The Portland daily press., 1899-11-27
MORE HOPEFUL.



they may judge this q fitting time TO
IN tervsne. especially rs the Afhkanders
are going more and more to the Boer
side."
Rerlin, Novsm Der 18Th Reichsan-
xeiaer announces that Great Britain has
notified Germany that since Octol or IL,
state Of war has existed with the two
Dutch republics.
The Kolnisch Zsitung commenting
upon this, says: 1.-The announce meni
is Of two-fold Importance. In the frat
place 1t proves that England receded
from her former view point Of regarding
the Beers rs mere rebels; ard secondly
10 imposes upon all Germans the duty OF
preserving strict neutrality"
BUTLER AT PIETERMARITZBUR G,
London. Nov 27.-Special dispatches
from Pietermaritzburg announce the ar
rival of General Butler there. He met
with splendid. reception. Railway
communication between Estcourt and
Moot river has been restored by Lord
Dundonald's forces aud the Moot river
column entered Estcourt yesterday (Sun-
day., the Escourt column Immediately
starting the advance toward Colenso.
FARMERS SEIZE RIFLES.
Capetown, Saturday, Nov. pa de-
spatch from Queenstown says the mayor
of Barkley East, who has arrived there,
asserts that last Wednesday 70 well
known Barley East farmers seized the
local magazine with 800 martins and
4 900 rounds OF ammunition. They wore
Orange pugarees, made lively demon
stration and rode through Hartley's bar
and billiard room. During the evening
1870 Free State burghers arrived and i'm
mediately joined them.
BOERS TAKE A TOWN.
Cape Town, November 20 (Midnight)
Tho Beers occupied Stormbsig, Cape
Colony, Sunday mo ming.
EsTCoURT HEARD FROM.
Durham, (Noon), November 26.-Tels-
graphic communication with Estoourt
has been restored.
GEN. BULLER AT DURHAM.
Durham. Saturday, November 2s.-sir
Redvers Bullsr. looking the pink Of
health, arrived here this evening aud I'm
mediately process ded up country In the
governors car. He was enthusiastically
chesred by the people.
JOUBERT RETIRING.
Estoourt, November 26.-Commsndant
General Joubert is rssiring from Mooi
river on Ladysmith.
ROER PRISONERS ARRIVE.
Caps Town. November 20 (Evsning).-
The Boer prisoners from Belmont arrived
this evening. The wounded prisoners
wera sent to the military hospital at
Wyuberg and the others to the convict
station, which has been converted into
q military prison All appeared to have
lost heart and were in = frightful dilspl'
dated condition.
GLUM IN LONDON.
London November 25.-1hs position
in Natal remains full of perplexitiss.
which the censorship has inorea ed. Al.
though division and = half have now
reached Durham, that place Is practically
poweriess until supplied with oava Try
and artillery and until these arrive, the
situation will undoubtedly remain grave.
With three heleasuered garrisoRs In Ma
tai besides Kimberley and Msfsk n and
no signs of sucoor N the immediate fu
turs 1t Is no wonder that the outlook Is
regarded as distinctly gloomy touight
and that the most possible Is made Of
Gen. Aeshuen's success, ch as 1t was
That battle decided nothing and IL sssms
certain that many experts are Of the
opinion that the story of the return Of
the pursuing cavalry without getting in
touch with the retreating Beers Indicate
that the cavalry discovered In time that
it had gone on 1t would soon have been
on the Pretoria racs course with Its CON-
radss OF the Hussars.
it will not surprise anyone greatly II
the Beers are shortly again discovered In
an entrepched position near the spot
from which General Msthuen baI just
evioted them. From no other point can
even a sem blance OF success be reported.
| Mafeking Is apparently In worse pligh t
than the Britisners have hitherto cared to
nd NIT aud it is difficult to see how it ceo
be relieved for some time TO come. While
| tina officIal despatches from the boei
| head laaaer outside Ladysmith dated No
We Der "a showed that the town was Still
flying the union jack ON Friday, the
cheerful tone of the message and the evil
dent anticipation OF the speedy reduction
| of Ladysnith 10 not calculated 60 cheer
| anxious relations.
The reported silence Of the British gums
| also again arousss fear of q shortness oil
| ammunition ard the fear that the Boers
have lust placed In position another siege
gun shows that they have not yet done
| their worst. The arrival of the German
ofiicsrs, some OF whom. 10 lie understood.
| gained large experiences in reducing fort
| tiled towns in 1901, Ii calculated to
| lead to a change OF tactics which will add
| TO the suspense OF the sorely tried gar
rison. The situst In the northern por-
| ton Of Cape Colony Is about as unsatis-
factory as 1t can b.. Beers are turning
up in all directions.
| A Cape Town despatch reeeived at a
late h-ur tonight reports that the enemy
have blown up a railway bridge hstween
| Rosemead junction and Middlshurg
| W it'll the object Of preventing an advance
| from Port Elizabeth. This Was etfects
| by a small commando which, IL Is stated,
remains in the nsig hborhood. The effect
of blowing up this bridge Will tend to
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