The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-31
WITHIN ONE WEEK
GEN. BULLER HAS NOT ABANDONED
HOPE OF EVENTUALLY RE-
LIEVING LADYSMITH
WORK DONE NOT II VAIN
BRITISH COMMANDERS sIGNIFI-
CANT ADDRESS TO THE SOL
DIERS OF HTS CORPS
CABINET TAKES PRECAUTIONS

Channel Squadron Will Practice In
Home Waters-This Taken as a
Warning to Other Powers to Keep
Hands Off in the Transvaal-De-
lay of Reinforcements Due to the
Lack of Transports.
LONDON, Jan. 31.-The Cape Town cor
respondent of the Daily Mail, telegraph
ing yesterday, says:
Gen. Butler yesterday tMonday) re-
ceived the following message from the
queen to Sir Charles Warren's forces: I
must express my gratitude to the troops
in most trying week, especially Of those
regiments you specify, and accomplish
1nent Of your arduous march
Gen. Butler told the men that they
ought not to think because they had retir-
ed from their position that all their work
was of no avail. On the contrary, in his
opinion, they had gained the key to the
road to Ladysnith in which he hoped to
be within a week.
Gen Butler then called for cheers for
| the queen, which were heard for miles
| around"
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
1t is now known that the cabinet devot-
ed much Of it's discussion on Saturday to
| the mobilization of the fleet. Nothing was
settled except that a measure Of further
| security to the home coasts has been OBJ
tanned by the naval preparations, and that
the Eighth division shall not be sent to
South Africa. The admiralty issued or
ders that the channel squadron, instead
of leaving Portland this week for G bral-
tar, as previously directed, shall assem-
BILE, on Feb. 8, off Eddystone and Bantry,
for a fortnights exercise off the Irish
| coast, thus keeping in home waters for
time
The decision to delay the Eighth divis-
| ion at time when reinforcements are
| so urgently required may mean only that
J transports are not yet available, and that
the division may yet embark when the
shipping is available. Their detention, If
such course was determined upon,
would be of the utmost Importance
There is nothing in the intelligence pos
sessed by the public to cause the cabinets
prolonged discussion Of this matter, and
| the inference is that the fleet may be mo-
bilized as a general warning to other
countries to keep their hands off the
Transvaal situation, or that the ministry
may have definite knowledge that the
neutral powers purpose to take adVan-
tages elsewhere while England is busy In
South Africa.
| One thing is certain, 10000 men all reaoy
to go to South Africa are detained 1or
reasons of which the pub ic has no knoWl-
edge. There is talk of forty-seven mill
! tary battalions being embodied. Ihese
! are all of the militia not previously
warned: A sharp lookout is being Kept
on volunteers for the various South Al
rican regiments
SUSPECTS SPOTTED.
The Daily Chronicle says:
''Three suspicious characters were re-
| iected by headquarters in one regiment
Monday. Two were unmstakably of Boer
origin. The third, whose vision was
faulty, had evidently formerly been
German officer. From such intormat'oa
as we have it is evident that the reilef
| of Ladysmith has been abandoned Tor the
present, and that concentration for an
invasion of the Free State is in progress
Tn addition to Gen. Kelly-Kenny's move
ment. Gen. Brabant, chief of the Cape
colonials has arrived at Ste-kstrom. Inc
| natives report that three Boer guns nave
been removed from Spytfontein to KIM
| berley. The Kimberley garrison was safe
last Sunday
TRANSVAALAN ARSENAL.
blue book was issued yesterday re-
| lating to South Africa and covering the
period from March last until the present
| moment It's most interesting feature is
| a letter from Sir Alfred Miner to MI
| Chamberlain, dated Nov. 80 IN whlcn ne
| said:
at have always regarded a war with the
republics as a most formidable undertake
| ing in view of the colossal armaments of
the Transvaal. On account of this
| cannot but anticipate terrible struggle
the last thing in the world to which
| or any other man could look forward 10
with anything but the gravest sollc1tuoe.
| In the course of the same letter Sir Al
fred describes the Transvaal as huge
| arsenal. 1t is also worthy of note that
an Aug. 27 he wrote to Mr.. Schrelner
! the Cape premier, saying: Like your
self, 1 do not expect war
BoERs LOSE. SHELL FACTORY.
A special dispatch from Durham says
refugee who has arrived there from Jo-
! hannesburg reports the destruction of
the Boer shell factory at that place on
| Jan. 20. The loss, it is added, is irrepara-
BILE.
REPORTS FROM PRETORIA.
PRETORIA, Saturday, Jan. PA dis
| patch from Colesberg, Cape Colony, says
| Commandant Delarey reports that a large
| body of British advanced Thursday, Jan.
25, and he attacked them, causing the
/ British to retire, after suffering severe
/ loss. The Boer casualties were two men
! slightly wounded.
/ Gen Grobler reports heavy fighting
! since daybreak, the British in great force
endeavoring to surround the Boer posi-
tons Gen. Schoeman hastened to the
! assistance of Gen. Grobler. Gen Grobler
returned this evening and reports that the
! British were repulsed and that the Beers
maintained their position. The Boer loss
was four men slightly and one man Sc
verely wounded. The British loss is not
known, but must be severe. The bonn
bardment of Kimberley continues. Other
Boer forces reported quiet
COMMANDMENT OF KIMBERLEY.
KIMBERLEY, Friday. Jan. 26.-The
wholesale bombardment, which lasted all