The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29
s,,,tal Cab. Dsspaiehss TO THE SUN.

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VAR Onloc a. follows:
kip RIVER, May IS. 52a 7. NJ we
marched twenty miles to-day ana are
rov eighteen mics from Johannes
hrr, The enemy had prepared sew
,rn positions where they intended TO
orr,,r rs. but they abandoned them one after
IN, other as We nearcd them. We pursued
,L,m 80 hard that they only Just had time 10
get their five guns into a train ana leave inns
,,.tou a. some of III" West Australian Mounted
Infantry dashed irtoH
"Ir, ucli- and lialnilton's forces are appar-
only engaged with the enemy about ten miles
or our lr.t "a firing has been heard since noon.
The farmers near our Inc OF advance are
slrrcpdering with their arms and horses.
"Hur1Io occupied Scnekoi Oh Nay ~. NO re-
,,rt of what occurred has reached me yet
luNpnx. MAY - Nothing Is known OF Gen.
yoo,rts rapid advance toward the Rand ex-
cont via, Is contained in his own despatch
Now, from the Orange Free State Is extremely
ut,d. There are still no details OF the engage
mon, At rick.brrg. Tcl orted on Sunday. nor
l. lherra.y hint from British sources Of the
n.l,irg at linllcy mentioned In The Sun
sr,,,al duSyatch from Pretoria. The latter
,Y.,,,. aro'h'r successful ambush by some
nuhic guerrilla commando, probably operat-
IN. from llrllbron.
,rr E1ler las not We, commenced n ; anticl-
,.,sJ r.oyr r,urd Iaing's Nck. The railway
is been repaired to Newcastle. the work TO
fla, rIacn having been COM letcd on May Is.
.,.-,u,t,,r ,rain arrived nj Newcastle at
.lr,c; a, The afternoon OF that day.
IT,. ua- undoub,cliy smart engineering
r,-. The Beers threw half a dozen
., IL, tho loft of the British
,..,,,, ~, incoro from a Crcuso, gun on
p.,w.oi ull bnt tboy. did no damage. The
Ir,.L did no, rcrlv Their, ha, bon
,r,ot d,al Of ,nring bv the outpo.,s,
H., 80, ,c,noI nnpog.rnrnt Evidence accunu-
II,s rl,, tho Bocr. are in strong :o-cc
I'm the vicinity of Newcastle. Thy hold
N,Ie,'s and Bo,ha's Passes. but the British
IYy. hIncked Yam Pp,ncn's Pass
All manner Of 20 sin concerning the attitude
of tho Transvaal Government and the
Lurrhcrr ,hemsclyc, continues 10 ema-
nate IRON Lorenzo MARQUES. Some Of
,hc corr, spondcuts represent Presidents
Kruger and S,cyn and state Secretary
Reitz AS preparing 20 flee from the country
Gen. Botha and other leaders are advising sur
render The burghcrs ar, most willing to aC-
cept the inevitable. Many Of them are DESERT
ing, while others havc been Imprisoned for re-
fusing to fight.
On the other hand. THE STN's correspondent
at Pretoria Gales hat the EoCrs are making
extensive preparations for tho defence OF the
capital.
A correspondent Of the pciIg Mod t"Ie-
graphs from Lorenzo MARQUES under
Mondays date that he has Just returned
from Pretoria, which city 10 visited in dis
puise. He says the state Of generalization
IN the Transvaal Is remarkable. Panic
and confusion prevail everywhere. Every ono
II weary of the war and Is full OF fear "a 10 the
coming Of the British troops. Operations were
progressing for encircling Pretoria With tho
telephone. Fourteen points in the line of
deienCes were being connected with the
headquarters Of the State Artillery. but
this apparently was the only defensive ulaaS'irs
adopted. There were no other visible rrcpara-
tons, Most OF the telegraph inStru cnts we're
being removed from the offices in Johannes
burg.
The correspondent says that President
Kruger has ali hts arrarg uents made FOR
immediate fight, presumably to Holland. \
special train has br"n rrovisioned
a always has steam up ready to
star II wait, symr distarcc f1oio Pretoria.
", ul,A gold j. HLnlv % h. faHld in III treas
u The salaries Of the officials and Judges
l. W. n,i h,.l ppia o. have been paid only in
uotrs. Vhich will b" Worthless ~h"n Con. Rob-
or @rrI' %. Tn eat o. government VIII
lyl'Ioyrd to v, taraal Bowen, a sinall station
o. ,ho Driagoa Bay r]ai!wHy, and sabsr-
%Gueutly, il rco-sarv, 10 'yGcnbur; A few
trenches hli been Dc around Johannesburg.
hut $50 ot""r strfs uavr bc"u taken for
thc drfrrcr q. tho ,larc. Th- railway i
blocked 81 ~r''as',~ no n The w"7t ard solh-
W TIE Government IS nov cudeayorlnS 10
rel-,Urc IT, public by telling hem that the
lri-h viii rot oUtrgG" or pirrdc7 th"n. but
TN. is 700 1T nrd the p~rrviou, misstu'eme'ts
are brr" n: mel" towards.
i.oGrlcrY scarce al d prices IRE high. A
prof. osal 10 release the british prisoners was
du' go ia CAUSE Tho member Of the Coy
or0rr0' md The VoiI,~ruad approve the
proposal, bur President Krlgcr is vlo-
lerliy opposed 10 il. The question OF
boH.'G UP The mlncS is boiGe much