The age-herald., 1900-06-05
ROBERTS IS SILENT Report Says the Burghers Will
 Make Desperate Stand. A GREAT REVIVAL OF COURAGE It is Believed That Some Great Boer Movement is in Progrese Outside of Pretoria-Visit Made to
 Dutch Warship
A GREAT REVIVAL OF COURAGE

| London, June 5.-320 a. n.-Of official in- | telligence regarding what is transpiring 1 outside Pretoria there is little or nothing l today. Lord Roberts is silent. Neverthe- 1 less, by piecng together items from vari- ous correspondents, it would seem that Lord Roberts immediate army is all em- ployed north of Johannesburg except one brigade which is at Johannesburg, and that six columns are converging on Pre- tcria.
 An undated news agency message from Pretoria via Lourenzo Marques, June f. says:
 Pretoria is now invested by the British No resistance will be offered. The city will be surrendered by the burgomaster as soon as a formal demand is made" This message purports to come in cipher President Kruger commands the telegraph eastward from Pretoria, and telegraphic news from Pretoria to Lourenzo Marques has ceased, but the messengers of news paper correspondents continue to pass to and from the railway. The latest to arrive at Lourenzo Marques brings events at the Boer capital down to a late hour Friday night. At that time, according to these sources of information the military leaders had quite recovered from the panic and had determined to defend the town. One message. which is dated June ?, says: Pretoria is full of strange burghers, but most of the commanders are laagered out side. great war council of generals has just concluded its deliberations The de- cison as to the future military course has not been made known. Louis Botha and LeLarey sat in the council"
 War Council Assumes Power
 Another dispatch brought to Lourenzo Marques by messenger and dated Pretoria Friday at midnight says:
 ''The war council assumes the powers of the government. Its members declare that the capitol may still be successfully defended. One commander declares: With the help of God the hour will still come when Great Britain will acknowledge the independence of the two republics. A tremendous change will come over the situation
 General De Larey said that Pretoria would be defended to the utmost, adding: There is every chance that we will yet beat the enemy out of the country "President Kruger is some where east ward, but is in constant wire communica- tion with the leaders here, There is, how ever, a deep feeling of anger against nm on account of what is now called his flight. The last phase of public opinion IS a mar velous revival of courage"
 From Lourenzo Marques comes a dis patch dated June 4, saying:
 "It Is known that some great Boer movement is in progress outside Of Pre- toria. The mysterious movements of Pres- ident Kruger's secretary and physician, particularly their visit to the Dutch war ship Friesland, which is in the harbor here, has aroused suspicious that lmpor- tant personages are expected
 
 hostilities Is less cryptic. The Boer oper- ations to break Lord Roberts communlea- tions have been completely bafned' ana the Boer columns are in danger of being sur rounded by the British forces at frlcks- burg Senekal, Heilbron and Lindley. Gen eral Rundle instead of throwing himse1 against the Boers entrenched at Bedulph- berg, moved toward Fricksburg and estap- lished communication with General Bra bant.
 Boers Marched Parallel
 The Roers marched parallel with Rundle, intending to seize a strong position on the Ficksburg road, but General Rundle got there first The 15OO Boers who were in this movement are now reported to be go- ing elsewhere. The correspondents Wllh General Rundle continue to point out the hardness of the fight of last Tuesday, put .the believe that 1t will be the last real re- sistance. Colonel Lloyd was thrice wound- ed Drummer Haynes, while aiding Coionel Lloyd, was hit In the hand which was rest ing over the colonels heart
 General Buffers guns throw sheli or two toward the Boer positions in front of him occasionally.
 General Baden-Powell is still at Mafek- ing. General Hunters column is marching unopposed into the Transvaal beyond Lich- tsnburg.
 A new phase of the Anglo-Dutch conflict Is opening in Cape Colony. The leaders of the Afrikander bund propose, it is assert ed to block business in the Cape parlia- ment until the British government acts unon the resolutions adopted by the peo- ples congress at Graaf Reint, declaring that the chief immediate cause of the war was the unwarrantsd and intolerable in- terference of the ministry in London in the internal affairs of the South African re- publics.