The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
|ETHUfN WON'T RETIRE
EU,i that He Will hold His Ground at
The MOdder River.
BER1sHlS NOT YET ASSUMED COMMAND
i Win Have Nothing to DO with
the Fight Until He Has Looked
Over the situation.

New York, December GA dispatch to
\ Tribune from London says: The
m correspondent of the Mail says that
/ kyds waited on NJ. Delcasse and
Pa bis services in the cause of peace.
French minister, it is understood,
A,n equiyocal reply, asking, in fact.
/ Tine for consideration.
net which may be safely inferred
% lns admiralty reports of the move
~ Of transports is that the battalions
'as Filth division, as they arrive in
~ Africa. are divided between Natal
we western border, some going to
nn and others to Deaar. This seems
ssp indication that General Methuen
iold mis- ground at Modder river and
'sleat to the Orange river, as many
As9 military writer's for the press
4 Nea elamoring TO have him do,
~ himeerley to its fate. The moral
w scch retreat would be exceed
vaa' since it would be a confess
" failure of one of the first objects
l'' > campaign with the corps. Mill
4sl now assert that if General Me-
ns ,e.nement had been contemplated
niaiofcements arriving at Cane
,su'a nave been hurried forward to
,,r. eompiete the work of relieving
a, SINCE they would not have
s..aea at Deaar or Belmont. They
sls 10 assume that Modder river
e,r.,4 aue second base for ultimate
Nm me- across the country to BIoem-
III, sn.n the auxiliary transport with
su and carts has been organized.
kxt,' n. Is poaching upon Lord
as r ~. veteran who will start today
xa,r,noae command. Ii Is general
,Isea ~ from hints dropped al the
r.,nonsiss,u,,n ne has declined TO assume
a,,ir.i for the campaign until
ID w. On the ground. and that he
,saydrrassed General Butler with
bf Nj, or advice from London,
NJ, r.,. aaye free hand until Lord
Ir,,a .scnes Capetown. and will then
49, The troops in Natal "' '"en
rnmors current before mid
" inc hue based on an alleged state.
ut N. manager of the Creusot COM
bs .ns noer ammunition was rum
rss.,s nu That urgent dissatches had
hnai.,1 from Pretoria asking for
y ffnos,e Shipment of large supplies.
49, as We're too untrustwortbv r.
sarsr consideration. There was
Il .ack OF Boer ammunition
Aletr saasersiontein or Colenso or
h ren,a 10y Whatever delay there has
punsd to the British artillery
Sai,sh,. 700 easily by the strategy
n tbs,r tactics of the Dutch In con-
N tbas, positions until they could
his,IssM with deadly effect
At lsan lhese Paris rumors is less
re tbs s ~ accurate information re-
Y can ttaciiity with which military
iens e landed, The Delagoa bay
e1inen, oe alar, II not wide omen.
tai I, Ineiishman remarked yes
tsS = so, would have been better il
Rnl Il sosernment had allowed the
Alur n, acquire Delagoa bay instead
katS A. purchase. for inYthat case
y i,n seet could have blockaded II
4 IA could have landed with the
Vi most direct road to Pretoria
" Of u,,
~ WINSTON Churchilrs arrival
chez have arrived barely in
iodav ms mother before her d.
cape IN the hospital ship Maine
M a a having nearly recon-
Hlcis ysplnet by dispIacing Sir
saber,,.,seac al the treasury with
hon an IN Diminishing Lord Lans-
ehbu,v' we war Office and urging
~Sesy and the other ministers 10
sas y make room for younger
4 % guns upon the artillery
'ps'ating on the general