The sun., 1900-03-10

President Kruger is vet ready to consider
the sweeping demands which Great Brit
ain will make as reimbursement for the
loss of life and great expenditure.
1t is understood that President Kru
gers advance has met with an emphatic
rejection mt the hands of Lord Salisbury,
who is believed to have said that no such
attempt to retain the independence of the
Transvaal can be considered for a mo-
ment by the British government.
Kruger Could Not Stop Rout.
The war office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Lord Roberts:
Poplar Grove, March 0.-Presidcnts
Kruger and Steyn were both present ut
the fight of March and did all in their
power to rally their troops. The rout
however, was complete the men declar-
ing that they could not stand against the
British artillery and such u formidable
force of cavalry"
The flight of the burghers from Poplar
Grove, according to all accounts, was
wholly inglorious. A Times dispatch
from Poplar Grove goes 50 far as to as
sert that the Beers rout was so complete
that the submission of the Free State is
being demanded by the burgbers from
their unwilling president and it is ex-
pected that its submission will be made
within week. The correspondent adds:
Probably the Beers wisest course was
flight, but it was most undignihed and is
certain to produce CONSERVATION at
Bloemfontein. There is Il growing ont
cry against any further identification of
the Free State with the Transvaars in
terests."
Dispatches from the Boer camp nj
.,s, Il Nj .4..s.1 .1n&
President Kruger as donning bandolier-
seizing a rifle and inviting volunteers to
accompany him, MS he wished to have q
shot at the enemy himself.
President Kruger is also quoted as hav-
ing declared in his address to the troops
that he did not know whether arbitration
or Intervention would end the struggle,
but that it would end quickly, within the
next month he strongly believed.
British Advance Goes On.
In the meanwhile the British are mot
staying their advance. Lord Roberts
has moved ten miles nearer Bloemfon'
tein. evidently with the view of seizing
and utilizing the railroads, possibly tn
reach the Free State capital in three ol
four days, whence he may begin repair
ing the railroad southwark. meeting the
British advance from Cape Colony, which
may be expected to be hastened as soon
rs General White takes control. The
British occupied jamestown unopposcd
Thursday. March s, and the Beers are
reported to be retreating beyond Aliwal
North so Cape Colony is practically
clear Of armed Beers.
Re-enforcements from Natal are going
to Lord Roberts. General Warrcn's d.
vision and some artillery have already
been ordered to join the commander in
,,'ic' so The latter is preparing for all
d u tualities, including possible desperate
opposition to his crossing the Naal river
and the necessity of the siege of Pretoria.
whore thousands of natives are reported
TO be employed in the construction Of de-
fcnsiye works, concerning which such
secrecy is maintained that no one is al |
lowed to walk or drive on the outskirts |
of the town.
John Rcdmond's speech in the house Of |
commons does not meet with unqualified |
approval in Ireland, whence the Irish
Transygn committee telegraphed to Mr.. |
Redmond
1--WE challenge you to come to Dublin |.
and repeat in public the statement you
made in the house of commons in the
name Of the Irish people,"
The Prince of Wales inspected Paget's |
horse and Dunraven's sharpshooters, at |
tached to the Imperial yeomanry, prior |
TO their departure for South Africa.
Ladysmith's Defenders Cheered.
A dispatch from Durham, dated March |
o, says:
THE Naval brigade from Ladysmith |
arrived today in command of Captain |
Lambeton. They number about 200 and |
were enthusiastically received. The rail
way station was lined with men from |
III. NJ. S. Terrible, and the meeting of |
comrades caused many touching scenes. |
When the gunners who played such an |
important part in the defense of Lady |
smith marched down the street, headed |
by the band and flags of the Terrible |
and carrying the tattered union jack |
from III. M. S. Powerful, which had |
flown throughout the siege of Ladysmith, |
the cheering was enormous. The crowd |
which assembled was tremendous.
"Lunch was prepared and served in n
shed adjacent to the. railway station nnd