The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-05-21
Flags Waved Everywhere.

| lcuek OF Moteking was announced they
Joined heartily in the applause.
Flags Waved Everywhere.
The London fire Insurance laws axe
fireworks impossible. and the city lacked
| the blazo of illumination characteristic Cf
American cities during similar rejoi:irgs.
The British. therefore. relies upon lung
| power. and from St. Paurs cathedral TO
Westminster Abbey and up through nc
cadIly to Hyde Park. there was a Mag
| ara-iikc rcar-incessant rising and falling
| hour aftc- hour. as the surg!ng masses
poured through London's thoroughfares
/ like the people IN the United states on
the eve OF n presidential election.
| There was a lack OF pyrotechnic giere.
| but every cabby and every bus man In
| London had a un, IN Jack fiuttering from
| his whip and the stars and stripes was by
/ no means lacking Patrons of four
| wheelers were not content 10 rae ihs.oe
the vehicles. and the tops were cfowueo
with flag waving. cheering. sprawiing en-
thusiasts. 49,,
| At Carlton hotel. which Is filled with
| Americans. the bands played Marchthg
Through Georgia." which has been recent
ly adapted 10 an English song enctied
Marching TO Pretoria, DhNie' INV
other American airs were played.
re-, ,housand people stood in front or
Mrs Baden-PoweIrs house I'm ST. george
place. cheering and singing. ana ~ ~,
| Of cabs brought Congratulations siSS
Baden-Powell. the colQpefs sister, saiu
..rhe same tale has been brought US
| many times during the last ANXIOUS
i sanSbs Tho war Office has promised US
| the earliest Information we oi''s
/ IL Is true -,o, paden-
Later in the evening Coiohei "a
Powelrs mother sent WORD 'hAt sno -,
retired and that IL any teie -
sh. was not TO be disturbed unth HUI"
/ ing. ,,. .c,ool.
/ whore Raden-Powell was educated, were
| aroused from sleep by the news anu .io
institution quickly became Veriao'0
paudemonium of noise and enthusiasm.
| AS soon as information OF the rene. Mae
/ received the lord mayor. Mr.. a. ). Ne"
ton. sent the following dispatch 10 |'io
| mel Baden-Powell:
.--rha citizens OF London are relieved
/ They rejoice in the good news reSeiNe a.
Your gallant defense Will lohs llNo -.
| British annals. Gable me what money -
/ wanted for the needs of the garrison anu
! Inhabitants after long priVatlohs.
In unrestrained Iubilations the provinces
were not behind the metropolis. Although
| London had the start by a Few minutes
/ the great Industrial surrounding towns
/ soon burst into patriotic demonstrations.
BELLS clashsd In their steeples; village
bands turned out and people gathered IN
| the square to chant fervidly God save
/ the Queen"
From all parts OF tho empire comes
the came story. Bombay. Hong KONG
| Colombia and the Australian cities are
/ rejoicing. Continental cities. as the press
! kilograms abundantly testify. received the
news sadly.
Under the head of How the News
Was Received" The Daily Chronicle says:
THE telegram to the Associated Press
| from Pretoria the historic dispatch, an
/ nouncing tht relief of Mafeking-was
sent from tho capital OF the Transvaal
at IL IS a. m. May 18th. 1t reached the
London office at 9:l7 y. m. and was in
| stantly dispatched to every quarter of the
| Spouse from far-off Toronto describing
the reception of the news there.
This is not surprising I'm view of the
I fact that four minutes after the receipt
| OF the telegram here IL WAS In the Assoc
clated Press office I'm New York. when
/ IL was forwarded TO the furtherest limits
I of the North American continent.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain called at the
war office after midnight and received a
| tremendous ovation.
The relief of Mafeking has had the effect
OF suspendlng for moment interest In
! the operations elsewhere In the field OF
war. Nevertheless yesterday brought i'm
| portant official announcements. Lord
Methuen entered Hoopestad Thursday. lie
IS now seventy miles from Kroonstad and
1--WE miles from Boihaville.
General Butler entered New Castle
Thursday evening. Lord Roberts IS not
Idle While waiting for stores at Kroon-
stad he IS using his mounted men 10
-earch a wide tract OF country. Colonel
/ Broadwood occupied Lindley on Thurs
day. and the same day General Hutton
I captured one OF the Bothas, thirty miles
I from kroonstad. General Rumble, on
/ Thursday. encamped at Clocoland. Brit
/ ish successes are thus reported at every
I point from which news came yesterday.
Beers May Sue for Peace.
Lourenzo Marques correspondent tel
| egraphinG yesterday. says:
| New Ieace proposals will probably be
put forward 10y the BOer government.
The recent reVerses are causing despon-
dency. There WAS a prolonged meeting
II the TransvaaI executive At Pretoria
Thursday and the destruction OF the
mines was again considered. II Is under
stood that the government does not in
tend 10 destroy the mines
t'ccOrding To other advices from the
I same point. President Kruger ana
7 other high officials propose leaving al
/ most Immediately for Lydenburg. The
/ British prisoners will be conveyed there.
3 and the foreign cOnsuls at Pretoria are
I leaving for Bydenburg.
] In Kroonstad i IS said that President
l Kruger viii surrender when Lord Roberts
2
/ Lord Roberts is accommodating immense
Z quantities % supplies. and the prepara-
I tiOns for another movement are we'll ad
! vanced- The next step viii Too Johannes
Z burg Two thousand men are working
/ on the railway division at Valsch river.
f. There are l2,000 Beers at RhenOster
Z Spruit. Accommodating parties are sight
Z Ell daily 10y the British patrols.
COmmandant Mel, with the Johannes
burg 'Zarps." IS actively communicating
Z fifteen miles northwest OF kroonstad. Des-
perate efforts are being made by the
. Transvaalers TO get every available unit
I on the fighting line. All exemptions have
/ been Cancelled. The CT ri administration
/ is reduced to the lowest limits.
The Beers have dynamited Laings Mex
/ tunnel. and the railway is completely
I wrecked. The work Of repairs viii occu-
/ py many weeks. The Beers now hold
the best positions for defending the pass.
That not only Mafcking. but the whole
/ United Kingdom is relieved Is demon
I strated by the utterances of the morning
papers. The Daily Telegraph says:
.'Mafelxing IS a small place. Its Fan
T would have made no difference IN inc
E cours,. al the war. but. while the balance
. fields OF conflict. the unconqucrdble litte
Z town shut up in the north, saw the lew
+ weeks FOR which It was expected 70 holu
( ont mass into months OF isolation.
I Never will England forget tho happy
I hopelul thrill that came TO her Nhen
Colonel Haden-POwell said;
"'Mafek.ng can't be taken by sHtlhs