The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26

twenty eight hours and gave ample AZ
sgrance 90 his ultimate deslgn.
"lmOugh a small mistake" said lord
Robefts.''i have not been able 10 mar,A
into Bl0emfouiein at the head OF ths
brigade. a. Intended. promise you.
however. that viii lead you into Pre-
toria"
Burglars Returning, Home.
LONDON. March ls.-Lord Roborts
has sent the following dispatch TO the
War once.
'BLOEMFONTEIN. Friday. March
l6.-Goneral Clements crossed the
Orange River yesterday. Repairs 10 the
railway bridge al Norvalspont have
commenced and Il will shortly he ready
| Tor trafhc General Polc-Carew tele-
graphs his arrival az Springfontsin. -
that Bloemfontein now Ia practically In
rail communication with Cape Town.
My proclamation Is already having an
| excellent effect Several hundred bur
/ ghers have expressed their Intention
10 surrender their arms and return In
their occupations.
| The resId, nj commissioner ~ Basu-
toland reports that 500 Beers lately ar
rived from Bloemfontein. and that a
further contingent from Aliwal North
was only waiting 10 know the terms OF
my proclamation. They had refused 70
attend a council az Kroonstadt 10 which
President Steyn had summoned them
Rhodes Scores Butler.
LONDON. March 1.-THE Daily Mail
publishes an interview this morning
with Cecil Rhodes. secured by Julian
|
planning OF the "hungling OF the home
authorities" he said:
"General Buffers extraordinary or
ders to Lord Methuen were 10 relieve
Kimberley. 10 take all the people away
and TO fan back 20 Orange River. You
, people Ia England have such wonderful
1 IDEAS about Buffers genefalship. but
such a retreat would have been mon
strous"
Mr.. Rhodes declared that thsre had
p only been 1000 Beers In the Held alto
> .etner and that the foreign mercenarios
Il we're only about 1900. The numbers
al u tile Beers. ne said. had been exag-
!. gcrafed In order 10 explain the British
J reverses.
no Chance for Good onaoss,
LONDON. March 16.-The Outlook.
= commenting on Lord salisbury's reply
! TO the United states oner Of media
An. s,y.. "LiKe NJ Del,asse. Pres
i. ident Mckinley must himself see that
lnls puts an end 10 AL ta.A uf inendly
u good Offices on the part OF any out
4 side power. but rrcs4dent McNiniey.
n unlike the French Premier. u face TO
! face with that awkward factor, his
November Presidential election, and We
know what even the best OF Presidents
can be led to do at such times. Let
! US be thankful we have Psuncefote.
= not Sackville-West. al Washington.
o for we shall need all our tact and frm-
ness there for the next few months"
J. Fate Of johannesburg.
BERLIN. March i6.-Reflrr.ng IA
4, the Boer threat to raze Johanne lburl
In and to destroy the god mines th'
~ Kreuz Zeltung remarks: such q
M threat is reasonable because Eng and
10 6uanciers are already cry.ng wiif
Do anxiety for gold shares and quotations
end secondly. becauEe the Beers woul'
thereby smash the idol which enucet
numberless vagabOnds. questiOnsDi'
riTrar and gold jobbers 20 immigrant
there and now demand the bloody o.
ferings which Britons willingly Ia!
upon the altar.
Kruger Annexes Free State.
BETHULIE. March 15.-Genera
Gatacre. on arriving here. found tha
all the Beers had ned. The iOEn IA
nearly deierted. tae Ouch hayin
,rekked On bearing OF the Occupailo
OF BloemfJntein. 10 IS believed th
Beers retlred In the direction Of DoE
e.sdorp. The telegraph IL open Z
spr.ngfontCln.
II Is understood that PreB.dln, Krr
ger Two days ago annexed The Orang
Free SAFE 20 the South Afr.cEn n
public.
Beers Outlook Hopeless.
VAN ZYL. March 15.-The bridg
over the Orange River here has bee
completed. The B1iIla f3r,es has
Gro sed and Ton CHI taey are h.vouacl
ing on Free Sta,e soil
LONDON. March 1.-THE Daily NJ
has the following Dispatch frJm Lou
EMO Marques. dated Friday. March II
"Intrenching Is proceeding on the Va
River al Vereyng. Late arrivals fro
Pretoria say that the bOcrs IN hsflf
now admit that their cause j. hop
less. General Lucas Meyer reiuz -
fight again and has returned 20 b
farm. General Schalkburger has al
returned. and the burghers a-e g..-
home BY hundred.
Germany Cannot Act.
PRETORIA. March if. Og.a Lou
emo Marques. Thursday NARA 49,.
The German Consul has handed q
following dispatch 20 President Kr
ger:
The Government OF Germs1y al
80 uu,n.e-nr vrfu - FAD and ueady