Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-26
BRITISH CONSULS BLAMED
Standard Says They Are Responsible for
Illegal Seizures.
Reports of Lord Roberts Operations
During the Last Three Days
of Last Week.

LONDON. February 26-The Standard.
referring editorial!y e the cabed extracts
from the speech Saturday of Capt. Mahan
on sea power. says:
Sea power. however requires to be en-
pioyed with caution and fcrbearance- We
have not been altogether happy in our at
tenptS to avail ourselves Of the right of
search. Lord Salisbury has closed the Sa-
hllr incident by "A frank expression Of re-
gr-t To Mr. Cheate. and with a promise
that more caution will he displayed in stop
ping american vessels in the future.
Thus the affair If the bunIa srath is re-
U.ated. 1t is not particularly agreeable to
have had To confess To TIVE great powers
in The course Of a few weeks that We have
put ourselves IN tho wrong and must make
r~parition. Grave resp ,nsibiIiJfes attach to
thn~.. diplomatic and consuLt: agents who
have :" gr-eyouSiy misled ;he foreign office
ana placed the country in = hrIHiliatng and
Undisntied .;traticn"
Reports From Lord Roberts.
The war office published the folio wing
Dispatch yesterday from Lord Roberts:
"PAAEDEBIRG. February "a, 1920
pm. .Flrt;ts Uf Beers recently arrived
from Natal attacked our outposts in force
again Yesterday They lost good many
killed aud wounded and nearly 1pn prison.
"r~. iuriudtns commandment ana three field
,t,-rr.s Ou1 casualties We're four officers
w.unlad nine men killed. Iwcnty-;hree
mru wounded, two men missing. ON the
list and I'D one officer and thirteen men
were WUErGed
Six men were wounded yesterday by hOl-
Ipw-uuSed N1user bullets The nickel case
! slit With four Sits. making the projectile
. Of the most expansive and explosive nature
possible. = wounded EOer brought to our
hospital Yesterday had sixty of these bull
lets in his pockets. During the advance 10
and AT Kimberley tho casualties We're: Off
GERS. TWO killed thirteen wounded: men.
four killed SeVenty-sight wounded. Cine
officers casualties had previously been re-
ported
Lord Roberts has sent the following addi-
Ji"uHl adv!ccs' to the war office:
'.PAARDEBERG. Saturday afternoon,
February 2l-Methuen reports that Barkly
WEST was occupied by our troops on Feb
ruary - The loyal inhabitants displayed
great enthusiasm
The country west of the railway from
Cape Town to Kimberley is gradually set
ling down \ detachment has started
from De Aar for Britstown, and Douglas
and PriesIa will shortly Re visited by our
troops.
.-Methuen-s account of the admirable
maufer in which the Kimberley hospital is
m, aagrd made one desire To send some of
our sick ard wounded there.
Closing in OF Cronje.
PANRDEBERCf. Orange Free STATE Sat
urday February 2l--The British took
eight prison, r. as the result of yeSteT-
days enga cement a balloon assembled and
disco cred several new works. which the
British guns Shelled today
PAARDEBERG. Orange Free States. Feb
rrIary - The British are gradually closing
in upon Gen Cronje from all sides and
making his position. more impossible than
ever
During The course Of last night the Brit
.St artillery poured in several rounds
There Was d, terrible rain and thunder
storm early in the evening. The Canadians
were heavily engaged in Sundays fighting.
behaving most CALAMITY.
Gen Cr"nie's position i more hopeless
than ever. Cur guns dominate the sloping
aSc-uts from the river all sides. and by
Inc rush of Shropsh;reS on Wednesday
night Up The river bed the Beers lost 200
yards space in their cover.
DrSrrteTS say the British fire has been
very deadly and affirm that Gen. Cronje
himself Is willing to surrender. but is over
bnrr- by the young Beers from the Trans
yaaI There are women and children with
the E1er force. Gen. Roberts proposed to
le Them pass out of danger. but this sug-
ye~tiuu. we'll the proffer of medical
aid has been rejected
Tn krpir captured by the British last
Wednesday. when fifty prisoners We're
taken. i a most important strategical posi-
ton Its possession should enable US to re-
pulse any Bner reinforcements from the
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