The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-03-30
THE WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA
General Joubert Is Suspected by
the Beers.

reconnaissance was made Sunday to-
ward Frankfort The Sixteenth Ian
ccrs, by skirmishing, drove the Beers
from their positions inVo tho open, when
the Ninth Lanccrs attempted to outflank
the enemy, while they Were engaged
from the front by dismounted section
of the Sixteenth Lanccrs. Our casual
ties arc reported to be fow.
A dispatch from Maseru, Basutoland,
dated March &c, says:
"The Basutoland government is busy
Bloemfontcin in repairing the railroads.
! The natives report that the Free Statcrs
OH the borders OF Basutollild have re-
! fused to go to KrOouStaLt and arc stay
; ing OH their farms, rs it is now the
! ploughing season and thcy are inclined
| to keep their land and submit rather
than give it up and fight.
Reports from Natal show 10 develop
mcnts of Importance have occurred there
up to March 23. y dispatch from the
! Bocr camp at Glencoe, dated March 26,
says:
.'No attack is expected to be made on
the Boor forces IL Natal. Generals Botha
and Meyer have been joined by their
wives. Prcturius, with u patrol, got be-
| tween an advance gu"rd of lancers and
the main body March %. One lancer,
, who refused 10 SURRENDER, N;.S shot"
a Iadysmith special says:
"a Bpcr Natrol end .,vo""l TO trap a
party of the Thirteenth Hussars March
! 26, at WaSchbank. \ ho5 chase resulted
and several Bocrs N.rr" wounded"
AdviccS today from Cape Town say:
"RainS ave general thrVA:.hout South
Africa and rivers which lave been dry
for years arc being Gnoi"t. riany camps
arc transformed into SwampS. This will
still more initiate against the British ad-
vance.
Sickness amonG T.: D3ar prisoners on
the transports Is Increasing. Three
deaths occurred March 26. typhoid
alone claims 100 victims among the pris-
oncrS and the population of Simonston
fear al epidemic.
\ meeting of the bund was held at
Paarl March 26 and was attended by
| several members of the case assembly
IT passed resolutions rcGTctting that the
Cape :;ovrrnm"nt was not consulted be-
fore tn" war and declaring that amy set
! tl"mCnt which does not respect the indie
p"ndcnc" III tie republic will be dctri-
mental to the British interests of the
CApc. Mr.. FargrovC, the chief speaker,
pTOph"sied another War within six years
unless independence was granted. and
ASsomblyman Myers characterized the
war as II continuation of the Jameson
raid
General White WAS present and stool
by the mayor and municipal council of
S''"irc 'rorrr, ur>-,'riris ,irvrr, v9 hio sym
pathy i'll their enforced home going and
| declared that the records OF the siege of
LadySmith are among the brightest an
nails Ot the nation
Michael Davitt arrived at Lorenzo
Marquee March ~.
a dispatch from that port declares the
| B)crS are using natives to construct
trenches around Johannesburg, adding
that the mines arc expected to shut down
| soon.
dispatch from Durham SAYS:
William Cox, q newspaper cores
pendent who was released from imDris-
onment ut Pretoria, has arrived here.
Mr.. Cox saw Secretary Roitz and
says he was evidently worried at the
turn Of events. Prominent persons at
the Transvaal capitalbittcriy accuse Mr..
Hofmcycr, the Afrikander leader, and
Premier Schrciner with desortiuy them.
They say they expected 100000 Cape
ColoniStS to join the republics. General
Joubcrt Is apparently suspected Of half
hcartedncsS and Mr.. Cox gathered that
his life would lie III danger at the hands
OF the irate burghcrS if Pretoria is lost.