Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-13

siauccH 20 consult Premier schroiner
whose Information in regard 90 the
Dutch colony hos been useful IN Honc
ways and embarrassing ln uthorH. II
is onslOr 20 keep the Dutch IN Cape
Colony qulet with Mr Schricncr In
power. but more diincult 90 render
treason udlour. Just nH 10 WIS cmhar-
RAISING 10 prevent tho tfnuH-nhlpment
of arms ana ammunition TO- the Dutch
rcpuhllcH and 60 promote the onthu1i-
uam Tor enlistment IN tho volunteer
army,
Ncwn from tho western border the
southern frontier uf the frre State
and LliyHmith, remains nutHinctury,
but such diminishing nH Do officially
reported ~ indcclslvc ana tho c1nlcc.
turr lr natural one that che Dutch
allies viii make desperate attempts This
week TO- take advantage uf their SUPER
lur strength before d Do onset hy the
/ British achievements now arriving
daily Kimberley iH the wcakoHt point,
fur. while "a battalion uf the Norh
/ Lancashire regiment 10 stationed there,
| The garrison is mainly made az ~ lrr g.
! ulnr forces. and o. surrounded hy IN
strong body uf Beers under Cen. Cronlc
| whose capacity uH a willy. rga1urccful
! general cannot be- questioned. kimhcr-
| ley WAS indeed neglected until the DE
/ Beers company undertook tn defend II
| from itH own resource. and forced the
l military ana colonial authorities uf the
| cape 20 cooperate with The feeble g1r-
/ uHun. NrHtrrduyn official budget was
! rrnHnuring. and The garrison lH making
u spirited defense,
All reports from that quarter and
| the southern frontier 81 the Free State
are Cpufused. but there lH an lncrcas-
! Ing probability that Gen. Butler will
| NOT De content with holding De AHr
| and thU orange river bridge above a.
| but viii send column toward timbor-
d. 90 soon un the town DO In Imminent
! danger.
Mnfcknr has also repuiscd % serious
assault according TO on official report,
and col. plumcr T. holding his ground
| CALAMITY
The opllmiats assume that Labyrinth
a. nov lmnrtnuablC against nm assault
| from Con. Ioubert'H army. but they are
! reasoning from their hopes rather than
from accurate knowledge The British
| nrc defended hy rcdoubtH and lntrcuch-
| mruts 50 hlch the beers viii and Il aim
cult ln front. but % 30 also on the edge
of "a bic bowl. and "a cncirclcd hy DO.
regular hills from four 90 six miles dis
tant. The site % the camp west " the
town WIS chosen hy thp British ,url-
! uvrr7. who apparently ava NOT know
that tho Doors could bring forward two
big Crogusnt siege guns and sixteen
| krug9 ngld gieCea fitted ON field care
| HaE,s. The predictions OF the opumists
| Will Do more ryasTurlng whom actual
| results ~ concentrated hrc are
/ known.
Nearly nI tho military writer's agree
that the most remarkable result u' tho
British campaign thus Gar r. the urHci-
cal cooperation of tho navy with the
! army GO lHdyHmlih IN lower Natal,
] and elsewhere Tor heavy artillery Her-
vice inland. This creates "a new impreH-
sion on tho strength of England ns %
fleet are available for field operations on
"a large scale.
wh,n Mr Stevens loft England he
PREDICTED that % would be "mnll let
ter war" and that the correspondents
could DO little by cnhl- Tho large exc
rcnrps Incurred by the London morning
| Journals have not been Justified by the
mrlEpr dls1atcheH which the censor
has enabled them tu print. Steamers
nov ufriVinT from the Cuur have de-
tailed nocuuuu ~ the earliest battles,
those Of Glencoe. ard ElnndInngtr.
from many hands. and tho public will
b. forced 20 wait many weeks before
the mysteries contested with 'urlutnu'H
surrender and Tho lloEe Of ladrrmih
are cleared M and 70 VIII then h' pre-
uccuglpd With other and moro stirring
war scenes The censorship. Inadequate
cnhlr facilities. and bDor raiders have
operated 90 deprive Bennett lurlolgh
and his roiir4rupH OF their theory ~ 0c-
cupntion and the public has remained
ut the mercy VI sensation m0nWcrs
} traflcInr iu nCtlous Of mcnd1cluua ma
dive runners. There IL little llkoH-
hood. oven ~ mon NJ fashion, like Wins
ton Spencer churchill, are ON the
ground 10 chronicle the exploits of tho
NmnrtCst officers ln the guards. that
Gen. Butler win relax the censorship
and allow messages 90 go through free
~.
Tho moral which every practical Lon
don noWHnuppf owner points 90 o. tho
necessity for some radical change lu The
method OF reporting military cane
pHignH M tho future Tor the honCnt Of
tho public. which ls vitality concerned
IN tho f0rtunoH of the soldiers, and
pays the freight
Pretoria Monday, Nov, G.-Tho stand
ard ana plTgcrs' News Hnya it i8 cN-
pgctrd that another commando VIII
leave Tor the front today. a number
" hurghors have been commaudccrrd
and some have volunteered. The come
maudn viii be- under @ brother uf Gen
Jan N. ~ lfock who was wounded ANA
taken prisoner by the British ana after
weird died In the hospital at Lndysmlth
The house 10 house visitation iu the
central district continues. an ncutrala
who have not volunteered will be CONE
numbered Tor police service Those
who are eligible are expected 20 report
Tor duty. The penalties Imposed for
failure TO comply with the order To re-
mort arc heavy fines, and for persistent
dlarCgnrd OF tho order offenders VIII be
expelled from tho state.