Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-02-28
ONLY "a BAD BLOW.


Montague white Says the Surrender OF
Cronje will Not End the War. .,t
sc NEW York, Feb. %. Montague
White, American representative Of the
Beers, has given out the following:
sCronle is natural leader; a born
strategist. II the field he is a marvel
Of courage and strength. His foresight
is amazing. His grasp Of a situation is
simply wonderful and he acts with q
celerity out Of all keeping with his man;
ner in civil life. With the streng 9Th and
courage Of the lion he has the cunning
Of the fox. Coupled with this is q lofty
devotion and a spirit Of se1f-sacrifce It
seems to me Cronje has 5;s fiiis5
offered Himself and His Men I'll .tsE
as a sacrifice to hold Lord Roberts great
army in check until second line Of de
fenses are complete. f Cronje and his
men are captured it will not end the
war. 1t will be a tremendous blow, but
not a mortal one. II N
The war will not end until Pretoria
falls, and when the British reach the
Transyaal capital many thousands Of
lives will have been lost. The Beers be-
ieve that Pretoria is impregnable and
there is good reason for their confidence.
.sAs to intervention the outlook is not
pleasing. I see no hope in Europe nm
less Russia should take action, but that
does not appear likely. ! believe En-
peror William would like to stop the
war, but he does not know how to go
about it. The United States might in
tervene. No other power can mediate,
but the adninistratio seems lukewarm
Popular feeling in the United States
seems to count for little. All those
Meetings Throughout the Country .@.
in favor Of mediation count for nothing
with the admin istration Those in
power are safe for four years. In Eng
land such an outburst would overturn q
ministry in a single year. Itwould
force the government to do its Will
When / was in w Washington it was
made plain to me that the adrninistra-
tion felt secure. It was bound to re-
main in Office for certain length Of
time. It does not feel the weight of
public sentime mt until the time for cleo
tions approach. When / saw Secretary
Hay I told him frankly that / hoped the
time would come when public opinion
would be SO strong that he would be
compelled to stop the war. The United
States could do it. It is the only power
that could. Should the government
take q decided stand the war would end
within fortnight. England needs the
United States. She cannot get along
without this country 3
TO DEFEND BIO LOEMFONTEIN.
Burghers Concentrating Their Forces
Thirty Miles Outside the City.
NJ LONDON, Feb. 2S "a. dispatch to The
Daily News from Lourenzo Marques,
dated Friday. Feb. 22S,
81 1T is reported here that 5000 burgh-
ers have left Ladysmith for: the Free
State. They are concen ntrating their
forces 30 miles outside of Bloemfo fontein
and the Free State government is NOV
ing to Winburg
Reinfo cements from all parts are
passing through Bio oemfontein hourly.
President Steyn has teleg aphed Presi-
dent Kruger that Lord Roberts is " thin
q few hours Of Bloenlfo fontein and he
urges that every male, irrespective of
nationality, should be com wandered.
President Steyn is said to favor peace. 4 Z
Natives XIII q Few Beers.
LoURENzo MARQUES, Feb. u. "a dis