The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-11


in Ladysmith Are All Right-1im-
berIey Not Affected.
LONDON, Nov 11-Complete silence
has again fallen upon affairs in South At
rfca. The British public must perforce
be contented with the brief, stereotyped
report which the censor allows to filter
through from Cape Town That this con-
d4hon of things is no longer due to pres
sure Of work or defective cables has
been amply proved The Eastern Tele-
graph company reckons that the real de-
lay in transmission is about two days.
1t is evident therefore, that the censor
ship Is responsible for the other two days
OF delay which seems to befall all the
dispatches. Moreover, the Daily Tele-
graph announces that its appropriated"
dispatch from Ladysmith dated Monday,
which the war office published on Tues
day, was not delivered in Fleet street un-
til yesterday CFriday) morning. 1t is be-
heved that the war office received further
dispatches last evening, but nothing has
been published.
At banquet in the city of London yes
terday the Duke Of Cambridge, speaking
Of the war, said:
We ought never to have allowed ou~-
selves TO be in a position which the out
break Of war found US. I could cry over
the lives that might have been spared
If We had been better prepared"
NOT TILL CHRISTMAS.
1t is said that Gen. Butler never ex-
pected to commence the campaign be-
fore Christmas, and it now looks as if
this will be the case Certainly no ar
tiliery can reach Durham before Nov Il,
and without additional guns an advance
from Estcourt would be impossible No
doubt, as Lord Salisbury said in his
speech, England win ''muddle through"
and an Illustration of muddling has be-
come apparent from the fact that gun
merry instructors have only just arrived
at Woolwich al senal for instruction in
siege field pieces. Although men have
been selected to manage the siege train.
the fact that the men are at Devonport
and the guns at Woolwich seems to in
dicate that the siege train was an after
thought. The Morning Post says:
What would be the effect of our mud
ding if we came to fight foe able to
turn it to advantage? Some notable re-
forms are needed in our system
The explanation that the naval guns
do not reply to the Boer artillery because
the concrete beds for the guns have not
hardened seems TO indicate that the Bit
fsh are outstanding their ammunition, as
the Boer fire does no harm and only
wastes their ammunition
The Beers are busy planting more guns
on the hills surrounding Ladysmith. All
the correspondents in the beIeaguered
town are safe and anxious to get into
communication.
The latest advice from Kimberley, dat
ed Nov. >, say that all was well there
then. An explosion had been heard. and
the suppOsition was that the Beers had
blown up the railway culverts at Dron-
field.
DIR. LEYDS WARNED
The Belgian government. 1t is said. has
warned Dr. Leyds, whose headquarte, is
at Brussels, that Belgium is a neutral
country.
A corps of engineers at Gibraltar will
accompany the siege train to the Cane.
and the men will be used in mounting
the heavy guns on embrasures Artillery
men of known qualities will be sent to
the front.
TROOPS FOR TRANSVAAL.
The troopship Bavarian sailed from
queenstown this evening for the Cape,
carrying the Connaught rangers, the First
battalion of the Royal Dublin fusileers
and contingent Of miscellaneous troops.
altogether over 1900 men, besides a guam
tity of stores. Crowds witnessed and
cheered the departure Of the vessel.
PIGEON POST.
The British war Office has received from
Gen. Butler the following dispatch:
Cape Town, Thursday evening, Nov g.