Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-08
DUTCH SUPREMACY
IN SOUTH AFRICA
London Times Says that is the
Dutch Ambition.
BOER LOSS AT MODDER RIVER
English E.,imatc says $50 Major
seou-Turner's charge More Troops
Tor south Africa.

London. Dec. Seen. Buffers arrival
at Frcrc Is held TO Indicate that all the
preparations FOR an advance TO the re-
lief OF Lndysmlth arc complete and
that Htlrrlng nows viii soon be re-
cclvcd, The fact that Lord Mcthucn
n announced Ms rcsuming his command
at almost the same moment II Inter
prctcd In some quarters To mean that
battles VIII be- fought simultaneously In
Natal and at spytfontcin. II appears
doubtful. however. whether Gen. Meth
uen'H force Il yet ready for what viii
evidently be u heavy encounter.
The construction Of the temporary
bridge across Mod1cr river has cntailed
enormous labor and even now the
structure " liable 10 be washed away
should q heavy storm come. Gen.
Mcthucn has been obliged TO move his
camp a mile north In consequence OF
the unsanilary state OF the stream. due
to the presence Of the bodies OF dead
Docrs. As the railway bridge was COM
plctely destroyed. he was compelled to
leave considerable force to protect
his communications.
a special correspondent sends the In
tcrcstlng information regarding Hocr
tactics that cummnndant General Jou-
bort has given general orders to reserve
iitc until the British are within the
close range of 900 yards. At the Mod
der iv,r battle the FREQ state burgh-
.rr became nervous, opened iirc pre-
maturcly. thus revealing their position
and frustrated the Bocr plans.
The Morning Post publishes an ar
tlclc warning the british public that
the diHilluslon already experienced re-
spccting the Boor forces In Natal "
likely TO bc repeated on the western
border"
II says that men arc wanted every
WHERE. and asks why the splendid body
OF royal marines IL now being cm-
ploycd In sweeping iioors and washing
paint In England and II not sent out
/ 60 handle the naval guns. Instead ~ the
hurrlcdly trained men. unfamiliar with
these weapons, who have gone.
The government has decided to dis
| patch to South Africa az the earliest
/ possible moment. a cavalry brigade OF
/ about 1900 men.
Iiuron Loeb. former governor OF Cape
/ Colony. and British high commission
/ er for South Africa, lecturing In Lon
don last evening, related some OF his
experiences with President Kruger. lie
said the remarks of the Transvanl
president years ago showed that he
contemplated Just the state OF nffairs
which has now arisen. Mr.. Kruger even
expressed a desire to have n seaport
and said the Trnnavaal hoped to have
navy some day.
The Times. commenting upon Lord
| Ioch'H "reminiscences, says that they
prove up TO the hit the Dutch ambi-
ton for Dutch supremacy In South
| Africn
The Daily Mail publishes dispatch
from Julian Ralph at Moddcr river,
| who says;
'Tho Kimberley people are troubled
By the necessity Of feeding 10000 ia
sutoH In tho diamond holds. whom the
lioerH refuse to allow tn depart, and
who. should they fail To get enough
meat become dircontcntod and reat-
less.
ION the night Of the battle Of Moddcr
siyrr, Kimberley missing the accus.
toned signals from here, was In great
| anxiety. fearing that we had been de-
fcntcd. The fact was that we did not
use our aearchlight for fear the Boei
guns would wreck the APPARATUS. Five
hundred and thirty Beers were KILLED
number has already been accounted
for. and the cnemy'H losses were prob
ably much heavier"
4 special dispatch from Kimberley
| dated wednesday, November s9th
says: AS result OF signals from the
relief force To the south and of certain
movements on the part Of the Hocr~
Col. kckewich detcrm'rgd TO make Q
sortie with n rio~ To keeping u larg,
force OF Boera employed here.
Yesterday afternoon n portion OF III,
garrison with artillery under Mai
chamler. and mounted troops undcl
Major Scott-Turner, advanced south
west towards tho Boer positions ant
invested Carriers farm. which com
plcted the line II was intended to holt
In Wow Of Lord Methuen's early mp
proach.
Major Scott-Turncr then turned hi
attention to the Boer laager. which h,
routed In fnc style In spite OF tn en-
cmy's heavy IRE. All the camp equip
ncntH were completed or destroyed
Finally the British Etormcd the ridgj
and captured three redoubts after So
we're lighting,
"In leading the men who were storm
ting the fourth rcdoubt, Major Scott
Turner and Lieut.. Wright were killed
II IL alleged that they were struck b,
explosive bullets The death NJ Maio
Scott-Turner compelled the British q
retire unon Carriers farm. the who'll