The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-23
me BOERS
Will FIGHT
TO A FINISH.
unconditional Surrender Not Con-
dssred-Dispatches Say Kruger
Is Determined to Continue.
RISING FROM A Low EBB
the Boer spirit-LOrd Roberts
Continues to Advance-other
Stories of Peace Proposals.

LONDON, May 2s.-3;3O a. m.-The
rrsrs, al government has informed the
rorr.srondents at Pretoria that 1t has
ID, Considered, and does not intend to
consider. unconditional surrender, but
,yll fight to a finish.
The foreign consals have been In
mr,ned that johannesburg viii be de-
crded. and the government announces
that # will not hold itself responsible
for injury to persons or property re-
altIng from the defensive measures.
win Continue Resistance.
Pretoria dispatches affirm that Pres
5ert Kruger, President steyn and all
tho most prominent leaders of both re-
publias, after a prolonged interchange
Of views are determined to continue
,be resistance, but that a minority Of
the leaders advocate surrender without
terms.
Mrs. Reitz, wife of the Trnnsvaal
state secretary. and her family, with
the families of other officials. have
gone to Lourenzo Marques. Johannes
bus and Pretoria are being cleared OF
non.c0mbatants. The Boer chiefs, who
now recognize the possibility that they
viii have to defend their cities, are
Trsoaring T," l with the utmost haste. The
Roer spirit has been rising from low
ebb and is now ready for steadtast
resistance.
Kruger Said to Seek Peace.
NeYertheless. according to the Daily
chrOnicle, long messages in Dutch have
been received by the British govern
nent by way of Amsterdam, in which
President Kruger seeks peace Accord
lnV to one account. President Kruger
surrenlers Internationally, according
to another he asks for terms. There
seems to be good reasons for believing
that he Is earnestly endeavoring to Sc
cure terms, but cable inquiries fail to
confirm the assertion that correspond
ence has recently passed between Great
Britain and the Transvaal respecting
terms,
Lord Roberts is again moving. The
British infantry left Kroonstad Nom
dsy and headquarters was expected
to leave yesterday. The railway has
been restored. and the first train is due
to arrive to-day,
The Beers are busy blasting for gun
emplacements along the Rhonoster
river. General De Wet commands, as
General Botha is III.
The advance OF Lord Roberts will
probably be swift. It Is the expectation
Of well-informed observers here that
the Vaal river, eighty five miles beyond
Kroonstad. will be reached by the end
Of the week.
Butler congratulates His Troops.
Sir Reavers Butler. in general order
to his troops, congratulating them on
the result of their ten days operations,
says they were only checked at Lalng's
Mex by fresh commando. sent from
the Transvaal. General clery, with
cavalry brigade, captured a number of
wagons. and took some prisoners. His
artillery shelled the neck. The Beers,
IN Their retreat laid waste the territory,
blew up bridges and burned several
houses, as many as six in New Castle.
The machinery of the navigation coll
l.erIes was ruined. Nothing new con-
ccrnIHg the relief OF Mafeklng has
com, through All the accounts OF the
engagement on May 16 extol the BRAY
cry o., the Canadians. Colonel Mahon' 8
columns arrived at the rendezvous one
hour after Colonel Plumer, showing
with what accuracy the movements
Were timed,
Beers are Entitled to Respect.
Sir Alfred Miner speaking at Cape
Town Monday, before an immense as
semblag3 celebrating the relief Of
MatesIng, referred to the remark of
previous speaker who had condemned
the Beers as "Cowardly scoundrels'' ne
said,
There are many among our enemies
who deserve to be honored for their
herosm Although cases OF treachery
and barbarity have occurred. they have
been exceptional. The conduct of the
enemy Is that Of brave men fighting
FOR bad cause. Yet they are entitled
10 respect"
One Of tho morning papers suggests
that the men Of England should present
q sword n Lady Sarah Wilson. the
Daily Mails correspondent Mt Maze
King during the Siege.