The Portland daily press., 1900-01-03
MONEY FOR ARTILLERY.

mekss the following statement this
morning.:
mittee OF the cabinet, after careful consid-
Grafton Of the question of the defenee OF
the empire, particularly with regard to
artillery, will shortly call for the expen-
diture Of 5.000, 600 pounds 20 make good
dstoie ncies and to place the nation ON u
par with other great powers.
''The new equipment will be provided
as spst Oily as possible and. while suffio-
ienrly mobile for use In the field 1t Is In
tended to be adapted to the necessities OF
what are known as guns OF position"
ANOTHER LITTLE VICTORY.
London. January p The war office has
received the following from Cape Town,
under today's date. Col. Pitcher reports,
through the officer commanding at. the
Orange river:
al have completely defeated q hostile
command at the Sunnyside laager this
day, January !, taking the laagr and 40
prisoners, besides the killed and wound
ed. Our casualties are two privates
killed and Lieut.. Adie wounded. Am
sncamped at Dover Farm. go miles north
west Of Bslm ont and ten miles from Sun
nyside."
GERMAN PRESS IRRITATED.
Berlin, January 2-The press continues
to discuss the capture OF the Bundssrath
with some show of irritation. In a semi
official note the Pest remarks that In
conssq uenea Of the seizure, Germany has
taken steps and Great Britain L. expected
to dsal In the matter in a Esprit Of good
official relations"
The Neueste Nachriohten says; "Thers
is every reason to believe the incident
will speedily be closed"
Official circles considered It imperative
that Great Britain adopt some definite at
titude regarding the whole question OF
contraband Of war and are surprised she
has not adopted a hfmsr policy on the
SUBJECT from the beglnning.
BOERs TELL II DIFFERENTLY.
Pretoria, January Last night (Sun-
,day) the British In great force attacked
Commandant Schoeman's commando In
the Colesberg district and tried to storm
the position. They repeated the attack
this morning, but were forced 20 retreat,
the Boers holding the position. The loss
of the British Is not known, but it Ia re-
ported to have been heavy. The Beers
consider 1t great compliment to thu
TraDsvaal that Lord Roberts should have
been selected to the supreme command Of
the British forces.
TO SIGHT BOERS.
Winnipeg, January 2.-Twsnty MEM
beIs of the 18th Winnipeg field battery
have left here for Kingston. Saturday
eighty-six members OF the Royal
Canadian dragons with one hundred
soldiers will leave to join the egiment at
Halifax.
ITO GARRISON BERMUDA.
Kingston, jam, January IA dstach-
ment OF the West India regiment
lcolored) en- barksd today to reinforce the
bermuda garrison. It IL expected that II
South Africa Canadian militia will be
sent here for garris duty.
ANOTHER SHIP SEIZED.
Hamburg. January 2-The Ham burger
man bark Hans Wagner Of Hamburg WAS
seized by the British at DelRgoa bay on
Decem Der 81 and that her owners have
lodged q complaints with the British for
sign office.
DOUGLASS OCCUPIED.
Douglass, Cape Colony, January a.
Col. Pitcher has occupied Douglass with
out opposition and has been received with
enthusiasm BY the loyalists.
OFFICERS WOUNDED.
Pretoria, January L-Three British
prisoners, who were taken at Malsgro say
that Captain Gordon Chesney Wilson,
husband Of Lady Sarah Wilson. and five
other officers whose names they refuse to
give were wounded In q recent Eortie
from Msfeking.