Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-03-29
Lord Roberts Is only Waiting the
Arrival Of Gen. Gatacre to
Move on Pretoria.
CORRESPONDENTS BIG STORY
France has No Objections to U
s. Taking Danish West In
dies Steamer Sunk.
RUSSIA TO LAND IN KOREA

London, March 29-April I'd is set
by various critics as the probable date
of the departure of Lord Roberts main
army from Bloemfontein. There will
then be over weeks hard marching
before Kroonstadt is reached, though
there seems no certainty that Kroon-
stadt win entirely occupy Roberts at
tention. The movements of the caval-
ry force and part of the infantry to-
wards Glen. already begun, can scarce
ly be construed as an actual advance,
although they undoubtedly point to
the imminence of such a step. But
only small part of General Gatacre's
forces have yet arrived at Bloemfon-
tein and until that movement is COM
pleted 1t is not likely that Roberts will
start for Pretoria.
The "Times" correspondent, who on
several occasions seemed to be the
chosen mouthpiece of Lord Roberts,
cables; 1T should be clearly under
stood that the present halt in the vi
cinity of Bloemfontein is absolutely
necessary as a military precaution. 1t
would be suicidal to push the troops
forward till they are equipped to meet
the exposure of winter. Horses, cloth
ing and food we must have" The cor
respondent adds that the Boer forces
have been reequipped, and says he is
fully convinced that 10000 foreign
troops have been landed to aid the
republics
London, March 29-The war office
received the following from Lord Rob-
erts, dated Bloemfontein, March Is
elements occupied Fauresmith to-
day without opposition. One nine
FOUNDER and one Martfni- Maxim were |
discovered IN a prospecting shaft of a
mine where large quantity of ammu-
milton was buried. Arms are being
gradually, and the inhab-
tants settling down. Pitcher visited
March 26th. On leaving
the town he was attacked by party
of the enemy. one of his force being |
wounded. and Ave missing. During a |
skirmish on north Modder river, March
25th, FIVE men were wounded. Three
are reported missing. Captain Sloane
Stanley, of the Sixteenth Lancers, and
five men were taken prisoners.
London, March pa deputation of
Dutch ministers had an audience with
Premier Schreiner at Cape Town to-
day and asked that sick prisoners be
not sent to St Helena. Schreiner re-
piled that he had no power but would
use his friendly office. He added that
he made strong representations to the
imperial government against sending
any prisoners to st. Helena but with
out success. 1t is reported that the
prison transports will sail for St. Hell
ena at the end of this week.
Brussels, March 29-Dr. Leyds, the
diplomatic agent of Transvaal has
drawn the attention of the Egyptian
and Turkish governments to the fact
that British government in the house
of commons, admitted that six max
inns were borrowed from the Egyptian
army for use in the Transvaal war,
and demanded explanations for this
breach of neutrality, declaring that
unless the guns were Immediately re
turned the Transvaal would consider
that the Egyptian government had
abandoned neutrality and was lending
openly its assistance to Great Britain.
No reply has been vouchsafed this
protest which was dispatched March
18th.