The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-11
CENSORSHIP SEEMS SEVERE.
DISPATCHES FROM SOUTH AFRICA
ARRIVE SLOWLY.

Butler May Not Begin the Camnaign
Before Christmas-LoOISs as II
England "WiII MuddIe Through
H." as Lord Salisbury snid-BritIsh
Are Conserving Their Ammuni-
tion-BOers Planting More GUNS In
bills Around Lndysmith.
London, Nov. Il, 4.9O a. m.-Complete
silence has again fallen upon affairs in
South Africa.
The British public must perforce be con-
tent with the brief, stereotyped report
which the censor allows to filter through
from Cape Town. That this condition of
things is no longer due to pressure OF
work or defective cables, has been amply
proven. The Eastern Telegraph Com
pany reckons that the real delay in trans
mission is about two days. IL is evident
therefore. that the censorship Is respon-
sible for the other two days of delay which
seems to befall all the dispatches.
Moreover. the Daily Telegraph announces
that its appropriated" dispatch from
Ladysmith, dated Monday which the war
office published on Tuesday. was not de-
(Thursday) morning 1t is believed the
war office received further dispatches yes
terday afternoon, but none has been pub
lished.
II is believed that Cen Butler never ex-
pected to commence the campaign before
Christmas, and 1t now looks as though
this will be the case. Certainly no artll-
lery can reach Durham before Nov. A. and
without additional guns, the advance from
Estcourt would be impossible.
"WilI Middle Through It,"
No doubt as Lord Salisbury said in a
recent speech, England viii "muddle
through it, and yet another Illustration
of muddling has become apparent in the
fact that gunnery instructors have only
just arrived at Woowich Arsenal for in
structons in siege train duties. Although
hurried preparations are being made TO
prepare the siege trains, the fact that the
men are at Davenport and the guns at
Woolwich seems to show that the idea OF
the siege train was quite an afterthought
The Morning Post says:
What will come of such muddling, II
we ever come to fighting a foe able to
turn 1t to advantage7 Some radical re-
forms are still needed in our mobilization
arrangements"
The statement from Ladysmith that the
British guns do not reply to the Boer ar
! tillery because the concrete beds for the
guns have not yet hardened, Is interpret
ed in some quarters 10 mean simply that
the British are outstanding their ammuni-
ton as the Boer fire is only trick 10 get
the British to waste shells.
Beers Planting More Guns.
Among the few items that have arrived
from the Cape to-day is one saying that
the Beers are planting more guns in the
hills surrounding Ladysmlth. All the cor
respondents in the beleaguered town are
safe and anxious to reopen communica-
ton.
A gentleman, who visited Nicholson S
Mex after the engagement, counted TWEEN
| ty-five killed and seventy wounded
The latest advices from Kimberley, dated
Nov. 2 say that all was well there then.
An explosion had been heard. and the sup
position was that the Beers had b,own
up the railway culvert south of Dron-
| field.
The Belgian government, II Is said, has
warned Dr. Leyds, whose headquarters is
at Brussels, that Belgium is a neutral
| country.