The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
BoERs SHELL Hospitals
The Geneva Convention D,.
Tho Transvaal BurEher., In III. y
Face of Protests.

g no additional news regaraina nere
progress of hostilities in South ee
his morning except a dispatch .ea -
Mafeking, forwarded by rna. On
dated October 81, which saws that a
ing the afternoon Gen. Cron,o ai'
Boer commander, sent an enyov - @
Baden-fowell, under a f~g of trna W.
to declare that he did not eona.s
the Geneva convention authorized AZ
flag of the Red Cross society to @ az
from several buildings at once in a
town, and that in his opinion tbe -
ployment of natives lgainst wb;ts
and the use of dynamite mines was
both opposed to the rules of war
Col. Baden-Powen's Reply.
Col. Baden-Powell replied that II.
Geneva convention did not stinn,a,
as to the number of Red Cross stat;os.
permissible and that the Beers war
only required to respect the conven.
the hospital and the women's laaoos
all of which We're beyond the to.a
limits. The British commander al,a
pointed out that mines were recoa
nized adjuncts of civilized warfar,
and that the defenses of Pretoria we,,
extensively mined Moreover, he ro.
minded Gen. Cronje that the Boe,,
had fired upon natives, beyond tbei,
kraals and raided their cattle, and th.,
the natives only defended their live.
ard property.
Continued to SheII the Hospita,,
Despite these warnings from Cal
Baden-Powell the Beers continued ia.
lberately to shell the hospital and tba
women's laager. The sending of ths
Boer envoy was regarded, the dispatch
says, as mere preteXt for penetratiD,
the British lines at Mafeking. Accord.
ing to the latest reports, the town il
confident of its ability to hold out IN.
til the end of the campaign.
Marrying md Giving in Marriage.
SO far as Kimberly is concerned. the
mental condition of the British there
may be judged from the fact that
three weddings have taken place since
the siege began, the last having been
celebrated on November s.
Discussing Lord SaIisbury's Letter
In the absence of fresh news, the
morning papers are driven TO discuss
Lord Salisbury's letter regarding mis-.
interpretations of his utteranees at the
lord mayors banquet, and President
| l. tn rtt fish aH
GERS now in his hands unless Nathan
Marks, supposed Boer spy, is re
leased by Sir George White.
The premier's deliveranee meets
with universal approval, although the
explanation was in no way necessary
as outside of the Daily Chronicle, not
one had supposed his words could
bear the meaning which Boer sympa
thizers had been endeavoring to read
into them.
should be Held Responsible.
President Kruger's threat has es
cited widespread Indignation.
The Daily News demands that bis
friends should promptly inform him
that his own neck and that of Dr..
Reitz, the Transvaal state secretary
will be held responsible for any such
violation of elementary rules of civil
lied warfare.
Censorship Blamed.
For once the censorship is blamed
on account of laXity. 1t is asserted
that the censor ought to have sup
pressed the story of Father Matthews
regarding the surrender at Nichol
sons Mex, which, while toovague to be
considered evidence, must cause un'
eGsiness. The feeling is that, until The
facts can be ascertained. it would have
been wiser not to circulate mere Cos
sip.
Some Apprehension Felt.
The great delay on South African
cables, now amounting practically 10
FIVE days, and the lack of any definite
news from Ladysmith give rise to somr
apprehension, which is only relieved
by the fact that no adverse tiding'
have come from either British or BoeT
sources.
Shrouded In Mystery.
Nothing is known as to the where
abouts of Gen. Sir Redvers Butler.
II. NJ. S. Powerful has arrived a.
Simon's bay, from Durham and begun
to coal. The cruiser will return 10
Durham Immediately with more guns
Lord George Hamilton, secretary OF
state for India, announced in speech
Monday evening that a relief force
would Immediately be sent to LADY
smith, but beyond that nothing
known OF the British plan of can
paign, and equal secrecy shrouds 'nf
movements of the Beers.
British Contempt for the Boers'
The Morning Post, which complains
that ii was unwise tactics on the pal'
Of the British officers TO leave the ran
way intact in heirretirement to Lady
smith, says:
at is another illustration OF BTU
lsh contempt for the Beers that lnel
treated the retirement as though
were an advance and preserved u''
enemys line of communication %
carefully as if it had been our own
Sailed for England.
DR.. Jameson. the hero of the rdlH
left Cape Town for England lSS'
Thursday. The Cape authorities nav,
seized a wireless telegraph plant 1ouDo
Cd board a vessel destined for DelasO'
Bay.
Troops Continue to Arrive
London. Nov. lit was oincia,F
announced this afternoon thal NV
trcorsbip Britannia has arrived y
Cape Town and that the troopship l''