Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-02-15
CLEARLY NOT A FEINr.
naii-rs nstir.@~.t >s- seen q. Have
ne~a rsr~d ~ ~. Hs~rs' 50
p~rter rarrs

inNro>. Feb is The is,es, al.
patches FROM the front. showing the
reAi reasons Tor ten nnll.r ~, iremen,
and bis intention u try arain. quite
destroy the comforting and ingenious.
theory that the movement vas an elab-
crate fetnt to facilitate the main AL
vance - Lord Roberts. q theory which
obtained acceptance largely because of
Nr. Balfours misleading statement 90
parliament
No word has vet issued from the war
ofice regarding Gc1. Huiler's latest al,
tempt. although the correspondents arr
alloNe to telegraph with fair amoun,
~ freedom. and thus far only partial
llsi - casuaitics has been published
The dating ~ me>>ag~s from frer'
Camp may Indicate ths, ten. Butler
has withdrawn all his forces there.
The I.ondoa newspaper. having h~-
come accustomed 10 checks. maintain a
h~l-sfsl tone. but ,he si,os'iru - much
more threatening than IL seemed 10 he
week ago rroofs oi tho terrible
strength and mobility - the Bs>r ar
tillerv. together with the rumnr tha,
sscn. iouherf istaking 'h~ military with
the object % cutting ten. Buller's com
mnui~s'ion. arr ia no way reassuring.
Even the mast >snguinc persons b-.
giu :" sev that b; Is quite hopeless toes
pcci the relief - Ladvsmith. while Il Is
clear tina, II I; be impossible for Butler
TO reach Ladysmi,h. Il is equally i'm
possible Tor the garrison. exhausted by
sickness and Priva,ion. to en-, a way
cut
Reports - the Ro~r advance through
Iululand are disqui-ting. lfthry .honid
De- able ~ strike ,.r-ytoUn ten Buil.r
would hc compelled a. turn hi, ATTN
tion to the eastern side ~ Natal.
The fact that Lord Eoh~rts arrived At
Mpider river Friday seems to show that
he has been on round ~ inspection ~
the chief commands and that the main
advance j. not - rear az has been Nup-
p-~~d.
Since January N. rations At Kim.
bcrly have been Tor tho most part horse
flesh. ~ rcpugnant to women and chill.
dren that many ot them refuse ,o eat
H. IL also appears that tho death rate
has been heavy aud that the privation
~ the garrison have been incr-a<ing
steadily
This news is startling because the
censor has No, allowed u ,o BE- cabled
Possibly such coalitions explain the
pFs~~nce - Lord Roberts a, Mn,iler
river. aud the app.ren; preparations for
an advance frpm that point
The mention In the dispatch ~ Lord
Roberts - the war osiicc yesterday Of
ten Clements a. commanding at Reus.
terE Is interpreted 10 show that ten.
French. with his cavalry. has gone to
70 Lord Roberts aud that considera
bile changes ia the distribution % tr,,op.
in that distric, have occurred fhe un-
expected strength and activity Of the
iioers AZ Hsnst-.rg. where they are
rather pressing the british than being
pressed by them. causes anxiety.
There : no confirmation Of the rcyor,
- a sortir frnm fadysmith. The --latest
dispatch from there. dated "Wednesday
last. reports that ali was quiet then aud
that Instructions had been is>u-d IA he
ware Of the P5ssible approach of Boer,
IA the guise of British relief force.
Ioiay sees the beginning of the fift
month of the war Charles Williams.
toe military expert, says:
After all this interval our fine big
army instead oi being free To manenv-r
ia the field 3, tied by til. Ief, leg ,c
Kimberly IA order "a please Cecil
Ghaaes, and by the right leg at LADY
smith To- please Joseph Chamberlain.
", neither town has the very smallest
military furrr--
Although the British will soou have
so0 asn men in South Africa. the Daily
Mail, and other papers are still asking
for more troop
The stoppagr Of shipments of gold
and diamonds resulted in exports from
cape Colony last month valued n, fssi.-
- as against Ee.sle. ia in January OF