The age-herald., 1899-10-24
APPREHENSION IN ENGLAND'S CAPITAL WOlsey's Summary of Situation
 Causes UneaSineSs. THE B0ERS ARE ROASTING They Say That Dundee is Efectually Cut Of From Aid-Censor Permits No
 Messages to Be Sent From
 the Front.
THE BOERS ARE ROASTING

London, October N-No news yet re- ceived tends to dispel the apprehension caused by Lord Wolsey's brief summary
 of the situation. A Pietermaritzburg dis patch says that the censor now permits no
 messages to be sent from the front.
 Other dispatches report the Boers as
 boasting that Dundee is absolutely cut off, and assert that despite the British victories the situation is still uncertain.
 The Pretoria dispatch. Ewing the report of General Joubert to the government. evil
 dently refers to the first battle at Glencoe
 and the reasons why Commandant Bras
 mus Jailed to come to the assistance of Commandant Meyer cannot be solved Had he done 50 the British victory might have
 been still more dearly bought. Probably Commandant Meyer having arrived at the
 rendesvouz hist, thought to gel all the glo- ry of wiping out the British himself, and
 opened the attact without waiting for the
 others. If So, the Boers suffered badly be-
 cause of their hastiness. 1t appears cer-
 tain, however, that the British victory Ut
 Elandslaagte was productive of no effect for the rene1 of Glencoe, and 6he very reti- cence and LreNity of Lord Wosey's com municatfon is only too ominous. It seems to be worded to prepare the public for bad
 news, and it is only likely that General Yule has been compelled abandon the wounded and prisoners at Dundee because his force Is too weak ito hold the four and a half miles separating Dundee from Glen
 COG. Probably General Yule believes he can better protect Dundee from enemy advancing from the northwest by concen-
 trating all of his available strength at Glencoe, where there are now $500 men and three batteries. In the meantime efforts
 will be made to reopen the railway and to get endorsements from Ladysmith.
 It is expected that Commandant Erasmus
 by this time has joined Commandant Gen
 eral Joubert and their combined columns
 amount to 10000 or 1,O00, while the
 Free State Boers now threatening Lady smith from the east and a column re-
 ported to be coming through zululand must
 also be reckoned with.
 In short, General Sir George Stewart White ilas been unable to follow up his
 successes and is obliged to remain at Ladysmth without being able to restore railway communication which is probably broken at other points besides Elands- laagtc. Thus the enemy, although their original plan which is supposed to nave been to attack Colonel Schiel, failed, may fairly be credited with having isolated Gen. eral Yule's brigade and divided the British force in Natal. General Yule may find hlm- self in a tight place, needing all his eXperl-
 enee in India fighting to extricate himself It is felt quite sure that the war once has news which 1t is withholding.
 It is regarded as not impossible that Gen. eral White may be yet compelled to con centrate all the Natal forces at Ladysmth and await the arrival of the army corps A dispatch to the Times from Celesburg, Cape Coloney, says: "The situation today (Monday) is grave. The Boers are Soo strong and will be reinforced from Driekep.
 No defense is possible. The town guard will retire on Naauwpoort on the appear ance of the enemy.
 "The Diro Direkep force is estimated at 1,5OO men, The report of the fighting at Glencoe has been placarded at Bethulie, the frontier town on the east line as brilliant Boer victory"