The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-13
ROBERTS
Wires Prin . Edward that He
y III soon Mo,e.


two or three hopeful sentences portond-
Ing an early advance with wide reaching
combinations.
Quiet assurances are passed among
military men that Lord Roberts is em-
ploy his great army effectively and !
that the al, enturous Boer commanders
are likely TO Ue cnmeshed. Scraps OF
news-a detail here and another there
have reached England tohieht over com
paratlvely Idle cables, Int they do not
illuminate the situation.
The colonlals at wepener stn hold on
the Beers Lord Methuen has WORKED
eastward untn he Is within eighty miles
OF Kroonstadt. Tioer scouts have gone
around Iandysmilh and have appca-sd
at Newdrop and other places on Genersl
Buffers flank and rear. The officers OF
Buffers Irish horse estimate the Beers
in Natal at y 900, but these figures arc
probably excessive, 10000 being regarded
here as the outside estimate.
After General Harrs brigade leaves
him. General Butler will stiI have close
upon 30, 900 men. 1t is generally assumed
that this brigade is going TO Join Lord
Roberts. but it's destination Is really ui-
known.
The Boer note TO Portugal regarding
the use by the British OF the Beira
route for The transportation OF ,r9ops
70 Rhoresia, may, II the Beers act
against Portugal, lead Great Britain TO
land troops at Lorenzo Marques.
This probability has been seriously dts
cussed and IL referred to at length IN thc
morning papers today.
The work OF the Boer peace commrs-
sioners has begun. Mr. Fischer has ask
ed italy TO Intervene and the Italian
minister OF foreign affairs the Marquis
/ Id Visconti~ Venosta, has replied that
/ while he would receive the ENJOYS, tue
/ best he could do would be to transmit
their proposals 10 London. thus follow
ing the course OF the United States.
Sir Alfred Miner when replying 70 a
deputation OF clergymen In Cape Town
yesterday Crhursdsy) said;
Never again must be the motto Of al
thinking and humane men, but not from
lust or conquest or a desire to tramole
on the gallant II misguided. There must
be no compromise or patchwork IN the
settlement, and no opportunity for misun-
derstanding, intrigue, the revival OF M
possible ambitions, or the accumulation
OF enormous armaments The British
viii no longer tolerate dissmi-
lar and antagonisuc sympathies IN a
country which nature and history have
declared 70 one"
Alfred Miner he speaks for the imperial
government.
1t Is calculated that Lord Roberts now
has 2l4,OOO effective troops, with 12,0O) OF
more anoat or under orders.
The war office has instructed officers
not to take any more expanding bullets
70 Africa for revovers.
Hiyard steyn, brother OF president
steyn, IN the course OF an interview 81
Bloemfontein, said:
'.The original war plan OF the Bosrs
was to overrun all Cape Colony but on
becoming involved In the sleges OF Kim
berIey and Ladysmith the Burghers
found the design dispoiled, TO this nt-
tribute the Boer failure 20 conquer The
British. l expect the war TO last rntl
Christmas
The seventh month Of the war "a be.
ginning with Eas er;ide and the morning.
paper editorials oxpatiaie upon the need
Of soherness.
LONDON, APRIL IA dispatch 10
the Daily Mail from Lorenzo Marques
dated Thursday, says:
II is reported that from Pretoria that
Boer commando is moving through
Basutuland This IL said to he a 1leger
ruse TO draw the British army from
wepener.
About 2OoO foreigners constitute the
new foreign legion In Pretoria, incudne
some Cossacks IN uniform. Several fresh
recruits left here for Pretoria today in'
GLIDING a French captain. brother OF th,
. lafe General De Vnlebois- Mareuii,
, LONDON APRIL lathe Bloemfoa
tein TO theku tolastvnBTAOINNN1iNll
tein correspondents 10 the Daily rele-
graph, telegraphing Wednesday, saysi
, Lord Roberts wisely declines 10 exhau1
his men and horses IN hunting the elu
sive Beers until his preparations ar
. complete lie win leave to the enemy tfi
barren comfort OF the occupation Of .h
few farms for short time.
, CAPE TOWN, APRIL i2-The Bloem
, fontein correspondent OF the Cape AT
gus says;
Olviers commando is moving ir the 81
! rectlon OF smithheld.
Five different laagers are located %
: TWEEN Bethany and the Kaffir riyo~ .
: ing parallel 20 the railway twelve mile
+ eas ward
AIdWAL NORTH, APRIL i2-New
7 from BOer source at Wepcner official
ly communicated. saws four Boer gun
!. have been disabled and four eommRni
! ants killed or wounded.
a ~, rt,eaaav nieht the British made