The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-29
ROBERTS
Meets no Opposition in His
March Through Af,ica.

LONDON, MAY 2S-MlDNIGHT-The
war office just before midnight published
the following dispatch from Lord Rob
erts:
kip River, Transvaal, May 2S, 5:25 a.
m.-We marched twenty niles today ana
are now eighteen niles from Johannes
burg. The enemy had prepared severa
positions where they intended to oppose
us; but they abandoned one alter the
other as we neared them.
1--WE pressed them hard that they
had onyl just time to get their five guns
into train and 10 leave as soon as some
of the Westralian infantry dashed into it.
"French's and Ian Hamilton forces
are apparently engaged with the enemy
about ten miles to our left, as firing has
been heard since noon.
The farmers near our line of advance
are surrendering with their arms and
horses.
"Rundle occupied Senekal on May "a.
No report Of what took place has reached
me yet.
III. j. Whigham has just returned to
Lorenzo Marques from Pretoria, where
ne went disguised. He wired that Kru-
ger has all the arrangements made for
flight presumably to Holland. SPECIAL
train provisioned lis always ready with
steam up. The train waits some distance
from Pretoria"
BOERS DEMORALIZED.
LONDON, MAY 29-3 A. M-Lord Rob
erts is now within days march of Jo-
hannesburg and Gen. French and Gen.
Ian Hamilton fought the Beers from
noon until evening on Monday, with what
result is not known here.
H. j. Whigham, in a dispatch to the
Daily Mail dated May 2S, says:
"The decentralization of the Transvaal
is remarkable. Panic and confus on pre-
walls everywhere. Every one is weary
of the war and full of fear to the
coming Of the British. Operations were
carried on for encircling Pretoria with
telegraphic communicat ons. Fourteen
points in the line of defences were con-
nected with headquarters and with the
Staats artillery but this apparently was
the only defensive measure adopted.
There were no other visible preparations
Not much gold is likely to be found in
the treasury. The salaries of the Off
cials and Judges have not been paid or
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notes, which will be worthless when Lord
| Roberts arrives. The seat of government
will be removed to WaterValbovan, a
small station on the Delagoa bay railway
line, and then, If necessary to Lyden-
burg
Both Presidents Steyn and Kruger
complain bitterly Of Lord Roberts un-
fair tactics in refusing to meet the Beers
| i'm positions chosen by them and n e,er-
nally turning them by flank movements.
| Around Johannesburg a few trenches
have been dug, but other steps have been
blocked with refugees from the west ana
southwest, who are packed like sardines
| in trucks.
| The government is now endeavoring
to reassure the public by telling them
| that the British Will not outrage and
plunder them, but it is too late. The
| previous mis-statements are bring ng
| their rewards. Food is very csarce and
| prices rule high
| "The proposal to release the British
prisoners of war is due to this cause
| Members Of the government and OF the
volksraad express approval of the pro-
posal, but President Kruger is violently
opposed to it,
"One form of internal machine which
meets with much approval is TO be laid
under the rails of various lines. A pres
sure of some tons weight of the engine