The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-17
Destruction of Johannesburg.

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Destruction Of johannesburg.
The possibility of the destruction Of
johannesburg is still discussed here,
but it is expected that the French and
German shareholders would offer a
strong protest.
The latest advices respecting the sur
render of BlOemfontein show that the
approach Of the British caused a STAN
pede. Thirteen trains, each composed
of forty cars, and all crammed with
Beers. hurried northward just before
the line was cut Mr. Steyn would
have been compelled to surrender, but
he pretended that he was going TO visit
one Of the outposts and at midnight
took a carriage which was waiting for
him outside the town. and thus escaped
The EOers got fns bulk of their wagons
and military stores away
The Daily Mail published an inter
view this morning with Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes, secured by Mr.. Julian Ralph,
in the course OF which, complaining Of
the bungIing Of the home authorities,
he said;
General Buffers extraordinary or
| ders to Lord NIethuen to relieve Kim
berley were to take all the people away
and to fall back 70 Orange river You
people in England have such wonder
full ideas about Buffers generalship.
but such a retreat would have been
monstrous."
Beer Number Small.
Mr.. Rhodes declared that there had
/ only been g, 600 Beers in the field alto
| gether. and that the foreign mercenar-
to- IL
/ berS Of the Beers. he said. had been
/ exa ggerated in order TO explain the
/ British reverses.
/ The Daily Mail has the following dis
patch from LOurenzo Marquee, dated
| Friday, March Is: "Entrenching is
proceeding on the Vaal river al We're
mig. Late arrivals from Pretoria say
/ that the Beers themselves now admit
1 that their cause is hopeless Genera
Lucas Meyer refuses TO fight again, and
! has returned TO his farm. Genera
! Schalkberger has also returned. anC
the burghers are going home by hun
dreds.'
General Hector McDonald's wound
has nearly healed. He accompanied
the brigade to Bloemfontein-
Lord Roberts comments upon tbs
earlier operations of the war in the
/ London Gazette and his absolute silence
respecting Lord Methuen's dispatch ar'
regarded as very significant The Time.
observes that this silence is perhap
more significant than words. especially
when connected with the fact that Lore
Methuen no longer takes any promi
nent part in the campaign.
Prisoners VIII Be Detained.
The Cape Town correspondent OF Ia
Daily Telegraph says: THE BOer pris
oners, I learn, will be detained indeh
nitely on board the transports. ant
the Free Staters will, perhaps, b
spared the trip TO St Helena
| Lord Roberts, in transmitting Gen
eral Gatacre's report Of the Stormberi
defeat gives his opinion thus:
The failure was mainly TO relianc
on inaccurate information regardin;
the ground to be traversed TO the posi-
ton held by the Beers, TO the employ
n1ent of too small a force and 10 IN
men being tired out by long nigh
march before they came in contac
with the enemy.
When II became evident. shortly af
ter midnight, that the guides WeT
leading the column in the wrong al
rection, I consider Gatacre shoul
have halted and endeavOred TO find
proper road, or should have fallen bac
; on Molteno, rather than have riske
the safety OF the entire force by fol
lowing a route which brought III
troops into difficult ground commando
I on both sides by Beers
The Outlook. commenting on Lor
Salisbury's reply to the United state.
offer Of mediation. says: Like NJ De
casse. President Mckinley must hin
self see that this puts an end 10 a
talk Of friendly good offices on n
part Of any outside power. But Pres
dent Mckinley. unlike the French prs
unier. is face 10 face with that mos
awkward factor, his November pres
Dental election, and we know not whs
} even the best Of presidents can
: led TO do al such times
Tact and Firmness Needed
Let us be thankful We have
/ Pauncefote. not a Sackvilie-West,
: Washington, for we shall need all Ok
tact and firmness there the next fe
months"
Spencer Wilkinson. In the MOrnir
! Post saws: THE difficulty now is
: | imagine q successful plan OF oampais
for the Boer operations. The BOer 2
I sitions win always be turned before
frontal attack IS made To await Il
. attack viii be 10 risk capture T.
! only plan 10 avoid il VIII be a has
= retreat"