Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-06-14

London, June 1O.-Gen. Butler has
ut length taken the offensive, and, by
maneuvering, he has secured Il posi-
ton west of Laing's Mex, by which he
believes he can make the Boer posi-
ton untenable. Presumably he will
Immediately follow up his success
Lord Roberts has communicated moth
ing for three days nor permitted the
correspondents to wire. what is going
on. Londons inference is that he is
resting. although he is possibly dispos-
ing, his army for Il rush after Com
mandant General BotAa. A blockade
of the wires,
i Owing to the Crush
OF official correspondence may account
for the scanty press dispatches. Some
kilograms filed a week ago are only
just now arriving. Among those are
spirited descriptions of the fighting at
Elandsfontein. According to one of
them the streets were filled with wo-
men and children. Rifle shots could
be heard everywhere. Tie British
soldiers would stop firing and jain in
the chase after chickens. The burgh-
ers. surrendered to any one Kattirs
went about looting the Jewish stores
and the mounted infantry gallopeu
hither and thither
British Prisoners Deceived.
The Daily Express has tile follow
ing from Pretoria, dated Wednesday:
The 1000 prisoners who We're de-
ported from Waterfall We're told that
they We're about to be given up to
Lord Roberts. They entrained cheer
fully and were conveyed to Nooit
Gedache. instead of Pretoria during
the night" The British advance guard
ON entering was upon the very heels of
the retiring Beers. Botha has sworn
to carry on the war in the mountains
'''' Waited in Vain for Kruger.
y At Lourenzo Marques station a
crowd waited all Thursday night to
see President Kruger. as it was re-
ported he would arrive by !; special
train to gain an asylum on board the
Netherlands cruiser FrieSlanH. Mid
Qleburg is said to be full Of Boer
refugees and wounded. The railway
still delivers goods nj. BrQokhorSt
Spiuit forty miles east OF Pretoria. y
british column :: is at Brtlnerslorp.
Swaziland. Eleven, British prisoners
have been taken to AIiddlel,urg. He
British at Reira are go:
Moving Into the Interior
in ,detac hments. of 200 daily. Mr.. g.
" Fihdes. imperial: secretary to, the
high commissioner. with. Il part of Sir
Alfred Miners staff left Cape Town
Friday evening for Pretoria. possibly.
as the Cape Town correspondent CORE: t.. Of
the Daily News thinks. TO arrange the
annexation details. The Beers in the
western part of the T1arsvaal, are Civ
ing up their rifles to Gen: Hunter Mr..
Harold G.. Parsons. Federation dele
gate from Western Australia. writes
to the morning papers :: to! protest
against the; treatment, given TO the
wounded. Canadians. He says. The
wounded y. Canadians, at, Shorncliffe
camp returning from the front com.
plain that they -. -. -.
Are Badly Fed.
unhealthy clothed and refused a sur
geon, 'rliS seems Il .:curons: return
to make for their conspicuous services
voluntarily rendered. j hava.it on in
disputahle authority tlat;it is the prac-!
tice of the war office TO administer the
British volunteer. and for all know
the regular army by means of rcgula-,
tons drafted and issued in great part
onpe better authority 1hah it's force i
Of Second-class clerks. a bhdy.of gen
tlemen no doubt of irreproachable
characer., but by no means: adapted
by their intelligence Or edllta tioh to be
intrusted with so great a: responsible
ity. SHt'lf a. fclesation of authority
which is unconstitutional ''as we'll AS
nnbusinessslike. is in itself enough to
show, that the who'll. war Office: from
Top to; BOTTOM: must: Be reformedJ If. !
not; 'recolEtrutteai after: tie wars 81
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