The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-27
NO NEW BOER WAR NEWS
Only Reconnaissance Re,
lieve the Monotony in
South Africa.
rRv cable to The Associated Press ]

LONDON, March ~ l5VV-tecoiioi'
sances of slight Importance continue 10 pe
the only features of the war IN south
Africa. Lord Roberts wires to the war
Office as follows:-
.sBLoEMFONTEIN, Monday March
2e-Captain Sloane-Stanley, of the SIX
teenth Lancers, was slightly wounded IN
an affair of outposts, North OF the Moo-
der River, March 25.'
This bare statement is all that comes
from the Commander-in-Chief. A.
despatch from Bloemfontein, dated Mon-
day, March &C. and published in the
second edition of the '"Times," ampllhes
Lord Roberts despatch as follows;-
"a cavalry reconnaissance was MADE
yesterday towards Brandfort. the Six
teenth Lancers, by skirmishing, drew the
Beers from their position into the open;
when the Ninth Lancers attempted to
outffank the enemy while they were en-
gagged from the front by dismounted
section of the Sixteenth Lancers. Our
casualties are reported to be few
A despatch from Maseru, Basutoland,
dated March 26, says
s"The Basutoland Government is busy
collecting natives to be employed at
Bloemfontein in repairing and laying rail-
roads, The natives report that the Free
Staters on the borders of Basutoland have
refused to go to Kroonstad and are stay
ing on their farm, as it is now the plough
ing season and they are inclined to keep
their land and submit rather than give it
up and fight,
Boer reports from Natal show no
Developments of Importance have occurred
~ &.l. f,x1,
the Boer camp at Glencoe, dated March
%. says
mo attack is expected to be made on
the Boer forces in Natal. Generals Botha
and Meyer have been Joined by their
wives. Pretorius, with patrol, got be-
tween an advance guard of Lancers and
its main body, March %. One Lancer,
who refused to surrender, was shot.
General Botha denies the reports that
Transvaal women were wounded in the
Tugela trenches. General Butler has sent
the Beers a list of their wounded, stating
that he buried sixty men. General Botha
says this is impossible, as his rolls do
not show any such loss"
A Ladysmith special says
''Boer patrols endeavored- to trap
party of the Thirteenth Hussars March
70, at w dSCHDdIh. "A llOl CHASE OASuSu.
Several Beers were wounded"
The same despatch says
IA printed document has been found
giving the Boer losses at Spion Kop at
over $500, but this can scarcely be cred
ited.''
Advices today from Cape Town say
'tRains are general throughout South
Africa, and rivers which have been dry
haip cd oar
are transformed into swamps. This will
still more initiate against an immediate
British advance.
Sickness among the Boer prisoners on
the transports is increasing. Three deaths
occurred March 26. The bodies were bur
led by the British with the Transvaal flag
on the coffins, the leading Dutch of Sim
ons Town attending the funeral. Typhoid
alone claims one hundred victims among
the prisoners and the population of
Simons Town fear an epidemic.
"a meeting of the Bond was held at
Paarl March 26, and was attended by
several members of the Cape Assembly.
1t passed resolutions regretting that the
Cape Government was not consulted be-
fore the war and declaring that any set
Element which did not respect the inde-
pendence of the Republics would be
detrimental to the highest interests of
the British empire. Mr.. Hargrove, the
chief speaker, prophesed another war
within six years unless independence was
granted, and Assemblyman Marais char
acterized the war as a continuation of the
Jameson Raid"
General White was presented with an
address by the Mayor and Municipal
Council of Cape Town today, assuring
him of their sympathy in his enforced
home-going and declaring that the rec
ords of the siege of Ladsmith are among
the brightest annals of the nation
It is announced that Lord Roberts is
going to Cape Town to meet Lady Rob-
erts.
Mr.. Michael Davitt arrived at Lorenzo
Marques March "a.
A despatch in the second edition of the
ssTimes', from that port, declares the
Beers are using natives from the mines
to construct trenches around Johannes
burg, adding that the mines are expected
to shut down owing to the military de-
mand for Kaffir labor.
The Secretary of State for Home Af-
fairs, Sir Matthew White Ridley, reply
ing to delegation, today, intimated that
dissolution OF Parliament was inn
probable during the present year. He said
that If the Government faced another ses-
sion. which was probable, it hoped to
remedy some defects in the mining laws.
In response to the Executive Commit
tees request that the American hospital
ship Maine be permitted to remain in
South African waters, General Butler has
cabled as follows from Ladysmith:
1--WE think that the ship in going to
England confers the greatest benefit upon
the sick and wounded, as, with her ex-
cellent medical staff, she best aids In that