II IL announced,
authorized Mr.. HAwkosley to ,eXoneT-
ate the directors In the Chartered
company from any knowledge Of Or
completely Ia this raid.
Toe directors also placed on record
their absolute Ignorance OF tho raid.
HAw kesley's letter 10 tho board ten
dering the reslgnalions Of Cecil Rhodes
and Alfred Belt, the two uifeoiora d..
Toctly implicated In the "Itansvaal
crypiogram,D inlimated that both
these persons will continue 10 devote
their energies to RhOdeslA In an unoiil.
ciaI capacity, retaining their director.
ships In other African TailwAya anu
telegraph companies. 49,.
The directors OF the Chartered com.
pany on Monday catled 10 Cecil
Rhodes at Gwelo "A follows! "Hesi-
tate to accept roslgnAtions. What's
your view3"
Mr.. Rhodes replied from Gwelo on