Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-23

,.Aor March "a dispatch TO the
~. News from Sprlngfontein, dated
~ .sday morning. March 2lst, says.
s cstaere and his staff are still
,'.. We Is most strict reRrding the
w property Of the Beers. Some
srs Tho had looted Boer farms have
~. tried and severely punished, 10
s,sat astonishment and gratlfiea-
v, N me Boer residents"
W. snatch TO the Morning Post from
s,,,~fenteln. dated Wednesday, says:
7, Ssserter reports that the enemy,
a., repeated dissensions. has VIII
s ~, rom Brandfort northward. He
1rss n unlikely that the Beers viii
w, a stand anywhere south OF the
VA cannot personally share such
o.mlsm" , a.
s.rsral field operations IN the Morning
-, avs. THE rumors OF Boer VIC
-, are not worth much, but they
s,r ssrye 10 remind US that for day
!, NO there has been no specific ac-
,,1rt AZ Gen. Gatacre,s movements. II
\ brobable that his force Is moving
,,rhWard on the east side of the rail-
wy
,mtspess C0mmandant Snyman evil
S.,,ly writes highly-colo dispatches,
vhth seems a pity, for his tactics are
eand
l0rt Roberts Is not likely TO let the
g,sf army escape him, and he is paus-
M 90 as to insure, when he next
r.ye. the mobility and hardness Of
ri Ms columns. BY this time he has
,,stn the measure OF all generals and
,rSps and there Is not likely to be
AN such failure Of execution as &C.
e,ired during the march on Bloemfon-
N. He will be directing the move
rnts Of two, II not three armies, and
D, result viii probably greatly aston
4 TIE Beers"
he Daily News has the following
nm Bloemfonteln, dated Wednesday:
4 Is rumored that Mr. Kruger and
J, sieyn will meet at Kroonstad. In
> orange Free State, on April 4th, 20
svs the future program. The feel
zbstween the Transyaal and the Free
sis Is very bitter"
s;,lying In the House of Commons
tty 10 & series OF questions on the
es.set Of Lord Methuen and his al
~ dlsagreements with the officers OF
u column. which have caused consld-
e1ke scandal. the parliamentary Sec
rly for the war office, George
Vntham, declared no charge had been
sGght.aganst Gen. Methuen by Col.
e'esh or any other officer. Col. Cough,
y sited has been informed that an
hfulry would be held into his case.
Cd Cough Is alleged to have been or
t.sa home by Gen. Methuen after de-
Ching TO obey a command issued by
De latter. and the colonel demands a
"a BY court-martlal.
he Capetown correspondent Of the
Daily Chronicle, telegraphing Thurs
tiy says that Sir Charles Warrens
efsion L. embarklng at Durham for
as London, Cape Colony.
No Standard, In its principal edl-
Nal today INDUCED the hope that
sihy Beers may yet become British
sileis, II says; 1.-THE Beers are
l9y'd 70 have a remarkable turn for
'silering, and there must be many
yilhs Beers who will be reluctant to
return 10 a humdrum pastoral life after
.e eHeitements OF campaigning. II
ny are willing TO adopt a military ca
~ We can find room for them In
'sisi and more satisfactory enterprises
l1t armed rebellion. We may yet
la'le 10 see some future Cronje or Jou-
.sn leading British troops on the bat
.sitd side by side with generals Of
,'fa Canadian and Australian origin.
Amy commissions are to be given to
australia. Similar privileges must be
i4a'ed 10 other colonies. including
iass q South Africa"
Aivlces from Warrenton say: "The
,er's have vacated Klipdam and
!. ,,Aasofion, which are almost deserted.
aef wives and families have fed with
nen- They sank the points. or ferry
-sus al Rlverton and Windsorton.
.ne wal river can only be crossed by
sihming The country this side OF
I, u fSer IS Wen patroled by the Brit
y = reported from Lourenzo Marques
-. Pretoria Is prepared TO stand a
see q Two years, that the Boer wo-
a,n frantic az Che reverses TO the
~ arms, are entreatlng to be al
va 70 shoot the British officers i'm
,,syhea az Pretoria. Il IL also an
.suh,ed from the Transvaal capital
~. ,ae Italian government has de.
l'ned 10 intervene.