The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-27
. RICHMOND va. .7sATURDAY. JANUARY 27..1 1900.
abroad that there. is: yet worse.

impression abroad that there is yet worse
news to come.
s At one Of the military clubs tonight
7the statement passed from one member
to another that the War Office has re-
iceived an unpleasant supplementary dis
patch from General Butler. which was
being held-up for u hours. q
AZ SERIOUS NATTER.
Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post,
writes as follows Of the Srion kop loss:
This is serious matter. and an at
tempt will not here ibe made to minimize
it, for#:no greater wrong can be done &tpS
our people at home than to nis1ead them
about she significance of the events of the
war. The right way is to tell the truth
as far as We know it.
rs But facts from the neighbordlood of Tll-s
ge1a are scantiers than ever. The censor
ship is now simply prohibitive. and some
thing is wrong with the cables. The
: break on the east coast lines has been
repaired. but the. cable between San
sThome and Loanda, on the west coast,
is now Interrupted.
..Moore troops is the only suggestion
here as the way to break the Boer re-
sistance. Mr. Wilkinson regrets that Cen
eral Buller has not 2o,ooo more men, de-
claring that. if they would not make VIC
tory certain his enterprise without them.
is hopeless.
The Spectator dealing with the neces-.
sity of large additional military says:
1T may be that we have yet another.
cycle of disasters in front OF u.s.
The transport Assaye arrived at Cape
Town last Friday with 2.12i officers AID
men. The first portion OF the Seventh
Division is ahoat. Hence, with the 10000
men of this division and about 9,0D others
now at sea, it lies in the power of Ford
Yoo1,orts tn rein force Genera %EIl!fer 6e:lv-
lily. This course is advised by military
writer's.
nerve is absolutely unshaken and prob-
ably nothing that can happen in South
Africa viii change in the slightest degree
her Intention. She will continue to re-.
ceive bad news, if it comes, with dig
nifty and will maintain her determination
TO win at last. s.
BOER PRISONERS.
DURBAN, Jan. .i.-One5 hundred and
sixty Beers, captured during General
Buffers recent operations, have arrived
here A Free Slater, who is among the
recent arrivals, says thai President Styiie
has been moving mis- furniture to Pretoria,
where several of his officials have taken.
residence.
1t is also reported that no big guns
are now left in the Pretoria fo-ts, and
that the Beers have exhausted their stock
of good AIauser cartridges and are now
issuing cartridges formerly condemned
by General Jouhert.
They are said to be manufacturing l2,0Oo
cartridges and 200 shells daily at the
dynamite factory.
THEIR LAST CHANCE.
LONDON, Jan. y27-The Times has the
following dispatch from Frere Camp,
dated Wednesday morning, and evidently
written before the capture of Splon hop
was known. After describing the pcsi-
tons of the Beers. who We're actively en-
irenching and bringing fresh guns for
ward. the correspondent says:
':Ther front extends 10 miles, and we
shall have to try to break it In the mid
die. Every prisoner says the Beers Will
never let us reach Ladysmith. This is
their last chance OF preventing us. for
behind this hill lies open country without
a single fortifyable position Therefore,
they will strain eyer. nerve to throw US
back here.
BRITISH PRESS COMMENTS.
LONDON, Jan. 2L-4 A. A.-The morn
ing papers edtorialy advise coolness and
Judgment and careful avoidance of
oever-estimating the Importance Of the
last position.
The Times says: 'The natural dis
auietude of the public is increased by
the singular vasueness and inconsistency
Of General Buffers dispatches. There IS,
indeed, very singular and somewhat
disqrieting attitude of detachments in
General Buffers comments, as revealed
in the Gazette's dispatches. For instance,
his comment as to action at Zout Pans
Drift. His remark concerning the prob
ability that British officers would in time
learn the value o. scouting, might proper
" have come from a foreign military at
tache but it is rather more than sur
prising that it should be thrown out in
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