The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-02

The details to-day show the catastrophe
IN a brighter aspect. The full battaiions
were not engaged, ana, therefore. the llst
of prisoners Is materially reduced. WINE
the disaster now -pears 10 have been
not so much the consequence of defects
81 the plan Of action as 70 misfortune
whereby the column was deprived OF us
ammunition
Apart from General Whites statement
| that the losses are very numerous there
IS nothing 10 indicate the extent OF them
| except that the soldier who brought the
report 10 LAdysmlth said the dead and
| wounded were laying IN heaps, and hum
| dreds needed doctors This Is hardly
borne out by the long list Of captured
! officers.
AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP.
The calamity has served 10 show the
| British who are their friends The papers
comment on the SPLENDID reserve Of pat
| riousm existing in the far away colonies
and the deep seated feeling OF friend
| ship and sympathy Of the great kindred
nation across the Atlantic
Tho Standard sums ID the feeling or
the nat ton. saying "from the United
states and our colonies alone we hear
the voice of friendly sorrow and encour-
agcmcnt But that sufllces. All others
are welcome 10 congratulate themselves
over the misfortuncs Of Great Britain
CABINET MEETING
LONDON. Nov. 1.-The cabinet mtet-
ing to-day exceptionally brief but after
wards The defense committee Of the cabi-
net. consisting OF the Duke OF Devon
shire. a ,. Balfour. the Marquis OF Lans-
downe and Sir. Michael ilicks-Beach, met
NJ the Foreign ONCE and held a long
conference with the commander-in-chiof
HuI
Woseley.
LONDON. Nov. lit was reported at
| Aldershot to-day that another complete
army division Will forthwith be formed
for service IN South Africa. The divis-
I ion consists Of 1000 men and 81 guns
This SIS possibly q preliminary step to-
ward The calling out Of a second army
corps.
! LONDON. Nov. "A special dispatch
/ from Piotermar'zburg, Natal. dated Tues
! dav morning says:
! "Stracelers from the Gl0ucestorshire
/ Regiment are arriving at Ladysmith. A
I number Of mules. with @ portion Of the
mountain battery ars also coming IN"
TO AID TRANsVAAL
PARIS Nov IA society has been
I founded 10 render assistance o. the Trans
vaal government. Colonel MoutcU is pre-
sid4nt and Francis Cope, Jules LemaiTe.
I Henry ROchof0rt. and Drumont. proprie-
| tor of the Libre Parole, are The honor
I AIRY Presidents.
The organization is enrolling volunteers
TO fight for the Beers. and the promoters
claim tina. more than three hundred have
/ volunteered.
They have difficulty, however. in finding
the necessary funds, and il is doubtful
whether Or. Leyds the special represcn-
I tauve Of the Trausyam government in
Europe, will be able to supply these.
Under these conditions the whole move
ment which is iu Che hand OF tine most yi0-
I lent section OF the Nationalist and anti
/ 5om'los, viii probably collapse
LIST or CASUALTIES.
The war onico to-day issued the follow
/ ing additional list of nty-eight casual
/ ties sustained by General Yule's force
/ from the time of the battle of Glencoe
until It Joined the force of Sir George
/ White:
King rifles our killed. IS wounded
| Lcicestershire resiment-one wounded,
/ Q missing.
Arullery-one killed. wounded. miss
| ing.
Mounted infantry-27 missing.
| The last mentioned were attached TO the
/
| was cntrappcd by the Beers after the
/ battle Of Glencoe They We're undOubt-
/ eddy captured with the Hussars.
A careful calculation of the British
| losses in an the engagements since the
| outbreak of hosuiiues. excluding the
I casualties among the non-c1mmls sioned
officers and men I'm Monday disaster
at Ladysmilh which are thus far known.
! here gives a total OF gl6 TO- which prob
ably 1910 win need 10 Dee added when
| details regarding the L3dysmith reverse
are received.
This total is made mp as follows:
Officers, 1913 being killed, 81 wounded
and % captured
Men. 7S2-lS7 being killed, 400 wounded
and ia captured.
BERLIN. Nov 1.-The Neuestena-
chrichston. I'm the course Of an article
evidently inspired, says:
Germany has no intention Of playing
into the hands Of France hy intervening
I'm the Transvaal She intends to Drr-
sue a course Of absolute neutrality"
URGING PEACE.
BERLIN, Nov. Tile Tageblatt saws
! Count Bothmer president OF the Ger
man Peace Societies. has telegraphed 10
Queen Victoria. praying her % accept the
war with the Transvaal
BRUSSELS. Nov. DIR Ieyds. the
diplomatic agent Of the Transvaal. has
received the consent Of the British secre-
tary Of state for War, the Marquis OF
Lansdowne. 10 allow a telegram to be
sent To- Pretoria asking The number OF
killed and wounded on the side Of the
Beers.
ULTIMATE VICTORY CERTAIN.
LONDON Nov Lord George Ham
ilton, Secretary of State for India. speak
ing al Ealing this evening regarding the
situation i'm South Africa said:
"Our Ultimate victory is certain. and
when the terms which we as victors. will
propose 10 the vanQuished are known
foreign nations will see that the main
cause which has forced US TO embark
upon this conflict Is not a desire Of pc
cuniary profit or Of territorial aggrandze-
ment. but determination to emanciDato
a vast territory. for the common benefit
Of mankind from an ignoble and de-
grading tyranny.