New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-25
WHITE AND YULE SAFE.
REAssuRING NEWS FROM SCENE OF AC-
TION IN NATAL.
ropCrs rxPECTED TO MEET NEAR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AT KINDER
1ry 1NcHANGED-BAsUTO Up
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London. oct. 24-The Parliamentary Secretary
90 The War Office. George Wyndham in the
House Of Commons to-day announced that fleln
Marshal Lord Wolseley. the Commander-ih-
Chief Of the Forces. sums up the SITUATION IN
Natal to- day as follows:
General Yule has fallen back to effect juno,
ton with Sir George Stewart White tie canipe1
Yesterday evening about sixteen n,,es so un,,
Dundee. without seeing anything or the tHcn'S
during the march, and II has since been reported
that "aiI's well on the Waschbank River IN
General White fought successful ac'iSn , wl,n
an orange Free State force to-day, on Ihe Iod9
between Ladvsmith and Newcastle, and should
join hands with General Yule this evening me
latter reports that his wounded are DONG Wen
The Boer wounded on our hands are treated
inst as our own. and have every reason 10
believe the Beers will treat any Of our wounded
in their hands IN a similarly humane manner.
Mr. Wyndham added: II may remind the
House that the Transvaal is party TO the
Geneva Convention. Lord Wolseley further
says:
have also received from General Walker at
Cape Town. the following: the last Hessdsr
from Kimberley. October -, D. n'' repo''s al
well"
PLANS TO CARE FOR WOUNDED.
Replying to a question as 10 what arrange
mentS mad Dee0 Mdue 10 employ tiNliidH SUI
geons to assist in the care Of the wounded in
South Africa. Mr.. Wyndham said he was glad TO
take the opportunity Of announcing that Sir
William MacCormac. the distinguished Presi-
dent Of the Royal College Of Surgeons, had In
timated his readiness to accompany General Sir
Redvers Buffers force and place his great skill
and ability at the disposal Of the army medica'
authorities Mt Wyndham added: We have
not hcsitated to accept this patriotic offer
General White has not fought his way out OF
Ladysmith," as published in New-York. because
he left Ladysmith on Saturday morning and cap
tured Elandslaagte. which is eighteen miles out.
He expected to unite with General fue IN the
neighborhood OF Waschbank tonight so his
fight with the Orange Free State troops to-day
must have occurred nearly twenty-five miles out
from Ladysmith; and as It took place on the
Ladysmth- Newcastle road which runs two
miles west and almost parallel with the railroad
he evidently encountered the Free State force
which had taken up a position in the Biggars-
berg Hills and blocked the road between Lady
smith and Glencoe. also threatening General
Yule's flank The dispersal of the Orange Free
State force sensibly improves the British posi-
ton at Waschbank II General White decides to
wait there for General Joubert.
BAsUTO NATIVES RESTLESS.
The Colonial Office this evening published a
dispatch received from the British High Com
missioner in South Africa. Sir Alfred Miner.
communicating a significant dispatch from Sir
Godfrey Lagden. the British Resident Commits
sioner in Basutoland calling attention 70 the
restlessness Of the Basutos. whom he says. he
has been trying TO calm. The Resident Com
missioner adds:
our policy however. has been made difficult
hy the clustering Of the Beers who have freely
threatened TO attack Masuru and other stations
Those threats combined with intriguing. have
contributed to rouse excitement among the ma
tiyes ! wish to place II record that the
Beers have unwisely attempted to shake the al
egiance Of the BasutOs and Illustrate our ef-
forts toward tranquility The Beers therefore
are responsible for any commotion and Tor the
alarm regarding native invasons which now
| prevails
The Colonial Office has received a dispatch
stating that President steyn Of the Orange Free
State has issued a proclamation annexing that
part of Cape Colony which is north Of the vaal
River This means Griquaand West and
Bechuanaland. and is apparently in consequence
Of the Free State forces having seized the rail-
way and all stations north Of Kimberley, ex-
cept Mafekng.
LORD WOLSELEY CRITICISED.
The War ONCE here this morning attempted
to explain the summary Of the situation in
| Natal furnished by Lord Wolscley to the House
Of Commons yesterday. His statement was said
to have created unnecessary alarm. and IT was
asserted that what the official note called Cen
eral Yule's retirement might have been more
| accurately described as "a change Of position
for tactical reasons" and that the alarm for
the safety Of the wounded was not justified. II
was further explained that the wounded could
| ~ f,,+ he fact hat hev had q he
left to their fate while the British forces made
strategic movement TO the rear showed that
the suspense OF the public at the absence Of
| subsequent news amply justified.
The afternoon newspapers here sharply crti-
cised Lord Woseey's summary Of the Natal
situation They say II had distinct resem-
hance TO the statements Of the Spanish Minis
try when preparing their countrymen for news
Of the disaster at Santiago This, however, is
probably an ovefstrained view. There is no
denying the great anxiety existing, which was
increased by the report in circulation, purport-
Ing to emanate from official quarters. to the
effect that the Beers had secured the services
OF thirteen thousand natives.
The vague and varied estimates Of the Boer
losses and the absence Of anything official the
subject also aroused nisgivings as whether
the beaten enemy suffered proportionately to
the disastrous losses Of the victors.
ONE OF THE MANY RUMORS.
One OF the most dsquieting stories comes
from Ladysmith 1t is TO the effect that an
Englishman. who arrived there from Dundee on
Sunday evening. after escaping through the
Boer lines on the previous night. reported that
the enemy then Smelling the camp and
town with heavy guns. while the shells OF the
British were unable 10 reach the enemy's bat
teries. Consequently the man is said to have
added the camp was shifted mile so. in
order 10 be out Of reach Of the Beers who were
firing on the magazine in the town.
AS communications between Glencoe and Lady
smith. which were thought to have been restored