Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-21

BLOEMFONTEIN, March 20.-The
Beers blew up the railroad bridge over
Modder river, IA miles north, last
night.
The law courts were ~re-opened to-
day.
LONDON, March 20.-For all the
news that reached here up to 2:30
to-day Great Britain might almost
as well be at peace. 1t is reasonable
to believe hat the relief of Mafeking
may be heard of at any hour.
Gen. Kitchener has entered Prieska,
Cape Colony, without opposition, the
insurgents laying down their arms,
which merely confirms the previous
reports of their willingness to sub
NIT.
Gems. Roberts and Buller are still
inactive, pending developments at the
theater of war.
Considerable interest is attached to
the fate of johannesburg. Comment
ing on the reported consultation be-
tween Secretary Hay and the German
ambassador at Washington, DR.. Won
Helleben, as to a proposition that
both beligerents be urged to leave Jo-
hannesburg alone, the Pail Mall Ga
zette Y This time DR.. Leyds has,
as we may without improperly as
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the effect that the German ambassador
at Washington and the American con-
sui at Pretoria are concocting a little
scheme of German intervention. That
is really a glorious yarn and one
which shows to what desperate straits
the enemies of this country are reduc-
ed. Just imagine a government which
has formally declined all outside in
tervention permitting Germany to die
tate the course of Lord Roberts march
to Pretoria. The German foreign Of
fee knows better han to invite the
Snub it would infailibly receive if it
ventured to whisper so preposterous
a proposal in Downing street"
NEW YORK, March 20.-A dispatch
to the World from London says: A
part of theh British plan for the paci-
fication of South Africa is now appar-
ent in the announcement that all the
British authorities there will make
every effort to induce the reservists,
the time-expired men, the volunteers
and the colonials from abroad to set
tie there as soon as the war is over,
by giving them 240. acres of land each,
provided they will occupy the land for
10 years. The agents of all the colon
les and the authorities of Rhodesia
and the British South African Co. in
London are lending aid to the plan.
1t is said that the men who do not
wish to take up land will be made
tempting offers to enlist in the Char
tered (British) South Africa Co.'S field
forces under Gen. Darlington. 1t is
declared officially that the war Office
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fers from the colonials, volunteers or
yeomanry to the regular establishment
of the British army.
A dispatch to the Herald from Pre-
toria, dated February 10, says: Your
correspondent has Just had an inter-
view with President Kruger. He shows
but little evidence in his c~ountenance
OF the tremendous strain he is under
going.
''This war was forced upon us by
England, which has been misled by
Cecil Rhodes and the mining million
aires who want the country" he said.
.eThe Beers yielded as far as. possible
until they saw that nothing but COM
plete surrender of their independence
would satisfy England.
Having been forced into the war.
the Beers will conquer or die. l ex-
pect no aid from other nations, but we
are glad of sympathy and friendship.
The Transvaal is willing to make
peace at any time. but we want no
more conventions. Only absolute in
dependence is possible. We do not
want more territory, but are\ content
with our present frontier, if we are
permitted to live peacefully. This is
all we ask.
'sThe Transvaal will stipulate in the
peace terms that Natal and Cape Col
ony Dutch, now fighting with the
Beers, shall be regarded as belliger-
ents and suffer no loss of property.
learned that some of these men had
been captured and were being tried
at Cape Town, charged with treason.
This government cabled to Lord Sal
isbury, stating that if such men were
not treated as prisoners of war, we
would make reprisals on the British
prisoners held here. Lord Salisbury
replied, lodging the real point and
threatening If we injured a single
British prisoner, to hold me personally
responsible. I suppose he meant the
British would hang me. Such threats
are contemplate and cannot prevent
me from performing my duty to my