The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-15

is no additional news regarding the
progress Of hostilities In South
Africa this morning except a dis
- match from Mafeking forwarded by
a runner. dated October 81, which says
+bo+ during the afternoon General Cronje,
the Boer commander, sent On ENVY ~
Colonel Baden-Powell under a flag or
+rnce IN declare that he did not consider
tho Geneva convention authorized the
aag of the Red Cross Society to ny
from several buildings at once in the
town. and that in his opinion the employ
ment of natives against whites ana the
use of dynamite mines were both opposed
to the rules of war
Colonel Baden-Powell replied that the
Geneva. convention did not sttpulate as 10
tho number of Red Cross stations permits
sible and that the Beers were only re-
! ouired 10 respect the convent, the nos
pital and the women iaager, an Oh WHICH
were beVOnd the town uIllltS. ne bllliSH
commander also pointed OUT tndl mines
we're recognized adjuncts OF civilized war
fare, and the defenses OF pretoria Were
extensively mines. Moreover, he re,
minded General Cronje that the Beers mad
fired upon natives, burned thelr hIa [Sl
and released their cattle, ana that the ma
tives only defended their lives ana prop
Ijesnite three warnings from Colonel
! Raden-Poweu the Beers continued dello-
erately to shell the hospital ana t the
Women'S laager. Inc Sehuihs IL! t
saws as a mere preteXt for penetrating
the British lines at Mafeking. ACCORDING
| to the latest reports the town is cohIueht
I of its ability 10 nolu oul uhth Inv Gu
! of the campaign. 49,
/ So far as Kimberley is concerned the
! mental condition of the British there must
he good from the fact that three weddings
! have taken place since the siege began,
/ the last having been celebrated on No
vember s. 49, ,,-,,
/ inp DaDers are driven TO discuss Loru
| Salispurv's letter regarding mSlnterpre-
/ tations of his utterances at the Loru
| MAYORS banquet and President Kruger
! threat to execute British officers now IN
| his hands unless Nathan Marks, a sup
| nosed Roer spy, is released by Sir George
| White The Premier dellVerance meets
with universal approval, altnougn tne
! explanation was in no way necessary as,
| outside of the Daily Chronicle, no one
! had supposed his words could bear the
/ meaning which Boer sympathlzers mad
| haen endeaVorfng to read into them
| president Kruger's threat has excited
| widespread indignation. The Daily News
demands that his friends should promptly
inform him that his own NECK ana Z lIla'
/ of DR.. Reitz, the TransVaal State Secre-
/ tary will be held responsible for any
/ such violation of the elementary rules OF
civilized warfare. -
| account of laxity 1t is asserted that the
/ censor ought to have suppressed the story
! of Father Matthews regarding the sur
! render at Nicholsons Mex, winch Whlle
/ TOO vague to be considered evidence
must cause uneasiness. The feeling Is
| that until the facts can be ascertained II
! would have been wiser not 10 circulate
mere gossip.
! The great delay on South African cables
/ now amounting practically TO five days
/ and the lack of any definite news from
! Iadvsmith give rise to some apprehen-
/ sion. which is only relieved by the fac'
! that no adverse tidings have come from
| either British or Boer sources.
! Nothing is known as to the where
| abouts of General Redvers Butler. II. Nj
/ s Powerful has arrived at Simons Bay
/ from Durham and begun to coal. The
/ cruiser will return to Durham Immediately
! with more guns Lord George Hamilton
/ Secretary Of State for India, announced
! in a speech last evening that relief force
] would be sent to Ladysmith Immediately
! but beyond that nothing is known of the
! British campaign. and equal secrecy
! shrouds the movements of the Beers.
The Morning Post, which complains Il
| was unWise tactics on the part OF the
british officers to leave the railway intact
! in their retirement to Ladysmith, says:
at is another illustration OF British
contempt for the Beers that they treated
! the retirement as though 1t were an ad'
/ vance and preserved the enemy lines OF
communication as carefully as if it hac
been our own. :.
DR.. Jameson, the hero Of the raid. left
/ Cape Town for England last Thursday.