The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-16
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

WAX NEWS lE BRIEF.
Gen. Yule is said to be a physic1s
wreck.
The Portuguese people sympathiza
with the Beers.
Lord Salisbury's son has been wound
ed at Mafeking.
Bechuanaland is in the hands of the
Beers and Dutch.
England Is to spend several millions
on new artillery.
The Beers are rapidly becoming .
disciplined army.
Boer spies are believed TO be in the
British yeomanry.
New York Irish are volunteering 20
fight with the Beers.
Twelve battalions of militia will 0r
given foreign service. ...
The Boer forces fronting Methueu
are increasing in strength
An American military attache is -
accompany the Boer forces.
Two batteries have been accepted
from the Indian government.
DR.. Leyds has had an interview with
the Queen of the Netherlands.
Guns captured from Butler dispute
the passage of the Tugela river.
Dr.. Leyds says the Beers are nov
making their own war material.
Winston Churchill declares that thu
Beers treat their prisoners well.
Indian Princes offer thor fortunes to
assist the British in SoutE africa.
England may patrol he American
coast to keep watch for filibus ers.
British Insurance companies retarG
volunteering Oy demanding war risks.
The Mayor of Kimberley telegriphef
New Year greetings to Queen Victoria.
Immense stores of food were import
ed before the war by Transyaal specT-
lators.
The Car has announced that he wi
abstain from creating difficulties for
England.
The London Times declares that The
British War office is managed for its
own benefit.
No changes are probable In the Brit;
ish cabinet unless Butler suffers an
other defeat.
The German press Is filled with tales
of British atrocities on the Boer deac
and wounded.
Several guns have been removed from
the forts at Plymouth, Eng, and sem
to Cape Town.
Almost every family in the BritisH
nobility is in mourning owing to losstvs
in South Africa.
The National Zeitung says the ideas
of Cecil Rhodes will split upon the rocis
of Boer courage.
Canada has sent forward four squad
lons of mounted troops and three BAT
teries of artillery.
1t is reported that if Delagoa bay
goes to England the Portuguese VIII
rise against King Carlos.
1t is announced that Great Britain
agents and detectives are secretly
watching all Italian ports.
Dutch disaffection is rapidly increas-
ing in Cape Colony and vigorous meas
ures are needed to suppress it.
Six men were killed and nine wound
ed by a single Boer projectile at Lady
smith. The same shell killed fourteen
horses.
Lady Sarah Wilson, who was captur-
ed by the Beers, has been exchange
for Viljoen, a notorious horse thief and
convict. t.
The Transvaal Government is SAD
to have asked the United States to use
its good offices in bringing the war 10
an end.
1t is reported from .Ladysmith by way
of Pretoria, that the British are de
stroying their heavy cannon prior to =
final sortie.
The War Office has invited Sir Will
ian Thompson to accept the post o.
chief surgeon TO the forces in South
Africa, instead OF consulting surgeon
The Cape Argus asserts that the la
est importations by way OF Lourenzo
Marques are six large Armstrong guns
and sixteen cases OF ammunition, ali OF
when have arrived at Pretoria.
The imperial authorities at the Cape,
have seized at Adelaide an immense
consignment of arms and ammunition
marked Biscuits" sent by Beers u
Dutch farmers in that neighborhood.
II now appears that 1t Is JOIN
Churchill, second son OF Lady Ran
dolph Churchill and not Winston Spen
Ger Churchill, who has been given com
mand OF squadron OF the South Afri
can Light Horse.
Lord Rosslyn has thrown up his en-
gagement at the Court Theater In ordtr
to Join the yeomahry. The offer OF LORI
Iyeagh to provide at his own expense
a completely equipped hospital for us
in South Africa has been accepted.
Intelligence has been received from
the Free State TO the effect that Pres
ident Steyn has issued a proclamation
declaring that every white man, iT-
respective of nationality, Is TO be con
sidered burgher and is liable to be
compelled to fight for the defense OF the
country,