Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-29
Is To Be Made BY Roberts
In a Short Time.
OPINIONS OF JoUBER1
All London Papers Praise Him Is 4
Man and a Soldier johannesburg
Buildings Undermined by Order
OF
Of President Kruger. II


London, March %, a. m.-Lofd Rob-
erts has sent 10000 troops to Glen. 10
miles north Of Bloemfontein, on the rail-
way. This is preliminary to the gen.
eral advance. ia
Immense quantities of stores have
now been accumulated at Bloennfontein
and Lord Roberts infantry is seem-
ingly abuo ito m owe. An impression
which can be traced to the war office.
Is abroad that the advance will begin
next Monday. Boer observation par
ties have been lowering near Bloem-
fontein, but Lord Roberts has 1856
miles to cover before reaching the
great position which the Beers are pre-
pairing at Kroonstadt.
. Moving 10 miles a day Is probably
the best the transport can do. The re-
construction of the railway behind him
may even delay an invasion of the
Transvaal until May.
Meanwhile all the important towns
in the Free State within Lord Roberts
reach are being garriSoned ThaDa
Nehu, Philoppolis Fauresmith and ia
gersfontein are thus held.
Sir Alfred Miner is touring in the
disturbed newly acquired territory. in
vestigating conditions and arranging the
administration. He is understood to be
getting materials for report to Mr..
Chamberlain concerning plan OF clvll
government.
All the morning papers print singu-
| larly kind editorials concerning General
| Joubert. They praise his military sue
cess uphold his chivalrous conduct and
regret that such men as he is, strong
and moderate minded, should be alb
sent from the final settlement of the
dispute.
/, Although some of the younger COM
manders thought the old soldier want
! ing in dash and enterprise, his raid
| into the country south of the Tugela
is considered the best piece of Boer
! leadership during the whole war. 1t
is now known that he crossed the Tu-
/ gela with only 5000 riflemen and six
! guns. but SO bold and rapid We're his
movements that the British command
! ers thought 10000 Beers were march
! ing on Pietermaritzburg. For a few
days, although in the presence of great
ly superior forces, he isolated General
Hildyards brigade at Estcourt and at
the same time threatened General Bar
toms camp at Mooi river. Then, eas
British reinforcenlents We're pushed up,
Joubert recrossed the Tugela without los
ing prisoner. a wagon or gun. Cen
eral Whites estimate of him prOnOunc-
ed on Tuesday, before he died, as gen
| tlenan and a brave and honorable op-
ponent strikes the tone of all British
comment. 81
| The foreign office, according TO lithe
Daily Chronicle, is arranging with Por-
tugal for some thousands OF British
troops to be landed at Beira and sent by
the Rhodesia railroad from Massi-Kessc
to Umtali.
A permanent arrangemnt is under
stood to exist for the use of this route
to transfer the Rhodesia police. The
possibility of foreign protest is .sug
gested by the Daily Chronicle.
Among items cabled from Pretoria /!
a statement that prominent citizens
there object to a defense Of Pretoria
and desire that President Kruger
should retire to Lydenburg. 1t Is al
legged that the principal buildings a
johannesburg have been undermined
} by order of Kruger,