Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-21
MR. WAS RUDE
| 70 Gen. METAUEN
a, General Makes Complaint
Of Gen. CrOnjs'
raIIsH PRAISE ENGLAND
n. british Troops stood Up
y" .,,he Boers Lord Hober"
o...r,, Queen Not IIy''eriea''

adm. Dec. 81, 4:So p m'-The war
- has received the following IRON
(. Porestier.walker' the British
.raDder at capetown'
-.a.,own. wednesday, Dec. 70
sr., wires that he has received a
,.uly from Gen, Cronje respecting
q" concentrations as to Lieut. Cham
pIcell saying this officer Is re-
ntsd as aspy
-s.o. Cronje also states he VIII hoiu
liner communication with Meth
!. n.c IS the British war office re-
"a ne following, dated sund-y, Dec.
,,,m Gen. Forestler-walker;
Sl.tbuen reports that Lieut., Chan
Al pd.Gell was taken prisoner last
ns,.iay evening, meeting a nag OF
,-S He waved a handkerchief IN re-
orw and was unarmed."
= vas no news from South Africa
I@sn m. today other than rag
ana disconnected stories of past
~. This silence Is having the ma
vi ssect of creating forebodlngs,
=. snlendid patriotism OF the yolun--
~ continues TO. be evidenced on
- The newspapers note win satis-
.,sop the effect that this display OF
s,g,b spirit and evidence Of the re-
s .rr. ne empire Is able to command
| saving on continental critics.
n, Westminster Gazette, however
aris note OF alarm. 1t thinks the
rmert Is peculiarly unpropltlous 10
r.t abroad the home defenders since
rms Is aulte easy as 20 the effect the
vessdlngs In South Africa Will nave
= Great Britain's European neighoors.
PLATED stories from Chieveley Camp.
Raj all concur In saying the BRUSH
N nsryels in an impossible SITUATION
N. Oldest war correspondents say
e,y never saw anything compare pie
IA the bravery of the men ana ON
| bn
M naval contingent created an I'M
rgR iurore, engaging the Beers SIM
I. handed and haillng shrapnel Wlth
Slste shells on the fortifcatlons north
4 he town In a vain effort to silence
D narderous fire Of the Beers wnile
Il British forced the passage OF the
|mH.
ma advance OF the second brigade
leg the road leading to the brilge IN
n face OF a deadly fusilade. Is de-
r.oed as magnificent, The British
sred their way across the fire zone
.,asr perfect storm Of bullets from
q Invisible Beers. The patter OF bul.
10 on the dry plain. II Is said, raised
q dust like heagy rain drops on water
he heat throughout was intense
.gs we're many stories Of special acts
sb1yery.
ne duke OF Marlborough. who is
kglsnant In the Oxfordshire yeoman-
., and who has volunteered for ser
III IN South Africa. will take with him
r men and horses OF his troop.
z will personally furnish the equip
kslt for these men.
ne Earl OF Warwick. the Earl OF
haey, the Earl OF Lonsdale, and VS.
nsnl Galway are among the other
tlnbes OF the aristocracy who have
rghieered for service in the cam
Ngn against the Beers. The parting
t.s9ge which Gen. Lord Roberts sent !
itltrisy through the Associated
mss 10 the American people, Is re-
keishsd in London today and occu-
p The foremost place In the afternoon
A'eN here which characterize the
right, simple words as eminently SOL
lsy and as having the ring which II
Gained should mark the relations
Seeen the Anglo-Saxon people. AL |
algh Il arrived too late for the usual
AlqHal comment on its contents, the
spay headlines show that his refer
M TO Americas frlendliness and
Nida's patriotism and his reputation
he charges OF Irish disloyalty are
nsy approved.
Vseeh Victoria and Princess Beatrice
eH by train from Windsor TO Farm
4
~ with ex-Empress Eugene.
ihe queer has been greatly annoyed
Z 'he unfounded statements that she
lll'health and perpetually weep
y paragraph contradicting these
.-ls appears in the papers, which add
~, ny j has never been her majesty's
s ~ 10 display grief like hysterical
ns Allan steamers Laurentia, Par
~ ana Pomerain, have been char
~ uy The government for the pur-
4, Of conveying Canadian troops to
ssA Africa.
,gsn' Roberts babe farewell 10 the
S.ae o. Wales at Marlborough house.
~ san OF the new British command
\, I'ehlef In South Africa includes
~ Gen. Pretyman and Viscount
'''ne' besides his present staff.
.'...upool Dec. 2l.-The Cunard line
.sasr Umbria. which arrived here
lS,snoer u, from New York has been
! ,Assred by the British government
we as a troopship.
suro Dec. 1.-THE train conveying
- Lord Kitchener, now on his way
M we Soudan TO South Africa via
,,gay' was derailed north OF Luxor,
mn n.y. " only retarded the generals