The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-05
LITTLE LIGHT ON The WAR



is Invested-Anothcr snys That the
Eoer Generals Have Recovered From
Their Panic and Intend Defending
Burshers TO Cut Roberts Communt-
cations Completely Hnflsd.
London, June $3.50 a. m.-Of official
Intelligence regarding what is transpir
ing outside of Pretoria there is little or
nothing to-day. Lord Roberts is silent.
Nevertheless, by piecing together items
from various correspondents it would
seem that Lord Roberts immediate
army is all employed north of Jo-
hannesburg, except one brigade, which
is at Johannesburg, and that six col
umns are converging on Pretoria.
An undated news agency message
from Pretoria, via Lourenzo Marquee,
June 4, says: pretoria is now invested
by the British. No resistance will be
offered. The city will be surrendered
by the burgomaster as soon as 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 Marquee has ceased; but the
messengers of newspaper correspond
ents continue to pass to and from the
1Dtp 20 opriyr Oft I
renzo Marquee brings events at the
Boer capital down to a late hour Fri
day night. At that time, according to
these sources of information, the mill
tary leaders had quite recovered from
the panic and had determined to defend
the town One message, which is dat
ed June 1, says: Pretoria is full of
strange burghers; but most of the COM
nandos are laagered outside. A great
war council of generals has just con-
cluded it's deliberations The decision
as to the future military course has not
been made known. Louis Botha and
Delarey sat in the council
Another dispatch brought to Louren-
20 Marquee by messenger, and dated
at Pretoria Friday at midnight says
1.-THE war council assumes the powers
of the government. Its members de-
clare that the capital may still be sue
cessfully defended. One commander
declared: With the help of God the
hour will still come when Great Brit
ain will acknowledge the independence |
of the two republics tremendous
change will yet come over the situa- |
ton
General Delarey said that Pretoria |
would be defended to the utmost, add |
ing: There is every chance that we
will yet beat the enemy out of the |
country
president Kruger is somewhere to |
the eastward. but is in constant wire
communication with the leaders here. |
There is, however, a. deep feeling of |
anger against him on account of what |
is now called his unnecessary flight and |
because he and the officials took all the |
gold and left their subordinates unpaid. |
The latest phase of public opinion is
marvellous revival of courage"
From Lorenzo Marques comes a dis |
patch dated June saying: 'It is known |
that some great British movement is
in progress outside Pretoria. The mys-
terious movements of President Kru
gers secretary and physician particu-
larly their secret visit to the Dutch war;
ship Friesland, which is in the harbor
here, has aroused suspicious that inn
portant personages are expected"
The news from the minor theaters of
hostilities is less cryptic. The Boer
operations to break Lord Roberts COM
have been completely baf-
fled and the Boer columns are in dan
ger of being surrounded by the British
forces at Ficksburg, SenekaI, Heilbron,
and Lindley. General Rumble, instead
of throwing himself against the Beers
at Bedulphberg, moved to-
ward Ficksburg and established COM
with General Brabant. The
Beers marched parallel with Rumble, in
tending to seize a strong position on the
Ficksburg road, but Rumble gos there
first The 1,500 Beers who We're in this
are now reported to be go
ing elsewhere.
The correspondents with General
Rumble continue to point out the hard
ness of the fight of last Tuesday, but
they believe that it will be the last real
resistance. Colonel Lloyd was thrice :
wounded Drummer Haynes, while aid
ng Colonel Lloyd, was hit in the hand,
(
1eart.
General Buffers guns throw a shell ,
,r two toward the Boer position in front ,
Of him occasionally. General Baden :
Powell is still at Mafeking , General +
Hunters column is marching unopposed |
nto the Transvaal. Beyond Lichten- ;
,urg the Beers are assembling to OPP +
pose General Hunter Colonel Mahon ,
Effected a juncture with Hunter Thurs
lay at Maribogo. A new phase of Y
he Anglo-Dutch conflict is opening in f
1ape Colony. The leaders of the Afri- t
lander Bund propose, it is asserted, to L
,lock business in the Cape parliament a
Until the British government acts upon s
he resolutions adopted by the peoples v
ongress at Graf Reinet declaring that Il
he chief and immediate cause of the f
var was the unwarranted and intoler- a
be interference of the ministry in {
london in the internal affairs of the I
outh African republics. t