The record-union., 1899-11-05

uncenSored messages to reach Europe.
with the exception of the dispatches of
foreign governments
In view of the fact that an import
ant victory would be of the greatest
| moral assistance to the Beers, it seems
obvious that the Boer sympathizers
would make such an event known as
| quickly as possible.
The War Office hare is making every
| endeavor to communicate with Lady
smith, so news may arrive at any mo-
ment. Meanwhile, the best opinion is
satisfied that if General White keeps
strictly on the defensive he Will be
| able to hold his own
| The British experts smile at the Boer
plan of campaign which contemplates
seizing Durham in order to prevent the
landing of British troops there. They
say 1t has one fatal defect, namely,
that it ignores the British fleet, under
whose guns, it is alleged, the seizure
of Durham will be impossible
| The dispatches to-day show that the
forces of the Orange Free State are
at length prepared to invade Cape
! Colony. These forces are not over
whelming. but the Dutch in the neigh
borhood of Colesburg and Burghersdorp
are exceptionally pro-Boer, and their
support is evidently expected. The OBJ
! jective of this force of Beers will prob
ably be Naauwpoort, one of the most
important strategic railroad points in
South Africa, which will probably be,
it is said here, the first advanced depot
of the cond division of the army corps.
! Nala ic fn IQ
garrisoned and able to take care of
itself. Trains thence to Colesburg have
| been almost suspended.
The dispatches from Ladysmith,
though three days DID, are regarded
here as being more cheering. and as
indicating that the Beers are not dis
posed to come to close quarters. On the
other hand some people assert it is more
proba BILE that the Beers are recuperat-
| ing prior to a fresh onslaught on Lady
smith, as, according to the latest news,
after the artillery duel and ineffective
skirmish Tuesday, the Beers took up
good positions on Signal Hill and UNI
| bulwani mountain.
The two commanders continue to ex-
change courtesies. General White. in
response to General Jouberts request
| Tuesday, lent the Beers an ambulance
to assist in the conveyance OF the Boer
wounded.
Advices from Cape Town show that
/ the people there are beginning to real
! ize the seriousness of the situation in
Natal. Merchants are apprehensive of
| the Beers overrunning the entire coun
try, and it is reported that many of
them have instructed their representa-
| tives to leave PietermaritZburg.
In spite of the optimism of military
men, there is a feeling of general anx-
is reported to be so swollen that the
drifts are impossible, and the Roers
hold the wagon bridge at Philloppolis,
which is the only means of crossing.
The possibility of Lady Randolph
Churchill accompanying the American
hospital ship Maine to the Cape of Good
nope has aroused much interest here.
Her ladyship said to a representative
of the Associated Press to-day: THE
question of my going is dependent upon
several contingencies. 1t is quite pos
sible that l may go, but the matter has
not yet been fully determined upon"
Lady Churchill has taken the most
| Maine. obtaining privileges from the
War Office which would otherwise have
been impossible, in view of the Ameri-
can nurses, etc, and her friends are
now anxious that she should see the
matter through personally.
News that Colenso has been evaeuat-
ed was another bitter pill for the Brit
ish public. and is arousing fears that
the Continental statements of a second
defeat are true. A significant fact is
that the War Office does not know
when Colenso was evacuated, so the
statement emanating Thursday from
DR.. Leyds, the diplomatic representa-
tive of the Transvaal, who is located at
! Brussels, that the Beers had occupied
! Colenso was possibly true. There is
much apprehension that they were sup
pressing bad news.
BOERS IN ZULULAND.
CAPE TOWN, Nov. 2.-(Delayed in
transmission. .)-According to an undat
! ed dispatch received here from Lady
smith, the body of General Kock, the
| Boer commander who was wounded in
the battle of Glencoe, captured and
taken to. Ladysmith, where he died re-
Gently, has been taken to Pretoria. The
dispatch added that Ladysmith towns
| people, including the women witnessed
the battle at Ladysmith 1t was also
stated that the resumption of fighting
was hourly expected. The Beers are
traversing Zululand hoisting flags over
the British magistrates
| BRITISH PRISONERS ARE WELL
TREATED.
CAPE TOWN, Nov. 2-(Delayed in
transmission)-A dispatch from Pre-
toria under date of Tuesday says Colo
mel Moelly, who commanded the British
Hussars captured by the Beers. declin-
ed, on being interviewed, to give the
details of the misfortune, but praised
the treatment he and his men had re-
ceived at the hands of the Beers. The
British prisoners were playing football
at the time their commander was inter
viewed Their officers are anxious to be
exchanged.
/ Among the papers found at Dundee.
according to the Pretoria dispatch, was
congratulatory telegram from Lady
Symons to her husband Commandant
General Joubert sent the message to
Ladysmith. General Symons was bur-
/ led with the fullest honors.
MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
/ SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 4-The mu-
niclpal campaign practically closed to-
night, with rally meetings by the prin-
cipal parties. The two principal candi-
dates for the Mayoralty are Horace Da-
Wis, who heads the Republican ticket,
| and James n Phalov the .o..,ox~...-