The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-17
CkNN0NS ROAR ON The TUGELA.
Continued From Page One.

very long march I, IS about thirty miles or
'W" days 10 Dowdrop from E.strourt. by
way Of Beth any To- Bewdr.p Il s not less
rnan eighty miles. or about a weeks march
:" that II General Warren ief, EstrnUrt on
Tuesday nr Wednesday last. hr may 30
day h" within days march Of p"wIrop.
bow'irop IS about ten miles from Pot
s!rieTS Drift. ana the Roer position which
CorfTrDtS General Butler Is about half WAY
between tn" Drift and pewdrop. IT, there
fore, while General Rull.r were attacking
The Beers General Warren came ny along
the road from Rethany he would s;rik"
from point beyond tire Roers flank. be
hind the center Of their position
Thus two forces w"al! b. delivering on
the battlefield a couCeutric attack-a most
effective form Of attack and tn" direction
Of General Warreu's advance would. II he
were successful. carry his troops right into
I4ady ySuIjh.
No CONFIDENCE IL METJUEy.
London. Jan Is 6-Evid-ncr accumulated
tha; General Methueu', blu.dcr AZ Mayors
fonteiu has lost him the confidence >C his
entire force 10 such an extent that. 4 Is tie
Clared. Il iS doubtful if In" troops would
follow him In another attack on tho Boer~.
tn" WEr Office is understood 10 be in pus-
session OF letter. written by tieEcrdl
WHuchope the nigh. before the battle say
ing that IL would DE the last letter h. would
ever write as he h.i been askrI 70 Ter-
form an impossible task ard he had either
to obey or {" surrender hia sword. An i'm
mediate change I'm the command Of the
force. may therefore be expected II +
anticipated in SOM quarters that Leu
tenant General Tucker will succeed General
Methueu
THE URITISHERS FAVOR 81: ACE.
London. Jan. l.. r-TEc ScU' n
African Cancellation Committee quietly
formed 10 represent the peace minority an
n0uncrs itself 10 the country 'o-G:ay and asks
for s'IpIpr'. Among the members are. Lord
and Lady Colcridrc. Herbert S.eu"cr. S.r
Robert Thrcshin E"it. George John shaw
L"f"vre Frederic Harrison. STEPHEN Glad
stone. the Countess Of Carlisle and other
notable persons.
Leonard Courtney. Tuionist Member Of
Parliament for III" Bodmin Division "f
cornwall. IS president OF tho committee.
This movement shouli BE- DISTINGUISHED
from the "Stop-thc- group of cxtrcnl-
lists Of which William T stead Is tn" most
active memhs-. i'S programme sufu-ndr-
lied, IS to wait until a proper opportunity
arises for Sou@ gsaC"ahie settlement Mean
while it will gather and distrihut" coT"ct
Information and sound views Tho mlc'
fes,o affirms that "aa the war was begun
amid misundorstandinEs on both sid"s. n
pacific settlement Is possible
There is no Indication that any such ar
rangsmcnt would he tolerated by any con
siderable portion Of the public National
| emotion Is now I'm stat" Of di-Iniefud"
/ over tn" -ovcrSes tr Rriiish Hrus. uis-a'-
isfactipu with the conduct of military hUSi-
| ness = intense. and thcr" "a an almost
/ universal d,-ermirati"I, t" see the thing
| through
| The War Office has issued orders f"r thn
| formation Of five new batteries. SON" idea
| 0f the extent Of the artillery ref"urCcs Z"
| he drawn upon may be gained from the
| fact according 10 the statement ~ q mill
! tary export this morning. that an Old TraC-
| tice howitZer At Lynn. IN Kent. with which
II Is impossible TO io accurate shooting.
| hu; which Tor sonn time has been solely
/ used 80 test shells. has been laid under
| r.guisiti0n for tho front orders have been
| received at Lyid 10 pack this venerahi"
| relir with as much dispatch As possible for
! emharkati,'n.
| Seventeen moro militia hattaliors VIII he
| embodied in the course 0f a fortnight an
! the regulars Hrc now ont Of In" country,
! cx,cpt fourteen infantry hattaliouS and
| ela1 en- cavalry hattalious. The War ONCE
/ has placed an order fo:' %2"''."H' cartridges
! in cases.
/ The Y,0mau-v Cnmmittcn auupu0cc@ that
! /, ms accepted J"tU ont Of tn" la.'"" which
/ II wishes 2" raise, and StiI has 2'f" a0rE-
/ ..lurs to he examined. Tho Daily 'Nr"n'.
/ ,.l. asserts that tho committee was coa!rd
into this statement hy tn" reports That
/ .here was no hnI" of getting the full mum
: her
/ Tho Var O:lico has wired to "ount"rmird
/ ;ho departure from Egypt Of number OF
/ officers VII" VET" previously ordered t'
/ south Africa.
! The Daily chronicle. commenting upor
this. and upon other news related to IT,
: SAYS
There arc some curi"us reports tn cir
. rulftion apparently with som" authority
behind them which point - the s'nrpag'
: of IN" dispatch OF further rc-euf"rcomeut.
. when the troops ROW mohiiZ"l shall hav,
, embarked The new cavalry b.iEadr Is no
, to leav" England At present"
The military and civil authorities Al tu'
! cap" ar" i'm conflict oyer n, treason cases
/ \ dispatch To- III" Daily Mail fro:a Strrk
! stroom says n this point:
| "KookomoDS and N-l Dutrhmsn. VIII
! were tried h. court martial during Christ
! mas week. with General B1licr's sanction
! were committed, on January L.. for Civi
| trial, the court-luartial proceedings havins
! been stopped by the Intervention Of the At
( torncy General of Cape. colony
tT MoDDEt RIVER
Ncdder River, Tuesday, Jan. lS-Thor
was brisk exchange of shells this morn
irg. the Beers returning our fire far III
first time in several days
III" British irtrcnchmeutS are being con
tinUaliy strenCthened and extended Tn
| permanent bridge is almost completed
| Heavy rains nave fallen IN the hills re
Gently and the fords of Rpit River are al
impossible.
| 1t is reported that it will be necessary t