Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-04
ROERs CAPTURE BRABANT's MEN.
Several Small Scouting Parties Fall
Into Burghers' Hands.

| MASERU, Basutoland, Friday. June l.
i Gen. Brabant's Horse have been the sub
| jects of several small captures at the hands
of the Beers. Lieut.. Bundle and twenty
men. while searching a farm house in the
Ficksburg district, were captured. two OF
the men being wounded. Lieut. Lees and
| two men were captured while commander
ing Another patrol of the border horse.
numbering twenty men. while pursuing a
small party of Beers, were surrounded ana
captured.
Count Gechenz sent thirteen men of the
provincial horse. under Lieut.. Bowker. with
| flag of truce to Senekal to demand the
surrender of that place. The Beers cap
tured the entire party. and. after robbins
the men of all but their clothing, sent them
to Erede. whence some of them managed
to escape Most of those who succeeded
in eluding their guards, however, were re-
captured
Boer ENJOYS in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. June 4.-The Boer
ENJOYS arrived here last night from Buff
falo. They were met at the train by a big
reception committee and delegation of cit
liens and escorted to their hotel. A process
sion consisting of citizens on foot and in
carriages. headed by band. passed
through the principal downtown streets.
The ENJOYS will address mass meeting at
the GrayS Armory tonight
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CAPE TOWN, Sunday. June 2-The tel
egraph to Pretoria Is still open. but the
town is in great confusion There has been
a general exodus. among those taking part
in it being the foreign fighting legion. Six
special trains left on Wednesday last. and
one of them is reported to have been de-
rallied. No British refugees have arrived.
Boer Terms of Submission.
A dispatch from Chicago yesterday says:
II have no communications with the
Transvaal. and cannot make a statement
to what the Beers propose to do now.
They had planned first to defend Pretoria
and then TO retire to the mountains. or else
to give up the capital and take directly to
the mountains. 1t appears as If they are
adopting the latter course" SO declared
Moptagu White, former Transvaal agent
at London, who came to Chicago today in
advance of the BOer ENJOYS.
When asked If the Beers would continue
the war to the extent of waging guerrilla
conflict, Mr.. White replied:
What else can they do? They can get
no terms from the English: Salisbury will
not leave them a shred Of independence.
Even if the situation Is impossible in mil
itary sense. politics dominate it. and the
mountain warfare is the only alternative.
They can keep up some sort of resistance
there for a year
mmcnting on the terms the Beers are
Teduy 10 Hldhe Will EllSidnu, WI. NHite
said: Independence Is sine qua non. 1
know We would give up the dynamite mo-
nopoly. give the franchise and liberal edu-
cation and language also. We would dis
arm also to certain extent, but We Will
not stand the suzerainty."
BERLIN June 3.-Dr Reitz the Trans
yaal state secretary. says in the Cologne
Gazette that England will require perma-
nent garrison Of $1,000 soldiers in the
TranSvaal. and that rebellion may be ex-
Dectei for centuries. He believes that
many Beers will trek to German South
Africa