The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-08

Those complasnts emanase6 wholly from .
small sody 81 Brfttsh who are breeding
rnrnf. ara whose fnemberrhic ard news
papers openly boast Of tho influence exer-
c.ssd By them upon TIE policy Of the En-
retIzi xovernnenf-
The 1ransyaai r. bound Ia credit these
boasts. when n sees bIuebooks issued con.
ststfng 81 documents drawn Up BY shess
riea lezgue, and OF lying articles and re-
ports from newspapers which are organs
Of the league Il the real character Of
hose its inf,nencs and the tension between
the two governments would speedily dis
me reply concludes a. follows:
fear that the interests Of the British en-
pire necessarily implied the destruction
Of the two republics ard the snsiarement
Of the Afrfkander population. and the
white races IA South Africa would return
10 the brotheriy harmony that has set IN
until q treacneroas plot At the end OF
is1 revived paasion on both sides
This dispatch was handed TO Conyng.
ham Greene on Sept D.
Dasboxfty 81 the Beers.
The Evening News publishes the follow
ing dispatch from Cape Town.
The reports Of the barbarfc exceeses
committed by the Beers on refugees have
stance seventy women and children we're
packed tn a cattle truck 10 tight that they
were unabie 20 Sit and were thus kept
side-tracked for thirty hours withou; food
or water. When they attempted 10 leave
the truck they were driven back with
blows.
Every trainIoad Of refugees brings
narrowing accounts Of the barbAfities OF
the Beers Of the Orange Free State. a
train arrived today that had been nearly
sixty hours en- route. The sunerfngs OF the
women were dreadful. Several births oc-
IT, =
truck containing twenty men"
Beers Are Qetorniag Uone.
Most important news comes from the
TransvaaI tonight. which. IL true. prob
ably indicates that the South African re-
public h about to yield. or, in any case.
of invading Natal
Ths news II comprised In . csbiegram
from Newcastle, Natal. which says that
the Buffalo river state that the Beers are
returning 70 their homes. leaving patrols
along the river. The commanders still
remain on the Free State border.
The dispatch also says that the feeling
~ Newcastle now II that the Beers do
not intend TO attack that place. and that
the evacuation Of the town was prema-
Exeiae.ens Asatssg.
A dispatch from Durham also states that
the excitement there has abafed, owing
20 the Beers holding back from the from
tier.
THIS retirement Of the Boers n what
the British authorities have expected. AZ
their defective commfssiarat would pre-.
vent them from long remaining masssd
along the border. kilograms receive1
here lately have made frequent reference
% the scarcity Of forage and supplies in
the Boer Iaagers. and have stated that
many Of those In the companies were In
clined TO strike out for their homes un-
less active operations we're undertaken
Immediately.
The Dispatch from Newcastle looks a.
though they had done a. they threatened
and had abandoned the idea Of Aghting.
Meanwhile further transports from India,
with two field hospitals and husears. have
arrived at Durbaa. and the men and ma
teriaj were forwarded 70 Labyrinth In
ssantIy. Gen Sir George Stewart White,
who win command the British forces IN
Natal. has also arrived and landed. He
was greeted by . large crowd. Gen. Sir
William Symons. his second in command.
cAfpe from Glencoe 20 meet him. showing
That ne do<1 not fear q Boer incurs.on
into North Natal A number 81 other on
GERS were present. and the whole party
left By train for PiesermarifzburG. amid
great excitement and cries Of ''Remsm-
her Ma ttfba :"