Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-12

Post says; with one hundred dead az
! Driefontein the Beers must have had
| 800 wounded. We may expect Lord
| Roberts TO continue his march at the
rate of ten miles per day.
The news that Lord Kitchener has
! gone south shows that the rising In the
Prieska district Is troublesome, but It
will be effectually suppressed.
I'VE need not believe the Boer re-
port that 1900 British are near Help.
maakar. 1t is quite unlikely that Gen.
| Butler will make any decisive move
ment until his troops are recuperated.
a dispatch to the Times from Drei-
fontein, dated Sunday, says. The
storming Of Alexander kopje by the
Welsh was a particularly fine piece Of
work. The mobility OF the Beers In
moving their guns was very remark
able. The New South Wales mounted
infantry made a gallant but unsuc.
cessful attempt 20 capture a gun. Ac-
cording to the latest reports an en-
gagement today is not improbable
MISUSE OF WHITE FLAG.
London, March l2.-The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts, dated Dreifontein,
Sunday, March nth, 9.i5 a. m.
THE following telegram has been ad-
dressed to their honors, the state
presidents OF the Orange Free State
and the South African Republics
Another instance having occurred
OF gross abuse OF the white flag or the
signal Of holding up hands In token OF
surrender, Il is my duty TO inform you
a a. L.. hUm
most reluctantly be compelled TO order
my troops TO disregard the white flag
entirely.
1.-The instance occurred on kopje
east Of Dreifontein farm yesterday ar
ternoon, and was witnessed by some OF
my own staff officers, as well as my
self, and resulted In the wounding OF
several OF my officers and men.
"a large quantity OF explosive bull
let's OF three different kinds was found
I'm Commandant Cronje's lager. and
this has been the case In every engage
ment with your honors' troops. Such
breaches Of the recognized usages Of
war and Of the Geneva convention are
disgrace TO any civilized power A
copy Of these kilograms has been sen;
10 my government. with the request
that II will be communicated TO all
neutral powers"
A dispatch 10 the Daily Mail from
Asvoselkop. dated Sunday, March IL,
says: The white flag treachery was
personally witnessed at Dreifontein by
Lord Roberts, who was looking through
telescope when the Welsh were
charging, and saw the Beers hold up
their hands. show the flag and drop
their guns. He saw an English officer
advance 10 receive their surrender,
whereuron a Boer volley was fired and
the officer fell.
Lord Roberts diEni1ed protest
against the abuse OF the white flag Is
regarded as the most important fact
OF the situation. According 20 the &C.
counts supplied by the correspondents
the instance appears 20 have been most
hagrant and there is no doubt that
Lord Roberts will carry his threat in
TO execution.
PROPOSALS FOR PEACE.
The Daily Mail has received
the following dispatch from Pre-
toria, dated Saturday, March 10th.
and censored by the Boer govern
ment:
President Kruger and President
steyn had wired 10 Lord Salisbury
peace proposals on condition that the
independence o. the two republics be
respected and the rebel colonies am
nestled.
Yesterday the foreign consuls were
called into conference, and were re-
quested 10 invite the Intervention OF
the powers they represented In order
to prevent further bloodshed.'
News from Ladygrey, Herschel and
Aliwal North show that the rebels are
laying down their arms In large num-