Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-15
SENDS In AN ENVOY
Too Many Red Gross Stations in MaieA ~
Suit General 0ronje.
NOT ALLOWED BY GENEVA CoNVtNTl0N
Colonel Bsden-Powell Gives No Satisfaction
TO Boer Commander
BRITISH INDIGNANT AT KRuG -k'S THREAT
Press Censor Blamed for Not SURPRISING
Father Matthews Story.
+IsH INDIGNANT At KRuG .k'S THREAT
WHEREABOUTS or BULLER UNKNOWN
London Morning Post Complains 'h"'
A was unwise Tactics on Part Oh
British to Leave Railway
Intact TO Lndysmith.

LONDON, Nov. ia 80 a. m.-There Is
no additional news regarding the progress
of hostilities in South Africa THIS morning
except a dispatch from Mafeking, torwarueu
by a runner, dated October 23 whlch says
that during the afternoon General Cron'e'
the Boer commander, sent an envoy 10 oolo
mel Baden Powell under flag oil truce W
declare that he did not consider the uehe'a
convention authorized the nag OF tne heu
Cross society to fy from several ouliuines
at once in the town and that in MS OPINION
the employment of natives against "ni',s
and the use of dynamite mines were oo''
opposed to the rules of war
colonel Baden Powell replied that the
Geneva convention did not stipulate as TO
the number of Red Cross stations permlsslpie
and that the Beers were only required 10
rosnect the convent the hospital and the
womens lager, all os which were beyohu
thc town limits. The British commander aiso
pointed out that the mines were recognlAeu
adiuncts. of civilized warfare and that the
defenses of Pretoria were extensively niheu
Moreover. he reminded General Cron!e tnat
the Beers had fired on natives, burheu lheii
kraals and raided their cattle ana tna' 'he
natives only defended their lives ana prop
erty. c.,,,o,
Padpn- Powell the bUtlo SOhNih'N'
arotoIv tn shell the hospital and the
,,o,on.s kraal. The sending OF the envoy
was considered a mere pretext for penetrat T.
ing the British lines at Mafeking. Accord
inp to the latest information the garrison is
conadent of its ability to hold out until the
end of the campaign
So far as Kimberley is concerned the men
tal condition of the British there may De
Judged from the fact that three "euoinsS
nave taken place since the siege pegan' 'n'
last having been celebrated on November o
Indi~nant at kruger's Thrent.
Tn the absence of fresh news the morning
nanors are driven to discuss Lord Salisbury
letter regarding misinterpretatlon Oh NE
sneech at the lord mayors banquet aht
president Kruger's threat to execute Brlt'si
officers in his possession unless Nalhai
Marks. supposed to be Boer spy, Is re
leased. President Kruger's threat mas eA
cited widespread indignation.
The Daily News demands that his frleno
should promptly inform him That MS oW'
neck and that of Or. Reitz, the IrahsVaa
.tate secretary, will be held responsible 10
any such violation Of the elementary ruie
OF civilized warfare.
For once the censorship Is blamed OH ao
count of laxity. 1t is asserted that tne cen
ought to nave SuppreSSeu 'hS s'N''
Father Matthews regarding the surrehue
at Nicholson's Mex, which, while too vagu
40 he considered evidence, must cause uil
easiness. The feeling is that until the lac'
can be ascertained 1t would have been Wis'
NOT to circulate mere gossip
The great delay. on South African caoie
NOW amounting to practically five days an
the lack of any definite news from Luu!
smith give rise to some apprehension whic
is only relieved by the fact that no aaVer'
t,dines have come from either British
pcer sources Nothing Is known as 10 u
vboreabouts of General Sir RedVers buiie
The cruiser Powerful has arrived
slmons bay and began to coal. The cruis
will return to Durham Immediately WI
more guns. .,,
Lord George Hamilton, secretary OF sla
for India, announced in speech last eve
inc that a relief force would be immediate
sent to Ladysmith and beyond that noth''
"a known of the British movement
The morning Post, which complains IN
a was unwise tactics on the part OF BTU
officers to leave the railway intact on Inc
way to Ladysmith. says; 1T Is anotner
lustration of British contempt for Boel
and preserved the Boer line of commune
tion as zealously as though 1t were th'
own
Dr. Jameson has left Capetown Tor En