The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-19
THE BoERs BEAT A RETREAT.
The Force Invading Natal Retire ON
InEaRnne-said 10 Have Been
Repulsed ut Matching.

mandos, which invaded Natal through
Laing's Mex, and after occupying New
castle, advanced to Pannhauser, re-
tired on Ingagane Sunday evening,
their transport service being reported
defective. This will delay indefinitely
the anticipated and hoped-for assault
on the strong British positions at Glen
coe. y
Another dispatch reports activity on
the part of the Free State commando,
in the neighborhood OF Aliwalnorth,
on the southern frontier. The Beers
advance patrol, the dispatch says. so
TO the frontier bridge nightly to keep
watch, firing shots at intervals as sig
nails.
II is believed the enemy intends
shortly TO try to rush the railway sta
,ion,. with the help of artillery posted
on bridge commanding the town.
There are rumors that the Beers
have been repulsed at Mafeking, and
are attacking vryburg.
A Cape Town paper has dispatch
from the Orange river, stating that the
telegraph wires have been cut between
yryburg and Kimberley, and 1t is be-
lieved that the Beers are taking ad-
vantage of the presence of a large
gathering Of disloyal farmers at vry-
burg celebrating Nachtmaal, TO attacK
the town, hoping that the farmers will
assist them against the British.
The same dispatch says that the
British force at Kimberley is confident
Of its ability to hold out, but urges the
immediate dispatch of relief force.
This question of a possible rising Of
the Dutch farmers in the northern
portions of Cape Colony is very. i'm.
portnnt. The Daily Nails correspond
ent ut Colesberg has been Inquiring
regarding the matter, and on the
whole, thinks the chances are against
a rising. He bases his opinion on the
prospect OF good crops after four lean
years, which, he believes, will pre-
dispose the farmers TO peace. Never
thelcss there is serious disloyaltysand
much nnti-British agaitation IN these
districts, while the Free State Beers
threaten an immediate invasion of
Colesbcrg. and Aliwalnorth.
The Daily Nails correspondent as
serts that Sir Alfred Miner is worked
20 death, and that Cape Town is surf
ing with bitter resentment at what Is
called the Schreiner cabinets betrayal
of Mafeking, by its constant refusal
TO send volunteer force to it's relief
Many residents of Cape Town have
relatives at Vryburg and they are furi-
GUS with Messrs. Merriman and Sauer,
respectively, colonial treasurer and
commissioner of public works, and the
ministers are mobbed whenever they
appear in public. Mr.. IIoffmeyer, the
Afrikander leader, has gone to the
country, in order TO escape the out
bursts of Indignation.
On Sunday night the streets were
filed with angry citizens, and II wns
feared that rioting would occur. This.
combined with the pressure OF the i'm.
perial government. brought the
Schreiner government to sense II its
peril, as well as of its duty, and moved
Il TO decide TO call out the volunteers.
The ministerial party also worked Its
hardest TO prevent the ovation TO Con.
yngham Greene. on his arrival from
Pretoria. but failed.
The volunteers are 1000 strong, and
have II pieces OF artillery.
The Natal invasion was made In
three columns at dawn on October 10.
through Bothas pass, Laing's Mex and
from Wakkerstroom, the objective
point of the invaders being Newcastle.
The Beers utilized several thousand ma
tives who were tramping from the
Rand. to drive their heavy guns up
Laing's Mex.
Precautions are being taken for the
defense of Pietermaritzberg and Dur
the enemy may elude the vigilance OF
the British at Ladysmith and Gelncoe
camps.
A dispatch from the latter place says
the partial closing down of the Natal
coal mines will not interrupt the sup
plies for the imperial transports at
Durham, as was imagined by the Beers,
large quantities of coal being already
on the water from India. Regular
shipments will arrive from India until
the Natal mines open again.
The Queens Message TO Parliament.
London, Oct. lin the absence OF
the ministerial and opposition dinners
which are usually given on the eve OF
the opening of parliamentary sessions
at which the contents of the queens
speech are generally made known, the
speech was privately communicated to
the leaders of the opposition last even.
ing.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt and
John Morley will undoubtedly make
statements of their views to-day, but
their action will be guided largely by
the line which Sir Henry Campbell.
Zimmerman, leader of the opposition in
the house of commons, takes up.
1t is considered improbable that Mr.
Morley will vote for q hostile amend.
ment IL Sir Henry Campbell-Banner.
man moves what he considers n req.
sonable and appropriate one.
The Irish leaders, however, are GER.
tain to move an amendment condemn.
ing the governments policy, though
their following in division and the
lobby is likely to be small.
The advanced radicals will meet to
day TO deliberate upon the line they
shall follow, and although II is fairly
certain that any subject, but the
Transvaal will be ruled out of order
James Galloway Weir, member fol
Ross and Cromarty, has decided 10
test the point by giving notire OF an
amendment on the Crofter question.
There is no further news regarding
the present position.