The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-12

London, March 12-Ihe Daily Mall
has received the following dispatch
from Pretoria, dated Saturday. March
10. and censored by the BOer govern
ment:
President Kruger and President
Steyn have wired to Lord Salisbury
peace proposals on condition that the
independence of the two republics be
respected and the rebel colonials am
nestled.
Yesterday, the foreign cOnsuls were
called into conference and were re-
quested to invite the intervention of the
powers they represented in order to
prevent further bloodshed-"
Brussels, March 12-Dr. Leyds as
sertS that Presidents Kruger and Steyn
have not telegraphed any peace pro-
positions through him. He admits, how
ever. the possibility of such step on
condition that the independence Of the
republics is guaranteed in order to
avoid further bloodshed.
London. March u. 4:O5 a. m.-The
war office maps show a group of kopjes
and a large water pan at DriefOntein,
a position which has apparently con-
siderable defensive advantages The
Beers who retreaed TO AbrahamS
Kraal from Poplar Grove, must
have moved southwark. or else a fresh
| force must have come from BlOemfOn-
tein or the Orange river
/ The opposition met at DriefOntein
was somewhat unexpected. the idea be-
ing that if there were any resistance
it would be at Petrusberg. Profiting by
| their experience, the Beers we're pre-
pared for a British thanking movement
n n Gar
| to avoid being outflanked, they prob
| ably weakened their centre. thus max
| ing it possible for the British infantry
| to carry this with a bayonet charge.
Lord Roberts Protest.
| Lord Roberts dignified protest
againts the use of the white flag is re-
| garded as the most important fact of
| the situation. According to the ac-
/ counts supplied by the correspondents
the instance appears to have been most
/ fragrant and there is no doubt that
| Lord Roberts viii carry his threat into
execution. The dispatch fro-> Durham
as to the engagement neal POmeroy
seems 10 explain the Boerr accounts of
skirmishing in the Helpmaker district
s;lc although Cole2ai -Bethune's force
numbered eal3.- = few hundreds. the
! news shows that the Boers are in coq-
I dOlC .AGtilDCfS Oh Ire 6lRRarS
There is no confirmation of the ru-
! mors of the raising of the siege of
Mafeking. concerning which the grav-
est anxiety continues TO be felt
The British reported casualties up to
this date is as follows:
Killed, 2,41S; wounded. SAL: died of
| disease, 1,029; missing, 1888 Total, Is,
ST.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Standard telegraphs: 1T is reported
| that the BOer prisoners at SymOnston
| were found boring tunnel under the
| lines of the camp. The work had made
considerable progress before discovery
The correspondent of the Times at
Lourenzo Marquee says: British and
German Outlanders are flocking here
from the Transvaal, in consequence OF
| the feeling of insecurity aroused by
recent events. Several important Jo-
! hannesburg mines are flooded the gov
eminent having forbidden pumping"
Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning
Post, says: With 100 dead at DriefOn-
! TEN, the Beers must have had SOC
wounded. We may expect Lord Rob
erts to continue his march at the rate
of ten miles per day.
The news that Lord Kitchener has
gone south shows that the rising in the
PrieSka district is troublesome but il
! will be effectually suppressed
We need not believe the Boer re-
port that L, 900 British are near Help
maker. 1t is quite unlikely that Gen
eral Butler will make any decisive
movement until his troops are recuper.
ated."