The age-herald., 1900-05-30
IN SUBURBS OF
 JOHANNESBURG Lord Roberts Will Enter the City
 at NOOn MEETS LITTLE OPPOSITION A Dispatch From Pretoria Says the Transyaal Government Has Opened or is About 10 Open Peace
 Negotiations.
MEETS LITTLE OPPOSITION

London, May 30.-3;30 a. m.-Lord Roberts is bivouacklng in the suburbs of Johannes burg, and intends to make a victorious try at noon today. Judging from his dis patch, he must have private information re- garding the disposition of the garrison in the fort, as he does not seem to expect op- position.
 Lord Roberts cavalry have moved on be- yond Johannesburg. A portion is under stood to be at Aurfontein, seven miles north of Johannesburg and within twenty miles of Pretoria. Lord Roberts, although with a broken bridge at Vereeniging and wretched railway behind him, has somehow managed to get forward sufficient supplies for his large force.
 As he has been able to do so much, 1t Is considered possible that he will be out side of Pretoria Friday. The rapidity of his advance is thought an extraordinary achievement, even by grudging continental critics.
 The Boers who were expected to fight along the line of hills known as Kliprivers- berg abandoned. the eastern end of the range near Lord Roberts advance, but they stood their ground on the extreme right near Van Wyck's rust, and where they met General French's turning movement. The fight continued ali day, and the result is as yet mere conjecture. Probably the Boer rear guard succeeded in keeping General French off. and is now in the hills north west of Johannesburg.
 Talk of Peace Proposals
 The Standard has the following advices from Pretoria under Mondays date:
 ''The Transvaal government has opened, or is about to open, peace negotiations. It has cabled a final inquiry to its agents abroad, asking whether any hope exists of aid"
 Without doubt the presence of Lord Rob- erts with 40,000 men at Johannesburg Will hasten the Transvaafs decision.
 Dispatches from Lourenzo Marques yes- terday, described President Kruger as wavering but demanding guarantee that they shall not be exiled to St. Helena.
 The burghers continue to desert, and the total collapse of the Boer military organ ization is not far off. Bennett Burleigh, wiring from Lord Roberts headquarters Sunday, says:
 q doubt if President Kruger can muster 15OO0 men, as many of the burghers have gone to their homes"
 The stauncher Boers are sending the1r families with wagons and stores to the southern district Whether Pretoria will be defended is uncertain, although Pretoria message, dated Sunday. pictures the work of defending the capital as going on with feverish activity"
 In Wilderness of Kopjes
 Pretoria is situated in wilderness of kopies and ranges and is provided with defenses that require at least 10000 men to man them properly. There may still be one hard nut for the British to crack.
 The last message out of Pretoria is the following, dated May 2S, and censored by the Boer government:
 "Krause, acting as special commandant at Johannesburg has issued a circular to the officials concerned warning them of the necessity of controlling the foreign elemtnt in the town and directing them to resist all attempts to destroy property or life, meeting force by force"
 The Newland railway yesterday notified the authorities at Lorenzo Marques that they must decline to accept goods for de- livery at Johannesburg Johannesburg telegrams are still accepted, subject to stoppage at Pretoria.
 The news that Lord Roberts was prac- tically master of Johannesburg was re- ceived in London with noisy enthusiasm. procession of students marched through the west end cheering and singing. The announcement at the various places of amusementj was followed by singing of the national anthem and cheers for "Bobs."
 Sir Redvers Butler and the Boers had an artillery duel all day yesterday with out marked result. The equilibrium in Ma tai seems still maintained. On Sunday the British killed two Boers and captured Boers near Muller's Pass.
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