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A Spanish Commsnt.
CITY OF MEXICO, June LEI Correo
Espanol. the organ of the Spanish colony
here. says. regarding Engiand,s policy Of
annexing the Boer republlcs:sN
'fOor Boersl Inc wvrlo has app. auded
your heroIsm. but has not moy ea a fineer
10 prevent the spolIation OF Winch Sou
are the Wet. ms. The nineteenth century
COOS out dishonorabie.". . - * 49,
-asfa How In. War Closes. .E
NEW YORK, June IA dispatch 10 the
Tribune from London says: = 1,es
The war is closing with s3tnething ike
an anti-clfmax, but with logical consist-
enoy Johannesburg has been occupied
without Struggle and Pretoria eitnsr
has been or will be taken wieItoht u Slege
1he last stage of the !, march bs4 ,se.-A
isloemfontefn and fre,oria hss bee& napu-
~ more tnaa.a nolsq.sy spfxt tie naus, .sno
&res.lt opsr q Irssi. u 1T ( tl.s
PrOs wvuto s..-sk - N1sLAi.AAa y y, ,isaxslfl,i
~sen tuiIi-ed. .T.Baue "a 1-ngtisn De -
VitIs Has sift,sa.iy Iecn feleaseu aiiu lie
ar enus wunOut the scenes ~ .arlase
"'.u 1espalr..-s Duten Naior wnicn nave
Lonaon WAS oazed BY the suddenness as
Ol lhS IVaiapse u .iie Doer ueleiises aau
the quIetness ahd pIecIsivn wiIn wiucn
pose.
lags were huttering from housetops,
but there was no reNei of puoiic reJOiv4ns
IN the streets. The popuiar enInus, ,asIu
was sInOtnereu by the anl.-yllmax or tn,.
tame eLalhg ahaIr OF an eIsn. monIns
campaign Lilea with Startling SURPRISES
ana uTamauc lnCluents. leI there Was
something iogIcaI in the coincidence when
drought Ian namIitons column wltnin a
Few miles from the scene of Jameson )
surreLuer wnen what was likely t. pro e
Mas
4 ne campaign so far actuaI hostI.IlIss s
are concerned, mas ended wIthin guashot
OF Jameson mai stanu after ne hau been
beaten lack from hruegel suorp.
Ihe stOry OF these ciOsIng scenes Is in
complete and there are missing inks IN
the OH1cial cham. HamutOns column
brigades, was confronted on Tuesday WIN
a Boer force strongly intrenChed among
the kOpjes west OF Johannesburg. Ham
llton attacked the position with vigor al
though IL was defended with two heavy
guns and other artillery. The Beers
fought with persistent courage but the
kopJes were cleared before night. The
Gordons, VINO were nearly cut 10 pieces
at MagersfOntein, showed how well they
could hight by capturing one position aft
er another. and the City Imperial Volun-
teers, at the opposite end OF the line dis
piayed equal gallantry. Hamilton's col
umn. after clearing the hills, advanced to
Florida, on the railway between Johan-
nesburg and Kruegersdorp and halted
there Wednesday night while French was
on the road TO Pretoria, few miles away.
General Roberts had deferred for twenty
four hours his entry into johannesburg
but the Seventh Division was holding the
Mills north OF the city, and a portion of
western approaches. johannesburg was
defenseless and the local authorities had
arranged for the British occupation and
protection of the mines. The city had
been surrendered and General Roberts
and Commandant Kraus were co-operat-
ing TO prevent an outbreak of violence
The chief breaks In the continuity of
this story were caused by the lack Of In
formation respecting French's cavalry
force and Pole-Carew's division with the
Guards Brigade. Both forces were known
TO be moving In the direction of Pretoria
but not so rapidly as Lord Rosslyn's i'm
aginaton had pictured. Pretoria was at
the mercy Of the advancing cavalry and
Infantry and ARRANGEMENTS had been made
for the surrender of the capital and for
the release OF the British prisoners. hut
these two events at midnight. Johannes
burg had been occupied on Thursday the
British troops under General Roberts
having marched IN. and the flag having
been raised over the Gold Reef Citv The
occupatio of Pretoria is a foregone CON
clusion. even IL IL has not occurred al
There are two theories here resnect,re
the complete collapse of the Dutch de-
tense; one was briefly surmed up Nv
words:
krueger has been forced out. The nno
nle of Pretoria are unwilling to follow
MS fortunes longer and have taken meas
ures TO protect the c'tv apafrst q sfege
and devastation. He has gone tn Ivden-
hurr In hnal attempt to ralIv the. Boers
in tnat mountain stronghold and the
burRhers are now saving their propertv
and separating tre-,selves fro-, Let
cause. Johannesburg has looked efter
Us interests In the same wav AID the Poar
Generals are not d'sposed to sacrifice their
business Investments"
The other theory has already heen re-
ferrNd IN In these d'spa tches. as support
Cd by premhe-s ~ parl'arront e-1 rn1t-
tarv men. IL assumes that Kruepor
Rctha, Eraus and other Beer la,da-e
hnve e7tered 'rto secret erPareuerts
with sir Alfred Miner or rc-1 p~tor.s
~ wNf"h the march ~ the British col
ur~rs hes been nvDnd'ted nra tho P-ar
COW -7ardooa scattered au1 kent ,,rdar ra
stra'nt. with view n tho protactt~- ~
Tr0~"-fv ard fhn rrevo~t t'oo of roeS1a-s
N'o0dshrd " Pros'do-t <-'reso- has p h
torr@S of h's own " hps hen, tho 1oa~aet
~nr~'e over Moved ~ hirn brit .hnre ara
- 0-~''0re ~ pa-'fa MOI. who HnIga--a tbot
this hAs hec- So~n p~d .Lat 70 hoe 70
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