Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-16
n,oy Thousand Horses Ais o Need
ed in South Africa
WAR IS BIGGER THAN EVER.
,,.n ronfdenee-Lord Roberts ana
prisoners Too Many Women
at the Cape'


-tsrsurg his opinion that the war is
,1rr5 TO prove an expensive business
He says s
Two hundred and nifty thousand
enc, wifi be- needed before the end is
araIosd The question OF remounts
vu continue one Of vital importance.
or.st numbers are now arriving, but
owing TO the fact that they have TO be
rpt 10 work before time Is given them
n recover from the effects Of the
,.yare thelr condition is low, and the
5s.fb rate among them high.
thousands therefore. will be want
Oh In addition 20 those now here or on
tbsVay. and great resting depots must
h. formed. together with an ample stan
~ nurse and exercise them. II that Is
5.ra then about four or five months
b.rcs You viii be able to give your
cavalry a new lease Of life ana
strength
me CapetoWn correspondent Of the
D4Iy Telegraph. telegraphing sunday,
saws. AN unconfrmed report is In cir
c1iat,on here that Gen. Brabant has
inflicted a crushing defeat upon the
g5srs al Wepener, capturing guns and
taking prisoners
sunday says "Col. Dalgety wired yes
terlay. Am well. Enemy apparently
sackenng attack Gen. Chermside s
division is encamped seventeen miles
east OF the railway Beers are sup
p5sed 10 De In the vicinity. but an at
tack by them Is improbable"
The BI0emf0utein correspondent OF
ths Times, telegraphing Sunday, says.
1T Is reported that endorsements for
t1e Beers. with sixty wagons, have ar
rived az DeWetsdorp, en- route for
Wepener This should precipiate an
action. The statement that President
KRUGER has been south seems TO con-
finn the reports that the Beers are
getting dlsheartened. This continued
eyertl0n OF his personal influence APP
pears now 90 have become a necessity
The Blemf0ntein correspondent Of
The Daily News. telegraphing Satur-
day. says President Kruger attend
ed conference Of the Boer command
ants at BrandfOrt on Thursday IL is
believed that decision was reached TO
withdraw the Transvaal forces TO the
north Of YaIsch river. preparatory 60 a
general retirement across the Naal
river. n hard pressed. leaving the Free
Saers % their own resources
A dispatch from Allwal North. dated
Apd. 18th. says. "Col. Grenfell wires
that the casualties at Wepener include
Qu1riemasler Williams. Lieut., Hal
ford aud Lieut.. Duncan, and fifteen
men wounded
Sin Godfrey Langdon resident COM
missioner at Maseru, telegraphs that no
shsIIng has been heard from the dlrec-
Ton of Wepener today A regiment
Of British infantry and a battery Of
artillery arrived Friday Gen Bra
blnts headquarters and all the mount
cd troops have gone 20 Rockville.
The Northern Post asserts that the
Rockville district furnished 1000 re-
cruiis TO the Boer forces as a result Of
the Invasion last week
Five hundred Beers, under Com
mlndant Swanepoel forced the royal
lrsh rifles 90 evacuate Rockville. The
former landrOst, who had been acting
Tor lhe British offered to go 10 the
'front.' 90 prove himself a true Free
slater and almost 20 a man the Free
hAter who had taken the oath re-
joined The Beers. Nearly every one
produced "a Mauser. L0otlng, however,
was regressed
- 10 IS reported that there are 1000
boars az Wepener. Fourteen British
gmpaihIzors have been imprisoned
Ihe Beers admit having shot Mr.
quincy the hotel-keeper. for taking
forage 90 the British, The paymaster
WIN 3iol was captured.
~ ls officially reported that the
British losses az Wepener In four days
A-Nuls were IL men killed and 1872
wounded
Airicas from Maseru. Basutoland.
Siiel saturday, April 18th, say: "SIr
H.I.I'| Langdon, British resident COM
l ltis. .lheN returned here yesterday
uHl4.yl from the scene Of operations
N,.lI Wepener He and the paramount
.'lgi nave stationed 5000 armed natives
", resist possible B0er intrenchments.
i"e ORDERS of the resident commission
=, ave mat the Basutos are not 20 De
s,.y".d 90 cross the Free State from
VT. on any pretense whatever Two
.tu'.s Who crossed and looted an
,sDsshlonei Boer farm are now In GUS
-, la Dalgety's position Is strong
,l.. Ne'. chosen, but he Is completely
% Ia' Beers have their backs against
,I.ani. and n they stay much
,,s they win be hemmed In. The
. .. wy. operations are keenly watched
,',N L.a 1elghb0ring heights. Smelling
M iIp'ng have been doing on stead-
~. ,g.'l4s The last six days.
e. I"Ise Tvs guns are admirably
.1.. and there is no waste OF am
. !, .l9n The Beers when they see
.s e.-. .tIe fash OF the cordlte. bolt
,'... 'Ne.r holes or behind walls. So
g,.. ai, the Beers and the Basuto
t-,.l mat they converse. The am
,t.i.', are close 20 the border. but
,,. .,"'l ana wounded are not re-
IAN Nh.u nlghtfall, IN order 10 con-
y 'Ae number Of casualties. The
.r.t .'r iatgued, and their horses are
U ..,, ana f01,s0re.
B.t... Beers attacked nercelv the
I, '.,'.n northern position on Monday
!, '.n, but they were beaten back
i. '''feak. Nothing Il known here
ga ualties on either eide"
be-, ,n,'oerts IN his telegram OF pro-
~. resident Kruger regarding the
IA ...lI 20 which the colonial Off
!. p,.,' troops who are now prisoners
-i.i,. a nave been subjected. CONF
b.,. VIZ the Beers have treated
Dr.. .s pr criminals confined IN fan.
es. -.'nls out that there are ninety
IA. eNtefic fever and dysentery In |
3. ,rlners' camp az Waterfall. that
r.., .fansvaal government foiieA m
~ ON demand OF the doctor the
ort. .ily medicines and medical COM
,l-.-,. ,'al me prisoners were forced 10
.rt 'n me open veidt; that the
m were placed in an open shed with
hs r,.. lSs'i and that 4 was only when
os5|.," Doctor threatened 10 resign that
i.e3 ''s ana mattresses were sun. !
h ~, INVITES President Kruger 10 reme. |
I w.tb .5'l'e OF things and contrasts /
no ~ e treatment the British give |
Nh, prisoners sick and wounded /
M .. Lord Roberts saws. receive |
lore@ ' treatment as our own sol.
D ab,.satilf iners who had taken the oath |
nm ',ilin from further co-operation
ler.,lne queen's enemies were found /
10 the Beers at Karoo sid.