The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-07
CHEERFUL NEWS FROM WHITE.
He Can Hold His Own and Lady
smith Is In No Danger.

!. London, Nov. 6.-An immense weight
was lifted from the public mind by a
+. brief official dispatch, published this
morning, by which the continental
stories of disaster at Ladysmith were
proved TO be false, although the dis
patch Itself revived the anxiety of the
more tinIsd in another direction, as it
indicated that General White, instead
of sitting quietly and acting only on
the defensive, as il is held in many
quarters he ought to do, persists in
making sorties and risking another
Nichoieen's Mex disaster.
Generally, however, the CHEEKY tone
of the dispatch showing there is no
anxiety at LadySinith as regards the
ability of the beleagured garrison to
Mold its own. has had an excellent effect
on the country. From the fact that
General White is able TO take the Often
sive and shell a Boer camp, it seems
that Ladysmith is not 50 closely be-
siegeo as was supposed.
Not much Importance, however, is at
tached TO the Smelling of the Boer
Jaeger. as the war office has no con-
firmatson of the story that the Orange
Free Stater's camp at Besters has been
captured. Were this true, ii might have
considerable effect on the future atti-
tude OF the Orange Free State. which
is not so directly concerned in the coll
fiict as the Transvaal
che movement o. Beers into Cape
Colony is beginning 10 awaken British
fear that they have greatly under-eSti-
mated the forces they will have to
meet, and that even General Buffers
task may not be so easy as anticipated
1t is becoming apparent that all the
British calculations based on the 10y
atty of the population are nopelessly
at sea. or there has been a very serious
--1- s1,f-x
Natal and Cape Colony. Otherwise
there Is no accounting for the large
forces of burghers reported from all di-
,-ec.tious The war office consequently
Is being urged to have more troops in
readiness for all possible demands.
The evacuation of Colenso and the
yeported withdrawal of the British
force from Stormburg are still uneX-
DIained. The former may be due 10
either the -Boer artillery rendering the
nlace untenable. or 10 the fact that
pressure elsewhere, possibly at-Pieter-
maritzourg. has necessitated, the con-
at a Threatened point of all
available troops.
II is said that If the objective of the
1aoers' traversing Zululand was PETER
rnaritzburg, 6hey ought shortly TO be
heard from. That the position is re-
"a rfled as serious is apparent from the
FACT taat British cruisers are hurrying
30 the Cape station
with regard to Stormburg, it is claim
Cd that if it turns out to be true that
tho place has been evacuated. it may
either be due 10 the impossibility at
,,,ssefif of providing an adequate gar
,ison 10 defend such important supplies
acainst the Boer raids. or to change
IN General Buffers plans, whereby Gen |
pral Methuen's division viii be landed /
8, purhan TO relieve General White. If |
lie latter plan is decided on. the near
ri available stores are those at Storm |
.xr.. and the quickest metnoo OF max !
ne The necessary provision for an ad- |
vance win ne to railroad these stores
"a asst London, whence they would !
reacf, Durham before the first troop /
ship. -.
Sneciai service squadron has been in |
:fsuc;ed TO coal Tor q voyage. and that
10 one connected with the squadron is
,,.s,,sifted 10 sieep outside the port.
Adxioes from Cape Town under date
i Nov. Say that martial flw has been