Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-10
THEY ARE N 4 Bad PLIGHT.
Evacuation of Colenso by the Eng
lish Leaves Them Cut Off from
Any Requirements.
BoER CONTROL OF RAILWAY COMPLETE
When Once JOubert Gets the Hills About
Ladysmiih Properly Fortified. His
Army Can March Maritsburg-En-
gland Warned That Beers VIII Never
Consent He Governed as q Colony.

London, Nov. THE evacuation of
Colenso leaves Gen. White in a worse
plight than ever, as it means now that
he is positively and effectively cut off
from reenforcements- Everything in
dictates that the Beers invaded the place
with big force. and since they can so
easily plant their guns on every side of
the town their control of the railway
is complete.
They won't have to keep much OF an
army there when once they get the APP
proaches and hillsides properly forti-
fed, and can soon spare the bulk of
the present invading force to either
march on harrisburg, where the Brit
ish have an immense supply of ammu-
milton, or return in front of Ladysmith
and continue to haraSS White.
The movement of Beers in Cape Colo
ny is beginning to awaken British
fear that they have greatly underesti-
mated the forces they will have to
meet and that even Gen. Buffers task
may not be so easy as anticipated. 1t
is becoming apparent that all the Brit
ish calculations, based on the loyalty
of the population, are hopeIessly at sea
or there is a very serious leakage Of
Dutch sympathizers from Natal and
Cape Colony. Otherwise there is no
accounting for the large forces of
burghers reported from all directions
Beers Admit ultimate Defeat.
London, Nov. 7.-The following dis
patch has come to hand from Mr.. Ben
nett Raleigh. the well-known war cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph.
Writing under date of Ladysmith, Oc-
tober 6, he says:
The primal ground of the Beers is
that the country is theirs by right of
grant, conquest and occupation, and
only with the unbidden consent of the
burghers shall anybody else have a
voice Or the right to rule in the land.
AS intelligent men. though they de-
clare they may be able to withstand
such forces as the English can send
against them for a season, yet should
Britain put forth her whole strength
and no European powers intervene to
aid the Transvaa1, they admit they
must be overpowered.
But" said Mr.. SHUTS. the state at
torney, with the approval of Mr.. ReitZ
and others, ''when you have conquered
the Transvaal it won't be as another
Ireland to England, 1 promise you.
Ireland shall be as a peaceful country
compared with what we shall make of
the Transvaal to England. It viii be
a hell on earth to you of shooting and
unrest. Only the biggest armies will
maintain you in the country"
Enough to Kill 100000 Men.
London, Nov. 1.-The Woolwich
howitzer brigade will be sent to the
Transvaa1 at once. The brigade has
10, 900 rounds of fve-inch lyddite shells
awaiting it. Accord. ng to the esti-
mates, a single shell, falling into a
compact body, will kill 800 men. It
was demonstrated in the battle of Om-
durham, which destroyed the army of
Khalifa Abdullah, that large mum bers
of dervishes were killed by suffocation.
while hundreds of yultures and eagles
fell upon the battlefield from the same
cause.
The Queen and Prince Contribute.
London, Nov. 1.-THE queen has con-
tributed 81. 900 and the prince of Wales
2262 to the Transvaal war fund.