The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-25
DOM PAUL WANTS
TO SURRENDER
sr-s-
Roberts Advance Now Called a
Parade TO Pretoria.
QUEENS BIRTHDAY FETEs
IIer Subjects Everywhere Celebrate the An
adversary With Unusual BrilIaney &c.
eli Rhodes Springs a New Alnlng
Scheme Ia German West Africa.

LONDON. May 95.-Lord Roberts
infantry advance Is delayed at Rhen-
oster river for day or two by the
depth OF the stream whicn IL not ford
able. The banks. which are prcclpl'
tous. are forty feet high rontoon and
temporary bridge conscientious arr un-
der way. The Tranayaalers have Of
tended thc Free slaters By destroy
Ing their splendid bridges while re.
firing to Kroonslad. They rcfralned
from doing this IN ih4 retreat from
khcnoster. but now they are destroying
railway and bridges almost complete
~ north OF RhcnostcT.
The British troops are IN the form
of crescent with horns thirty miles
apart with General French's cavalry
on the left. with twenty-three miles
from the Vaal. and General Ian Hamll-
toms mounted infantry on the right,
within thirty miles of the vaal.
The center of the crescent Is about
forty miles from the Vaal. Seventy or
eighty miles TO the left Lord Methuen
IL advancing upon the Vaai.
Boer kilograms Fay that 5000 British
with ten guns. are near vreede fort,
which Is close to the vaal and close
TO Parys. one correspondent -efers
TO the advance as promenade and
another describes II as a 'Bocr hunt"
A dispatch from Rhenoster, says:
The general opinion Is We will ar
rive at Pretoria as fast as We can
march, though the Beers announced TO
all the country they Intended 10 fight
TO the death"
Natives report that the Beers have
buried two guns In the Rhenoster
river
a dispatch from Pretoria says: 1T
IL said that the relief OF Mafeklng was
due to blunder OF one OF the federal
officers by which General DeLarey
was folled In his plan 10 cut on the
relief force after driving them away
from Mololoi river"
A Lourenco Marques correspondent
OF the Times. telegraphing Wednes-
day, says;
According to private letter. SNUG
gled through from Pretoria, President
Kruger now favors a surrender, on the
ground that n continuance OF the war
would ruin the property OF the burgh-
ers.
Under the stimulus OF the relief Of
Mafeklng and Lord Roberts raid and
successful progress. the queens birth
day has been celebrated throughout
the empire with unique and almost
unprecedented rejoicing The two fold
nature of the celebration gave the oc-
caslon unusual brilllancy.
Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Belt and Julius
Wehner, with other South African
mining mllllonaires, are about to devel-
on gigantic mining enterprise In Ger
man West Africa.
The Daily Express asserts that gold,
silver, copper and lead have been
found In abundance within 400 miles of
Walhsch bay. One hundred thousand
pounds will be spent in prospecting
and then, II the results warrant the
outlay, 100000 pouads will be ex-
pended in constructing railroad.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Tien Tain, dated Tuesday, says;
"The massacre OF seventy native
Catholics at Koa Lau Tsun on May IA,
is ascrlbed to the eduivocal attitude
of Takas the virtual governor of the
province OF Pc Chi Ii, who is accused
VI favorlng the boxers"