The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-09
humanity meant the Boer use Of the
white flag.
FAPNEy An NEkEELYTNIO

AttCE Al MAHEh1NG.
There was no further news from the
seat Of war this morning. 1t was said in
dispatch from Estcourt, dated Sunday,
that Gen. White received orders from Gen.
Sir Redvers Butler on Saturday. Nothing
further has been received In London con-
corning Thursdays and Fridays sorties.
A special dispatch from Pietermaritzburg,
dated Sunday, says:
1T is confidently expected that railway
communication will be restored with
Ladysmith within a few hours
Further details from MafeHdng, carrying
events up to Oct. 27, indicate that the
Boer firing was easing off, the garrison
was in high spirits and the siege becom-
ing farce. The correspondent says that
the people were in the habit of shouting
from the housetops, "'Ware shells!' and
that rabbit holes had been eXcavated in
the town into which the men would dive
when the smoke of the Boer big guns was
seen. Gen. CrOnje is accused of dropping
shells in the direction of the women 8
laager
According to a dispatch from Kriager,
British Bechuanaland, dated Monday, Col.
Plumer's column, marching from Fort
Tuli to the relief of Mafeking, had reached
Marcvol Kop, opposite Ootsi, ten miles
north Of Lobatsi on Oct. Is, and were
nearing Mafeking.
dolence to the mother of the late Com
mander Egerton, of the British cruiser
Powerful, who was fatally wounded by
the explosion of a-shell at the lombard
ment of Ladysmith, on Nov. 2, when, as
a gunnery lieutenant, he was in charge
Of one Of the cruisers big guns.
BASUTO UPRISING FEARED.
The danger Of a Basuto uprising is now
admitted to be imminent, and this Will
affect Gen. Buffers plan of campaign,
and may render necessary the mobiliza-
ton Of second army corps. Great con-
fidence is felt in the personal influence
Of Sir Godfrey Lagden, the British resi-
dent in Basutoland, who prevented Lero-
thodi from assailing the Free State at
the time Of the jameson raid. 1t is now
hoped that he can keep under restraint
the paramount and lesser chiefs. The
Basutos have a large force Of mounted
warriors armed with rifles, and highly
skilled mounted infantry, and they have
an innate passion for fighting and strong
animosity towards the Dutch. An eX-
perienced British officer says:
Remember that no white troops can
operate in that country. We have the
credit for beating them in the last Basuto
war, but in reality they gave in Of their
own will. Unless Lagden can now hold
them back by appeals to their loyalty to
EuSldIIQ IAey Will uSnls anu lIIlS Will
mean that when our war with the Dutch
IS over we must engage in an endless and
perilous campaign in Basutoland."
Certainly, with the Free State at war
with England, 1t Is impossible for the
British troops to police the Basuto border
or take any but ineffective precautionary
measures for averting a dire catastrophe.
This black menace is the darkest cloud
now settling over South Africa,
GOOD NEWS COMING.
The Daily Mail has the following dis
patch from Queensmouth, Cape Colony,
as follows:
1.-THE railway forces are withdrawing
from all the border stations between
here at De Aar. There is no cause for
alarm, however, with reference to the
border towns. Gen. Butler has taken
effective steps to check the Boer ad-
vance. Censorship prevents particulariz-
ing, but you may expect good news
scon.''
DEFENSE OF PIETERMARTTZBUR
A dispatch from Durham gives details
which, though rather indefinite, seem to
show that the Natal volunteers are NOV
ing the big guns which are insuff1ciently
mobile for field use from Estcourt
to Piertermaritzburg to assist in the de-
fense Of the latter in case Of attack
Advices from Maauwapoort, Cape Col
ony, filed Monday morning, say on learn
ing that the Beers were removing the
rails at NorvaPs Pont, the railway de-
partment the previous day destroyed the
culvert between Arundel and Tweendale
INVITED TO LEAVE HOLLAND.
A special dispatch from The Hague
says:
DIR Leyds, the diplomatic agent of the
Transvaal, has received a friendly intima-
ton that his visit to Holland during the
war must cease"