The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-17
POPE
Appeals TO Queen Victoria 10
Spare Blood.

LONDON. MARCH 17.-4.20 a. M
With the railway communications to the
Cape intact. Lord Roberts will In
very few days, be in a position to begin
the advance on Pretoria His deep po-
Utica intuition. combined with his bod
strategy is having the result desired I'm
the southern sections OF the Orange
Free State, which are repidly calming
down.
Mafeking IS the only point for ankle
ty, and il Is known thata force has left
Kimberley, its relief may be announced
before many days pass. The efficiency
of the relieving column Is heightened by
by the fact that II Is partly composed OF
regulars.
In the Hobbies Of parliament last ev.
ening Il as rumored that Lord Roberto
is about TO Issue a proclamation an
nouncing that the former system OF
government In the Orange Free state is
abandoned, and promised Free Staters
who Immediately surrender due consider
alton.
II is understood that all the eontlnen
tai powers with one exception, uncom-
promisingly refused to Intervene. The
exception was Russia, who reply was
couched in less firm language. although,
like the others, she declined TO interfere
1t Is said that the pope was also ap-
pealed TO, but that he declined to do any
thing beyond writing letter TO the
queen, appealing to her 10 stop the fur
ther effusion OF blood. Dr. Leyds' Of
fort with King Leopold. were quite fu.
tile
The possibility Of the destruction OF
johannesburg Is stili discussed here but
II Is believed that the French and Ger
man shareholders would offer a strong
protest
The latest advices concerning the sur
render OF Bloemfontein show that the ap-
proach OF the British caused a STAN
pede. Thirteen trains, each composed
OF forty cars and all rammed with Beers.
hurried nOrtward just before the line was
cut. Mr.. Steyn would have been COM
PEELED to surrender, but he pretended
that he was going to visit one Of his
outposts, and at midnight took a car
rage, which was waiting for him out
side the town and thus escaped. The
Beers got the bulk Of their wagons and
military stores away
LONDON, MARCH 1.-THE Daily
M II publishes aninter view this morning
with Mr.. Cecil Rhodes, secured by Mr..
Julian Ralph, n the course OF which,
complaining OF the "bungling OF the
home authorities" he said:
General Buffers extraordinary orders
20 Lord Methuen were 10 relieve KIM
berley to take all the people away, and
to fan back to Orange river. You peo-
pie in England have such wonderful
ideas about Buffers generaship; but
such retreat woud have been mon-
strous"
Mr. Rhodes declared that there had
been only $4,000 Beers IN the field al
together and that the foreign mercen-
aries were only about 1900 The number
OF the Beers, he said, had been exag-
gerated In order 10 explain the British
revereses.
LONDON. MARH 1.-THE Daily Mail
has the following dispatch from Lorenzo
Marques, dated March 16;
Entrenching is proceeding on the Vaal
river al Vereynlg
Late arrivals from Pretoria say that
the Beers themselves now admit that
their cause IS hopeless General Lucas
Meyer refuses 10 sight again and has re-
turned 70 his farm. General Schalkburg-
er hasa returned. and the Rurghers
are going home By hundreds
LONDON, MARCH 1.-THE Capetown
correspondent OF the Daily Telegraph
says:
The Boer prisoners, I leran, Will BE dee
talned indefinitely on board the trans
ports and the Free staters viii. per.
haps be spared the trip 20 St Helena
LONDON MARCH 17-Mr Spencer
Wilkinson IN the Morning Post saysi
The diniculty now Is 70 imagine "a sat-
isfactory plan Of operation for the Boer
cOinander-in-, h!ef AZ an outside esti-
mate his available forces can hardy be
10000 men. The Boer positions will al
ways be turned before 4 frontal at
tack Is made The only plan 20 avoid
Il wsll be a hasty retreat.
possibilities for the Beers Mr. whkln-
son arrives az the following conclusion.
1.-THE best thing the Boers can hope for
Is 10 gain time. There - chance OF
their being able again 70 restore the
e0ulibr1um and "a furD the balance III