Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-16
NO IMMEDIATE MOVE.

Military men do not expect a vigorous
renewal OF OPERATIONS by either General
Roberts or General Butler during the
next week. Fteneh's cavalry with
fuckers diyision may advance slowly
n0rthward in the direction Of Winburg
and kroonstadt, but IL Is not likely
that there viii be any serious fighting
until General Roberts Is ready 10
cross the Naal river and advance to-
wards Johannesburg and Pretoria.
There may be reconnaissance In force
toward the Blggarsberg, but General
Buffers army VIII probably remain in
active until General Roberts Is ready to
invade the Transyaal with a railway
base Of supplies.
The only direction in which veteran
officers here expect to witness immedi-
ate activity Is toward Mafeklng. They
consider II probable that a column re-
cruited from fresh troops along the
lines OF communication viii be sent
north from Kimberley unless General
Roberts is convinced that Colonel
Plumer Is able to raise the siege Of the
town with little delay
REJOICING AT CAPEToWN.
Capetown, March l6. There was great
rejoicing Throughout the colony upon
the receipt Of the news that Bloemfon-
tein had been Occupied by the British.
The first intimation Of the news at
Port Elizabeth was the firing Of TWEEN
ty-one guns AZ II o'clock In the evening.
The inhabitants FASTENED to the streets
and carried the mayor on their should
ers TO the town hall where a demOnstra-
ton was held. Today viii be observed
as a general holiday.
There Is great rejoicing at Bloemfon-
TEN. whose women and children have
been shut OF from months. Great COM
plant is made Of the harsh treatment
by the Beers during the occupation,
Rebels are coming In daily with their
arms from the south. A number OF
other rebel leaders have been arrested,
In an interview published IN the Cape
Argus, Mr.. Cecil Rhodes is quoted as
saying,
Il feel strongly that we cannot have
peace In South Africa so long as we
have in the republics a rallylng ground
for disloyalty aud disaifectlon, To so
further | do not think we can safely
federate till we have had some years
Of crown colony government. Person
ally. have done with the Bund."
FRAZER GETS A JOB.
Bloemfontein, March 15.-General
Prettyman is succeeding admirably as
governor OF the town. He issued a
proclamation today requesting the bur-
ghers within o radius OF ten miles to
deliver VI their arms assuring them
they would be paid for the coniiscation
OF their property
Lord Roberts is about TO issue fresh
procamations, which, Il is considered,
viii have the effect Of disarming fur
Their opposition upon the part of the
Free Staters
Mr.. Collins has been appointed land
drost. vice Pappenfur. deposed, and
Mr. Frazer will act as mayor.
Great quantities OF stores captured
at Wasserfall have been recovered. As
the result Of Hunter and Weston's line
cutting, the British have secured twen-
ty-six engines and the line has been
cleared to the Kafir river.
Rumors are current that former
President Steyn ~ willing TO surrender.
Much unrest exists among the Dutch
population. The burghers describe the
soldiers as locusts saying they are In
Vulnerable and OF identical color with
them.