The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-11-24
STATUS QUO IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Beers Still Hammering Away at Lady
smith and Kimberley.

Beers Still Hammering Away at Lady
smith and Kimberley.
LONDON, Nov. Is, 4:30 a. IN. There
is no additional news regarding The
progress of hostilities in 5ou,n Africa
this morning except dispatch from
Mafeking forwarded by runner, dat
ed October 81, which says shat during
the afternoon General Cronje. the Boer
commander. sent an envoy to Colonel
Baden-POwell under flag of truce to
declare that he did not consider The
Geneva convention authorized ,he lag
of the Red Cross Society to fly from
several buildings at once in the town,
and that in his opinion the employ
ment of natives against whites and tie
use OF dynamite mines were both OPP
posed to the rules of war.
Colonel Baden-Powell replied that
the Geneva convention did not s,iDu-
late as to the number of Red Cross sta
tons permissible. and that tae Beers
were only required to respect the con.
vent, the hospital and the women's la
| dger, all of which were beyono The
town limits. The British comnanGe.
also pointed out that mines were recog-
nized adjuncts of civilized warfare, and
the deienses Of Pretoria were eAtcn.
sively mines. Moreover, he reminded
General Cronje that the Beers had
fired upon natives, burned their kraals
and released their cattle, and that tbs
natives only defended their lives ara
property.
fhpnn IN fsF. r,.a
Baden Powell the Beers continued de-
liberateiy To shell the hospital and the
women's laager. The sending OF the
Boer envoy was regarded, the dispatch
says, as mere pretext for penetrating
the British lines at Mafeking. Accord
ing To the latest reports the town is
confident of its ability to hold out un-
I'll the end of the campaign.
So far as Kimberley is concerned tae
mental condition of the British thera
must be good from the fact that three
weddings have taken place since me
siege began, the last having been cele-
| brated November 8.
nothing is known as to the where
abouts of General Redvers Buller. II.
ii. s. Powerful has arrived at Simoni
bay from Durham and begun to coal!
| The cruiser will return to Durham ill
mediately with more guns Lord
George Hamilton, Secretary of State
for India, announced in speech las.
evening that a relief force would 5a
sent TO Ladysmith Immediately, hut
beyond that nothing is known of the
British campaign, and equal secrecy
shrouds the movements Of the Beers
BOER DEMAND AND THREAT
LONDON. Nov. li.-Nothing is
known either at the War Office or the
Colonial Office here regarding ths al
legged Official statement cabled fr'in
Cape Town saying State Secretary
Reitz, In behalf Of the Transvaal dow
ernment has demanded that General
White Immediately release Nathan
Marks, u supposed spy, who IL con.
fined at I.adysmith, the dispatch add,
Ing that President Kruger threaIchs
II Marks IL executed To retalia.e b,
shooting six British officers In IN,
hands of the Beers, u Is turtle. as
serted from Cape Town tha, Mark,
J went IN l.adysmith after the invest
mont OF that place with the suppJsa.
object of obtaining information for ,h'
Beers, and one version ~ the story Il
that the Transyaal authorities nav
Threatened Ia execute sls British OH
cers II the supposed spy IN not released
tO which General buller IL said Ia aaNl
replied that ihs British were rntlilo'
90 retain the man until he should rsn
d'r a Halisiasiory account OF hims,ll
iCOnilpued un pago ~