Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-21
||llER WAS RUDE
| 70 Cen. METHuEN
..,,,s General Makes Complaint
Of Gen. Cronle.
PRAISE ENGLAND
IN, grlu.h Troops stood up
,nc ,soers Lord Roberts
a.,,r,. Queen Not it,s'eriesh

-, Dec. q, $3.50 p. m.-The war
=, has received the following from
81 ,-.,,,,or. walker, the British
--,naer at cape,own;
-r,o,,own. Wednesday. Dec. 20
.,,s,n wires that he has received
y ,.oly from Gen. cronje respecting
4 concentrations as to Lieut.. Cham
pS.Gell saying this officer Ia re-
adj as a'spy.
- cronje also states he will hold
,,,,her communication with Meth
4. nee Is the British war Office re-
"a he follow ng. dated sund-y' Dee.
,om Den. Forcstler-walker:
.v,,huen reports that Lieut.. Chan
,.pol.Gell was taken prisoner last
,,,,iay evening. meeting n nag OF
- He waved a handkerchief In re-
80 and was unarined."
g vas no news from South Africa
80 n m. today other than rag
~. and disconnected stories OF past
-, Thls silence IL having the ma
~ Acct Of creating forcbodlngs,
=, ,niendld patriotism Of the volun:
a., Continues to be evidenced on
VI. The newspapers note with sauh.
s,sap The effect that this display OF
t,i,h splrlt and evidence OF the ~.
80. the empire Il able to command
sltrlrg on continental critics.
n, Westminster Gazette, however.
md, a note OF alarm. IL thinks the
-rfnt Il peculiarly unpropltious TO
- abroad the home defenders since
!, srs i quite easy as TO the effect the
tc,tAlngt In South Africa VIII nave
1rat Britaln's European nelsnhors'
bhtei stories from chieveley lamp,
nal All concur In saying the British
"A r,tyeis in an Impossible situation.
M Oldest war correspondents sly
~ never saw anything comparable
~ The bravery OF the men and OIL
or
NJ naval contingent created an Inn
rs,,e lurore. engaging the Beers sim
I. handed and haillng shrapncl win
b.r,e shells on the fortlilcations north
4 NJ town In a vain effort to silence
o. nurderous FIRE OF the Beers while
I, British forced the passage or the
4 NJ advance OF the second brigade
lsr me road leading TO the bridge In
:, lace % deadly fusilndc. IL de-
n.sed a. magnificent. The BRUSH
hrsd their way across the fire zone
chr 4 perfect storm OF bullets from
o Invisible Beers. The patter OF bull
" On the dry plain. It IL valid, raised
. tas. like henSy rain drops on water.
ne heat throughout was Intense
llrs were many stories OF special acts
llyery.
ne duke OF Marlborough. who In n
hsitnant In the Oxfordshirc yeoman-
q and who has volunteered for SER
~ IN South Africa. will take with him
men and horses OF his troop.
u viii personally furnish the equip
tsti Tor these men.
ne Earl OF Warwick. the Earl OF
lssley, the Earl OF Lonsdalc. and VS.
rsti Galway are among the other
tinbsrs u the arlstocracy who have
r1hieercd for service In the cam
Ign against the Beers. The parting
t4ilse which Gen. Lord Roberts sent
luitfiay through the Associated
nu to the American people. IN re-
Esiihed In London today and occu-
> The foremost place In the afternoon
h'sr here which characterize the
ca.ght simple words as cminently SOL
Wy and as having the ring which II
Gained should mark the relations
k'seen the Anglo Saxon people. AL
iush II arrived too late for the usual
-9fial comment on Its contents, the
A'Ay headlines show that his refer
~ 10 Americas fricndlineaa and
.adas patriotism and his reputation
NE charges OF Irish disloyalty are
hisy approved.
Vsesn Victoria and Princess Beatrice
'N BY train from Windsor 10 Farm
.gash this morning and spent an
WIN ex-Empress Eugenie.
'ae queen has been greatly annoyed
we unfounded statements that she
u ill'health and perpctunlly weep
a paragraph contradicting these
~ - appears in the papers. which add
~ has never been her maJesty's
Nv 10 display grief like u hysterical
,ss Allan steamers Laurentia. Par
anu Pomerain, have been char
- uy the government for the pur-
ash Africa.
ysn. Roberts babe farewell to the
ny q Wales AT Marlborough house.
'lah Of the new British command
nI'enef In South Africa includes
ush. Pretyman and Niscount
"'Hs' besides his present stan,
r..rpool, Dec. 2i.-The Cunard line
hsr umbria, which arrived here
AMBER -, from New York. has been
4 w, by the British government
use as. troopship.
r.,
t,sp, Dec. 2l.-The train conveying
b. ,pru Kitchener. now ON his way
n, AZ, we sondan to South Africa via
n,,ny.' was derailed north OF Luxor.
lrsiy Sy u only retarded the generals