The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-19
MAFEKING IS
RELIEVED
Continued From First Page.


encountered every day by the British
scouts.
The Beers have dynamited Laings Mex
tunnel and the railway is completely
wrecked. The work of repairs will &C.
cury many weeks. The Beers now hold
the best positions for defending the pass
That not only Mafeking, but the whole
United Kingdom is relieved, is demons
trated by the Utterance of the morning
paper. The Daily Telegraph says:
"Mafeking IS a small place. It's fall
would have made no difference in the
course Of the war, but while the balance
of battle was registered upon the great
fields of conflict, the unconquerable little
town, shut up in the north, saw the
weeks for which it was expected to hold
out pass into months of isolation. Never
will England forget the heroic, brave lit
tie band that said with Baden Powell:
Mafeking cannot be taken by sitting
and looking at it,.
There is no advancement which Eng
land would consider too great for the he
roic defender"
PRAISE FOR A HERO.
The Bloemfontein correspondent Of the
Daily Telegraph gives an interview with
Mr.. Burnham the American scout who
discusses the characteristics of Col Bad
en-Powell with whom Burnham served in
Matabeleland. The scout said:
While as my chief l would naturally
stick up for him, apart from having the
highest regard for him l hold him to be
the true type of the soldier of the future,
one who should and must command ar
mics, if victories are to be won. AS an
officer his tact, readiness and resources
are remarkable. These could not come
by accident they are the result of a
careful garnering and accumulation Of
minute details to advantage. Where peo-
pie have regarded him reckless, Col. Bad
en-POwell has really been cautious. He
has led his troops over the rocks at night
instead of leaving the task to others We
nicknamed him Old RubbershOes,' but he
was right, in spite Of comments. He gath
cred in a single night more than half his
critics could learn in a lifetime He is a
wonderful scout and quick at sketches. I
do not know another who could have
done the work at Mafeking, If the same
conditions had been imposed All the bits
Of knowledge he studiously gathered in
twenty years have been utilized in saving
that community"
GEN. BULLER'S REPORT
Gen. Butler, in a dispatch to the war
Office dated Newcastle, May IS, says:
Newcastle was occupied last night and
today. The whole Second division and the
Third cavalry brigade will concentrate
there I have sent the mounted force
through Nqutu to eXpel a small force of
the enemy and reassure the natives. The
enemy has burned the chapel, broken
much glass, plundered many houses and
taken cash from the banks, but otherwise
they have not done much harm. The rail-
way is badly damaged The Ingagane and
Nkader bridges are destroyed, as are
many culVerts and the pumping stations
and water works. OF the 1000 men flying
before US about 600 seem to have gone
to Wekkerstrom and some by Miller's
Pass to the Free State. The remainder
who are described as a disorganized rab-
Bile, have gone north and say they intend
to make stand at Laing's Mex"
LORD ROBERTS REPORT
The following is the text of Lord Rob
erts' dispatch to the war office:
"Kroonstad, May 1S.-Methuen entered
Hoopstad yesterday unopposed Gems.
Duprey and Daniels and forty men have
surrendered. Broadwood occupied Lind
ley yesterday after slight opposition
Only two Of our men were wounded
Steyn was not there, and his government
officials had left last Sunday. Hutton's
mounted infantry yesterday surprised
and captured, about thirty miles north
west of this place, Commandant Botha
Field Cornet Gassen, five johannesburg
policemen and seventeen Beers. There
were no casualties on our side Butler
reports that several Natal farmers are
handing in arms"
ABUSE OF WHITE FLAG.
A special dispatch from Kroonstad
dated Thursday, says:
"a clear case of abuse of the white
flag has been proved against some Boer
prisoners They will be punished Lord
Roberts intends making an example A
British patrol was fired on from a house
flying a white flag near Klipfontein.
Three were wounded and three were ar
rested. The house has been burned"
MIR. Bennett Burleigh wires from Kroon-
stad to the Daily Telegraph that fewer
than 5000 burghers will support President
Kruger beyond Pretoria or go with him
to the mountains.
KING OSCAR MAY ABDICATE.
The Stockholm correspondent of the
Daily Press says:
"a rumor is abroad here in pro-Boee
circles that King Oscars declaration OF
sympathy with Great Britain may cause
him to abdicate, as it has embittered his
relations with the cabinet. The crown
princes birthday, June e. is mentioned
as the occasion for a public announce
ment."
MIR. STEYN IN PRETORIA.
PRETORIA, May 17,-President Steyn