The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-04-19
{ ADVENTUROUS Beers.
AOBERTS EMPLOYS HIS GREAT
ARMY EFFECTIVELY.
The Boer Comma nders Lfke ely to be
Enmeshed-The Coloaia,s Mt Wep--
uer Still Hold tbs EOcrS at Fay
Boer Scouts Working Around
Ladysmith and u " Il : Op n nd Other
Places on Buffers Flank.

London, April 1870 a. MIN
round about way, London hears that
! Lord Roberts when wiring to the Prince
of Wales at Copenhagen congratula-
| lions upon his escape from assissin-
| alton, added two or three hopeful SEN
! fences portending an early advance
with wide reaching combinations
| Quiet assurances are passed around
among military men that Lord Roberts
| is employing his great army effective-
| ly, and that the adventurous Boer COM
mandoes are likely to be enineshed.
| Scraps of news-a detail here and an
other there, have reached England to-
| night over comparatively idle cables.
but they do not illuminate the situation.
The Colonials at WeTeEer still hold
| off the Beers. Lord MetEuen has work.
| ed eastward until he is within eighty
| miles of Kroorstad. Boer scouts have
| gone around Ladysmith, and have APP
| peared at DewdrCp and other places on
| General Buffers TANKS and rear. The
| officers of Buffers Irregular horse, esu-
| mate the Beers in Natal rs 1900. but
| these figures are probably excessive,
| TO- eco being regarded here the out
| side number.
| After General Harris brigade leaves
him, General Butler will still have close
| upon So coo men. 1t is generally assum-
| ed that this brigade is going to join
| Lord Roberts, but its destination is
| really unknown.
The Beers have issued a note to Por-
| tugal, regarding the use by the British
of the Beira route for the transported
| ton of troops to Rhodesia and this may,
/ if the Beers act against Portugal, lead
| Great Britain to land troops at Lou
| renzo Marques This possibility has
| been seriously discussed and is referred
| to at length in the morning papers to-
| day.
The work of the Roer peace COM
| missioners has begun. MI. Fischer has
| asked Italy to intervene, and the 1tal-
| ian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the
| Marquis di NiscOnti-NenOsta, has re-
| piled that while he would receive the
| ENJOYS, the best he could do would be
| to transmit their proposal to London,
| thus following the course Of the United
| States.
Sir Alfred Miner when replying to
| deputation Of clergymen in Cape Town
| yesterday Thursday said: Never
| again must be the motto Of all think
! ing and humane men, but not from lust
| of conquest or a desire to trample on
| the gallant, if misguided. There must
| be no compromise CT patchwork in the
| settlement, and no opportunity for mis-
! understanding, intrigue the revival Of
| impossible ambitions. or the accumula-
| ton of enormous ornaments. The
| British will no longer tolerate dissim-
liar and antagonistic political systems
| in a country which nature and history
| have declared to be one
| In these absolute utterances of Sir
| Alfred Miner. he speaks for the i'm
| perial government,
| 1t is calculated that Lord Roberts
! now has 21iOO0 effective troops, with
| 12,0 0G more afoat or under orders. The
| War Office has instructed officers not
| to take anW more expanding bullets to
| Africa for revOiverS.
| Hildyard Steyn brother of President
| Steyn,in the course OF an interview at
| Bloomfontein, said The original war
! plan of the Beers was to overrun all
| Cape Colony, but ca becoming involv-
| ed in the seiges of Kimberley and
| Ladysmith, the bU1 ehers found the de-
| sign spoiled. To this / attribute the
| Bocr failure to conquer the British. I
| expect the war to last until Christ
| mas"
| The seventh month of the war is be-
| ginning with easier tide, and the morn
| ing paper editorials eXpatiate upon the
l need of sOberneSS.
| Pretoria April 11-A heavy cannon
ade was heard this morning in the di-
| rection of Built Fontein, situated mid
| way between Windburg and Boshof, in
| the Orange Free State and north of
Brandfort.
| AdViceS from the BOer headquarters
| in Natal say that after a heavy bonn
| bardment the British are retiring in the
direction of Ladysmith and the fede-
| rails are going to their old positions.
| Advices from Wepener where a Brit
ish force is surrounded, say the battle
| continues favorable to the federals
| About 1900 British troops are said to be
there.
| The Free State Gazette publishes or
| ders to the effect that no person who
| has been comnlaEdeered for active SER
| vice has the right to send substitute
l without the consent of the Landrost.
| In reference to leaves of absence, the
Gazette says that 10 per cent. of each
| command will be relieved by ballot for
| periods of twelve days. This is intend
| ed to meet the wishes of the burghers
desiring to plant their crops.
| Cape Town, April 12.-The British
| steamer Monterey. Captain Parry,
! which sailed from Halifax March 18th
with Lord Strathccla and Mount Roy
| ais contingent of Canadian troops on
| board, has arrived here.
| BloemfOntein. April 1.-According to
| informa ton received here the Boer &C
| tivity eastward of the railroad and in
! proximity to the border is largely due
| to the fact that Presidents Kruger and
| Steyn have found they are unable to
| keep their forces together in inactivity,
| the burgherS declaring they are unWill-
| ing to remain with their commands I'M
| less actively employed, as they are con-
| WINGED the British game is a waiting
| one. 1t is believed the Boer movement
| Roberts to weaken his force at Bloem-
| fontein in order to protect the rail-
| read, when the Beers would have at
| tempted to recapture the capital. But
| the burghers are evidently ignorant of
| the enormous forces Lord Roberts has
| at his disposal.
| AdViceS from karee Siding say the
Beers are busy entrenching their posi-
ton east of Brandfort running parallel
| with the railroad, while still strongly
holding the Waterfall drift water
| works.
London, April ia dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Lorenzo Marques dated
| Thursday, says: 1t is reported from
| Pretoria that Boer commando is NOV
ing through Basutoland. This is said
to be clever ruse to draw the British
away from Wepener. About 1000 for
eigners constitute the new foreign leg
| ion at Pretoria.
Aliwal North April 12.-News fro1?
| BOer sources at W. rner cf'T"ially COM
| muniCated, says I or guns
have been disa' - nd four command
| or cd IN