Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-07

NO CHANGE AT LADYsMITn.
Nay be short of Ammunition Change
In the british rlan OF
Campaign.

unFc with respect 90 hlHtllltloa iu South
Africa very little further than the
evacuation OF Coiouso and stomberg
Those movements, nk.n together with
che admiralty announcement that tho
pubiio must not De disappointed should
the transports NOT roach their drltiuI.
ton ON the dates Indicated in the pub.
ilshcd liaia. may Indicate some change
Of plan uecoisitated By the bad position
OF AFFAIRS In Natal
II was expected that tho army corps
would land at capotowu for nu ln-
yanlon N the Tanayaal through the
Orange Free state. but the landing may
now be- diverted To- Durham. Natal
whittier % ia fully expected Lleui-Gan.
Sir uulior VIII go within "a week 90 ins
vHtigltc the situation for himself
Th,rv ia also possibility uf "a movement
through DuliHua bay, and the admiral.
81 notice regarding me transports slu.
ply means, ln ul likelihood. that news
OF their movements la tu De- suppressed.
stormburR wac understood 10 b. the
depot whore Stores, teuta, guns, amWus
milton and all lhe commieaariat detail
of the third division, that under hir
William 4atacrC, were iu proccts ot ace
cumulaUou. The atotur have been rUs
D
explanation % their removal arises
from the ulur advance from ngthuile
and AuWal North.
fu Wow ~ tho near approach. of lirit-
lah rvlnf0rcgmvfiH. the iIef INVASION OF
Cap, COLONY could hardly have been gee
rlfded very seriously There may 1a,
therefore. another tytHOu Cor the With
ifaWuI. ana the ftlliea destined hy ru-
puto Tor Queenstown may b. lhteudel
Tor Euft London uf Durham. II may pf
Con. nulUrH intention o. send ou Col
Lord Paul MHihueUH division. COM
puHoi ul EuHrlr ana British hriglics
10 the immediate resistance NJ natal
For the usD of that division, "a diver
sion may De- Intended 81 some ut ihe
stores of thU third division, which arr
lu the haud.gu position Go hr i'r-
Wurdei|
R,porta that Roaemoad aui Naauw-
puurt are also tu he evacuated seem
10 c1rrubopto the idea that den, hul-
lcr'a nrHt hufluetH viii be- 10 relieve Sir
Opuugv Stewart White.
II il believed that the orange Free
State commanders now have ll,Nvu men
concentrated against Kimberley ana On
the Free state southern frontier op-
posed TO them are only 1000 bfitiah
troops The towns which u" open 20
| theif attack are Aliwal Sorth. hurgh-
crrdorp, stcynbufg. batkely ana Mo-
4 dispatch from ploiermaritzburg
dated Friday reports that railway
communication with laiy1mlih 10
severed. the iiocra having Effected a
Judgment al Northorpe. south ~ Lady
smith about seven miles, Ampng NOSE
Invested nt LudyHmitl are Col. lthulgs.
brother ~ CUcll Rhodes, Sir John WIZ
son, nH well us most ~ the press CORE.
upondonta and probably tho EAtl OF
Ava. son Of the Marquis Of punerin
All thc Cape railways are now In the
hands OF the military authorities, 1--WE
hundred tons Of fuodstunH Wgrt stlA'l
ON board the steamship Maria az
Durham. consigned 90 pclogoa hay for
the TrunHVuul. Twenty missionaries
have arrived at Durham from swaai-
Land. after many narrow escapes.
Ia ia reported from liorr sources that
The big gun with which Gen, tronlo
/ had hoped 20 demollah Mntekug ~ not
Il success. II 10 believed TO be a
/ schuelder-Cnn,t gun. weighing with
mo cnttrldros nbnut ten tons. The re-
/ coli b. 30 tremendous ua 60 throw the
/ gun out Of gear every time u lH ufci.
/ After using the weapon two days the
noyrB gave 10 up.
Adyicps from other parts % south
Africa nrc distinctly unpalutnhlc ana
.yervthlnr points to critical situation
In Natal and the northern portions uf
/ cane Colony. likely TO grow more acute
until Gen. White H. either relieved or
drcialvoly defeated, Nobody dhrct TO
think ~ cuultuiation. Rather than that
he h expected. in last resort, N Lady
/ smith becomes untenablc. to make q
desperate EFFORT 10 cut hts way through
/ the noera back Into lower Natal ana
10 Join hands wiki the garrison there
which is now almost certain TO be re-
inforcod by the nrst arrivals OF tho
CORPS from England ana 20 be pressed
/ forynrd 10 renew touch with them,
IL a. generally assumed. however,
| that Cen White. with the AID Of the
naval guns. will be able 10 cope with
any hnmbnrdmont. ana the Idea that
tho Beers could take Ladysmlth ny as
snuit ia secuted ua absurd, Tho de-
/ tense thus depends on the uninlcrrupt-
/ ed working ~ the naval guns. lNEht
here arises the important question
/ upon which the dispatches have thrown
| mo- lirht--whcthcr the naval guns
which Themselves only arrived AZ the
! last moment have with them sufficient
! ammunition 20 rrply 90 "a lombard
| mont lasting possibly several weeks, II
| MOI ia a. hardly likely that works exist
/ In "a small town like Ladgsmlth for
! casting the special shell needed for the
/ 81 gun and moreover mere " no mrn-
! lion u STORES Of lydilto 40 lndylmlth
] for rechnrgluR those shells
] Meanwhile vague remarks IN the dlrs
] matches polut Ia tho impending arrival
| III further big li1or guns FROM johann
| ncaburg 10 be mounted among the hllla
| within range of LadyHmlth. such COM
| alterations explain the anxiety felt re.
| rnrding Gen. Whites movements and
| positions not only by tho public but In
! official circles
| The british retirement TO Estcourt
| has given the impression that II IT, IN
| Tended to make stand thurc. Este
! court w the last important town be-
| tween the llocra ana the capt
| tnl. and n the Beers sweep past
| Eatcourt nothing can stop them from
| laying siege to Pletermnrtzburg which
| cannot be expected To- make a protrnct-
/ I'd defense. while les fall would be a
| tremendous blow 70 British prestige
/ throughout South Africa
! Already the British retirement south
! Of Colensu has given the Bners an OPP
portunity to make "a bid Tor the active
| support of the dlanncclvd Dutch IN
Natal by proslnlming the annexation
| OF the upper TuFcla section, Thus far
The Dutci. colonista seem 10 have COM
| 0ncd their sympathy with the Invading
Boers 20 plstonlc emotion, Except
FOR sutreptitioun assistance there u no
evidence that they have yct Joined the
| Hoars openly In any appreciate mum
| hurH.
| DISCUSSING THE SITUATION.
New York. Nov. IA dispatch to tho
| rrtbuuo from London says.
/ rho war In the TrnuaVual romans a