Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05
News Comes Very Slowly
From the Front.
MANY DEMONSTRATIONS
Are the Rule as the People Are Ell
thusiastic Over the War-The APP
pOintment of Consul Hay Meets
With Approval il England.

London, Dec. 5-t:,0 a. ~m.-There is
little further news from the seat of war.
Even the latest accounts of the Battle
at Modaer river fail to give an INTELLIGENT
idea of what happened. There is a feeling
OF Disappointment and a continuing anN-
lety respecting General Lord Methuen.
The Times say e~ditorially: The bat
tie affords splendid proof of the unsur-
passed qualities of the British soldier,
but While victories Won solely by the ex-
ercise OF those qualities are indeed mag
nlHcent, they are not war. They fill us
with pride. but pride rot unmingled with
regret at the persistent perversity of
circumstances which, apparently, pre-
vents us obtaining equal or greater re-
suits by processes savoring little of tina
military science of which we heal so
much"
Mafeking is safe, or vas so on Nov.
-. The British had captured % burgh-
ers Of Comcnaadnnt Dutoit's force.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Durham says that persons arriving there
from Pretoria assert that the Beers are
full Of confidence and are Well prepared
y iLti $40 iif5litHS Siege at PRETORIA.
Patriotic demonstrations in the thea
ters and music halls Of London continue
'unahatei. There was a remarkable
scene at the Empire last evening when
MIS-. BroWn-Pottar recitcd d poem called
"Ordered to he Front" with soldiers
and sailors grouped around her On the
stage. On each side Of Mrs. Potter stood
2 sailor. one carrying the American and
the other the British flag. When the
curtain Tell and rose again to an encore,
she tied the two flags together amid loud
cheers. the entire audience rising, sing,
ing God Save the Queen" Lord Roths-
child and a rumbe Of prominent men
We're in the house.
The Hrimss has the following from
Frere Camp, dated Wednesday. Nov. Is:
The Boer camp at Colenso is Visible
from a point near Chieveley. 1t is a
strong position and very difficult for a
direct front attack"
The .Capetown correspondent OF the
Standard says: THE government in
tends at an early date to send one Of
the ministers to England to urge, upon.
the imperial authorities the acceptance
OF Cape Colony's views regarding the
final settlement of the war"
The special correspondent of the
ally News with General Methuen. tel
~egIaphing from Modder river on the day
after the battle, says: II hear that the
Beers are in full retreat to Bloemfon-
tein."
A local farmer arrested by the Beers
and released Nov. %. has arrived at Est
court. He saws General ouber per-
sonally the Colenso forces.
a Durham correspondent declares that,
owing to startling information as to the
existence of a dynamite conspiracy in
order to quicken the flow of Boer sub
the executive has decided to
double the guards at all the military bar
racks in the district.
The afternoon papers welcome the APP
pointment of Ade'bert S. Hay as United
States consul at Pretoria.
The Westminster Gazette says: IF
Mr.. Chamberlain is speaking today he
will undoubtedly turn to Mr.. Hays APP
as convincing proof that an
alliance exists. We do not make such
a sweeping deduction. 1t %suffices to say !