Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-23
TO FINISH
TRANSvAAL GOVERNMENT WILL
NOT CONSIDER SURRENDER.
WILL DEFEND JOHANNESBURG.
Kruger and Steyn Hold Meeting and
Are Determined to Continue
Resistance.


London, May %, $50 a. 1.-The Trans
yaal government has informed the cor
respondent at Pretoria that it has not
intend to consider unconditional surren-
der, but will fight to a finish.
The foreign consuls have been inform
ed that johannesburg will be defended
and the government announces hat it
will not hold itself responsible for injury
to property resulting from the defense
measures.
Pretoria dispatches affirm that Presi-
dent Kruger, President Steyn and all the
most prominent leaders of both repuh-
lies, after a prolonged interchange of
views, are determined to continue the re-
resistance, but that a minority OF the
leaders advocate surrender without
terms.
Mrs. ReitZ. wife of the Transvaal Sec
rtary, and her family, with the families
of other officials. have gone to Lourenzo
Marques. johannesburg II Pretoria
are being cleared of n~ombatants.
The Beer chiefs, who now recognize the
possibility thu they will have to defend
these cities, are preparing with the ut
most haste. The Boer spirit has been
rising from a low ebb and is now ready
tor a steadfast resistance.
Lord Roberts is again moving. Inc
British infantry left kroonstad Monday
and headquarters were expected to leave
Yesterday, The railway has been restol-
III. AZ
ed and the first train is due to arrive to-
day.
The Beers are busy blasting for en-
placements along the Rhoenister river;
General DeNet commands, DIS deileiaA
Botha is i'll. y,
The advance of Lord Roberts viii
probable be swift. 1t is the expectation
of well informed observers here that the
Vaal river, So miles below kroonstau'
will be crossed BY the end of the week.
ca, D,lx-ars H,1]1pr. in a, general OfuSi
to his troops, congratulating them on
the result of their ten days operations,
SAYS they were only checked at Lang 5
Mex by a fresh commando sent from the
Transyaal General Clery. with a cav
airy brigade, engaged the rear suaru OIL
the Beers at Laing's Mex Sunday, cap
turing a number of wagons ana taxing
some prisoners. His artillery shelled the
Mex. The Beers, in their retreat, lac
waste the territory, blew up bridges ana
burned several homes, as many as six IN
Newcastle. The machinery of the naVl-
CATION collieries was ruined.
General Butler. replying to the resi-
dents of Newcastle to present him a
trophy, said he expected to return from
Pretoria soon.
Nothing new concerning the relief of
Mafeking has come through. All the
accounts of the engagement on May 10
extol the bravery of the Canadians.
Colonel Mahon's column arrived at the
rendezvous one hour after Colonel Plu-
mer, showing with what accuracy the
movements We're timed.
Sir Alfred Miner, speaking at Cape
town before an enormous aSsemblage
celebrating the relief of Mafeking, RAJ
ferred to the remark of a previous speak
er, who had condemned the Beers as
~'cowardly scoundrels,' said:
There are many among our enemies
who deserve to be honored for their he
rois1n. Although cases of treachery and
barbarity have occurred they have been
exceptionally few. The conduct of the
enemy is that of brave men fighting for
a had cause. Yet they are entitled to re-
spect.'
One of the morning papers suggests
that the men of England should present
a sword to Lady Sarah Wilson, the Daily
the siege.
The British who are in the hands of
the Beers at Pretoria by some extraor-
binary means learn of the British VIC
torres as soon as the Transvaal authori-
ties, and they build bonflres and sing
GOD Save the Queen The Pretoria
people are apprehensive of a rising of
the prisoners and agitate for a trans
ference OF the whole number to a point
inside the British lines, SAYING that
4'ooo, more or less, makes no difference.
Inc morning papers continue to dis
.o"9 ! lellSlH IreSldent Mcklnley'S re-
iusal TO intervene, pointing out the COL
lapse Of the Boer hopes. The Times saws.
The Boer delegates in the limited
states have had >an interview with
President Mckinley and the answer is
exactly Wha we had a right to expect
from the chief magistrate of a great
friendly nation. 1t is just as well. as
things have turned out that Mr.. Nc
klnley made a tender of offices to Lord
salisbury, which we did not appreciate
when we first heard Of it, for the an
sWer which the presidents suggestion
necessarily called forth has served a
double purpose. as 1t made the position
OF this government and nation unmis-
taxable to the world and armed Mr..
Mckinley with u~ndisputable reasons
Tor refusing to listen to the Boer ennis
saries.
The refusal of the United States to
interfere in a quarrel which is none Of
theirs will further exasperate, we are
afraid, the susceptibilities of those we'll
known champions of justice and free
dom, the Novosti and the Novoe Vremya.
both of which are in the worst humor
now over our recent successes"
London, May 23.-The Durham cores
pendent of the Times, t~elegraphing on
Tuesday, "
Rev. Adrian Hofmeyer tells me he
was informed by a high Boer official