Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

majors. six captains and ten Iieutenants
were wounded
This heavy loss among the officers was
due. as the latest dispatches from the
front show, To their valiant but insensate
conduct in sticking to the traditions Of the
British army and refusing TO use the cover
Of which the men awaited themselves In
stormiug the BOer position on the summit
of the kOpje.
In the Rank and File.
Among the rank and file the Hussars had
seven wounded; the artillery. one killed
and three wounded; the Leiecstershire Reg
iment. one wounded; the Kings Rifles,
eleven killed and sixty-eight wounded; the
Irish Fusileers. fourteen killed and thirt!
wounded. the Dublin Fus:leers. four killed
and forty-on" wounded, and the Natal po-
lice, two wounded.
Colonel SherSJou was nephew % Gen
erai Lord Frederick Roberts As his aid
dc-camp he went through the Afghan war
accompanying Lord Roberts on the famous
Eandhar march.
war, and was also in the Burmah cam
paign-
The Outlook publishes dispatch from
Cape Town. dated yesterday. alleging chat
the Beers are not likely 70 make any fur
Their considerable offensive moveileHt- The
correspondent saws
They are utterly Gomora!izod. and the
men refuse to take risks. They are grow
ing to disirUst the aged Joubert.
The mixed rncrcenarics are proving trout
blesome Thc artillery is badly handled
and the administrative department IS re-
Nealing marked defects.
Mr.. Schreiner. the Cape premier IS each
day being brought more into line with the
policy of Sir Alfred AIilRer. British COM
missioner in South Africa and governor of
Cape Colony; and his resignation is not
now desired. the pTemier's present at
titude is considered a safeguard against
Dutch disaffectiOn.'
H., f;--f for ir1a Rho
dcsia comes in a telegram from Tuli. dated
October IL. The dispatch says: Major
Pilson. from Rhodes Drift with fifty, Beers
passed Punt Drift this morning, shouting
that they would make the British sit up.
Another body Of Beers has crossed the
river at Baius Drift and Is marching on
MaCL0utSie where the s'maSteT declares
that he thinks he can hold the Beers at
bay. The garrison is throwing up intrench-
mcuts."
This shows that the Beers have thus far
achieved nothing in the direction Of Rho
dtSia-
Continental Powers Ask Questions.
A dispatch from London says: 1t is re-
ported that Great Britaiu's immense mill
tary preparations against ,wo insignificant
republics are viewed with considerable Gu
riosiJy in some of the European capitals.
notably Paris and St. Petersburg Notes
have been exchanged on the subject. and
it is even limited in unofficial quarters that
inquiries will be addressed TO the British
government as to the contemplated ahSorp-
ton of the two republics by the British
empire.
The press association tonight announces
with an air of authority that the govern
ruput's plan is 10 terminate the war i'll the
sueediest possible manner after the forts
at Pretoria and Johannesburg have been
RACED and then 10 promulgate By order OF
the queen in council new constitution for
q group Of five federal states-Cape Colony.
The TrausvaaI. Natal the Orange River
Free State and RhOdesia-under the title
If the Dominion Of South Africa. the crown
to nominate a governor general, and the
five states having power each to elect It's
-vn lieutenant governor. and To have local
legislatures. with dominion parliament to
meet AT Cape Town.
With some notifications the scheme +
based upon lines similar 10 those of the
Canadian government.