Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-27

IA, has been crushed.
ro,dop. Jan. 21-The defense COM
~, q, the war office met this after
- Lord Salisbury presiding.
nse are reiterated rumors that the
e,.t kind Of news from Natal is being
s,,e,ed BY the war office 1t is even
.1that Cen Buffers forces are IN fun
nrsai
MS impossible to confirm or deny
A, re,ar,s as the officials maintain
,-sce As to the rumors, They say they
h, aahlng for publication.
his evident, however, from the war
~ announcements that the casual
.. reported by Gen. Butler occurred
Cen Lyttle,on's brigade, which APP
urnily was not engaged at spion kop'
| o,l there has been severe fighting not
X reported
sf Michael Hicks. Beach, the chancei-
| h q the exchequer, came TO London
,srgssly to attend the defense COM
si,lee meeting, and Joseph Chamber
Nm secretary 0; state for the colonies,
eys ID other engagements for the
sszs reason.
Lard Wolseley, the commander-in-
dI.i Of the forces, was also present at
b. meeting N the comrllttee.
~ D in.-The war office has decided
u smbodg two additional militia bat
iiSons and another battery OF artillery.
Berlin, Jan. 21.---Some OF the papers
ire claim TO have telegram from
Pretoria saying that Gen. Warren was
eiiced into SDIon Kop, where the
Ben fell upon him; that seventeen OF
h cannon were captured and that
Blltrs hasty retreat over the Tugela
rlsi alone can save him.
The alleged Pretoria telegram adds
Iai the British losses were 500 men
lAed and 1900 wounded. The dispatch
ems through Brussels, and does not
ISsIge much credence In this city.
London, Jan. q, l:l5 ,. m.-The war
t1es has no news " the catastrophe TO
Ga Buffers force reported from Ber-
h and dlscredlts the story. Neither
"A the war Office any explanation at
last for publication Of the abandon
mt Of sDion Kop, and there are no
hNees In this connection from British
Slroes The evacuation today is re-
r'ued as not 50 serious as at first
h'ught and Commentaries are abus-
" The military authorities both at
" hon, and at home for publishing
nlu accounts Of an incomplete, half
tieelsiood operations thus alternately
lnlIlng and depressing the nation.
me afternoon papers describe the
t'aelals dispatch as unpleasant read
hs ior the British people. intensely
certifying to the national pride and
-lnagihg TO the country's prestige and
saliangly denouncing the gazettlng
'he present time Of reports which,
ut " James Gazette says, displays
saasmle frlHolity, not uneommonly
. .saa IN combination with conceit,
rs-ued ineapaclty and passing TO
'.sssIns when they ought to rebuke.
s ~ nlled with the slang OF Kipling's
zee 81 James Gazette sums I'D its
Fs,on as follows:
,.i .Iese DISPATCHES sweat the folly
-. l mas prevailed throughout the
go ue campaign has covered and
", sSsa nas It's fun usual 1.-THE OF lives
,.' 'ls'e are signs Of important move
GO. 60 ueSeloping IN the north OF Cape
= ~, uehetal French has succeeded
,,i ss.,.,,ls IN touch with Gen. Gatac :.
<. Ivy pfesaging a combination of
~. ~9 columns and the commence
vs.h y, q concentration Of the forces
WI ~ ,uelisved to be the ground
tlrr VI Loru kobertss plan of cam
eus,l,,ass' once announces that the
,sis,ssv.s reported by General Butler
en- Is.s. occurred In the battalIons OF
ukraS.ns 'e.on brigade, which, so far
rlas az me war office. was not en-
~, ~ ~ ne capture or defense OF
Nv AZ nop, II appears, therefore. that
'sss,l,las aoo,lilonal TO the considerable
pstsd - Shlch Gen. Butler has re-
kS. p" having occurred at spion
Ludon ' sa,. Jan. gI-Dispatches from
u nsvs soy IN, thaI the military experts,
Eisst ,s iIpapers and the people IN the
'-Ae gloomy view Of the sltua-