The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17

was HAiu 10 ne HfAN'i WIN NV ENhe
LraDants ftree Ihtostenod.
LONDON. April Z, 1885 .. m -Tbo
Hutta are lu iUrue al Wepehef, norm
ll ,mI,nneld. orange frte 5tate ana
ate tnreattulng Bynaral brauans CO.
.Unial dIyisloh, the man body OF
winch win the ARTILLERY IS az Wepe-
ner
a telegram which left Maseru, Ia
sulOiand, north OF Wepeuer az mid
nignl, desc Des the Beers as being in
great Iorce," and as AFRAID ~ make
a fron,al attack, but IL Is added they
were endOayUrlng 10 turn the British
pO4ltiOn by crossing the Bnsuto from
..tr ~ road s0.rung tne Ca edJD
liver, which energies south Of Wepe-
ner. The Basutos are excited. AS
siatant Commissioner GTiiiiths, with
force OF police, left MaseTu Friday, go
ing where the Beers are about 10 Tres
pass, and the Kanirs engaged for rail-
DAD work at Bioemfontein are de-
erting to protect their villages. Ad-
ices reach Mnaeru almost hourly of
Ger activity in the Orange Free
state.
The latest unofficial dispatch from
3.oeLfonteln. dated Thursday, says:
The Beers continue to show great ac-
.lvity and numbers Of British troops
re arriving daily"
The alleged ill-treatment of the
armers VINO gave up their arms has
allied TO the front the Friend OF the
rec State, published by the cores
pondents under military supervision.
n its comments, it says:
when the question of settlement
.omes, those who are responsible for
he outrages will be called TO account.
We show lenlency and tolerance to-
ward rebels and we expect our ex-
Lmple to be followed by those direct
ng uhe enemys affairs. We shall ex-
pct from the two presidents full repa-
alton for cruelty and inhumanily.'
The army people at BloemfonteIn
IRE depending On water drawn from
he wells.
The afternoon papers are unsparln2
n their criticism of Ohe military dis
1slt ons permitting 500 men to b.
Isolated and captured.
The St. James Gazette and Globe
well with sneering emphasis on the
unfortunate occurrence.
in England" says the Gazette,
We can but sit still and wonder what
viii next happen"
Sergeant jor Brocker, who 1t now
ppear5 escaped from Pretoria, with
,aptain Haldane and Lieutenant lie
daseurier, has reached Lorenzo Mar
lues. He lost his companlory at
LANDS river, obtained a situation as
ar man at railroad station and
ventually made his way TO the from
Ter.
A small contingent Of gunners from
he British battle.h,p Monarch left
Cape Town for Bloemfontein Friday.
Though Lord Roberts lost nearly a
thousand men this week, he is strong
n relatively. as four times as many
len have been landed at the Cape.
CAPE TOWN, April Ga determin-
i attempt to escape was made today
y the Boer prisoners at Simon's Town
nd fourteen of them succeeded in get
ing away.
In the confusion one of the prison
s was killed and another was wound
1. One man was re-captured Sentries
ave been placed at different PARTS of
he town and the station is under mill
Try supervision.
Review of the Situation.
NEW YORK, April 7.-(Afternoon
ervice.)-A dispatch to the Tribune
ON London says:
THE game of counter-strole has
cen played both sides with success,
zen. Methuen\ has entrapped small
ody of Beers near Bosho sur. GU di. s
lem and taking fifty-four prisoners,
ter four hour fight. His force in
uded the Imperial YeomanIy, whose
xploit will be popular one in En-
land, where great interest has been
aiken in this body of Rough Riders
crack shots. The casualties were
early equal on both sides, apart from
lie prisoners"
The dispatch in regard to Methuen's
lccess throws little light upon the
ysterious operations which that COM
lander has been conducting north of
.imberley. II indicates the facility
it'll which the British commanders
N adapt themselves to the guerilla
arfare into which the Boer tactics a e
pid Y d ge erat ng. Genera vii ehois
Iareuil, who was killed on the Boer
de. was Joubert's military adviser in
atal and was engaged by Dr.. Leyds at
re outbreak of the war. His record in
he French army was bril liant AID DR..
ayds made an excellent inve tment in
acuring his services. He had been in
he French war office and stan college
and was chief OF staff in the Algerian
ormy French officers have cons dered
hat his abilities were overrated, but
he'd ever been useful to the
Ner Cenera's in Natal showing them
ow they could adapt their tactics to
CIV conditions OF warfare. He was
Ne best foreign expert on the Dutch
de and his death is serious blow.
erecially MS the Beers have lost two
their Oest men-Joubert and Cronje.
he suggested the new policy OF coun-
er-attack upon the lines of the Pritish
communication, as has hean reported
he has fallen a victim of his own tao
les.
The Beers have followed up their
ethod at Korn Spruit by similar
roke aimed against General Roberts
ne of communications.
The new tactics ollowed by the Doors
we n dispiriting effect unon the