The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-22
CONTENTS ARE WE'LL CONCEALED
FOREIGN OFFICE RECEIVED A DIS
PATCH DIRECT FROM PRE-
TORIA OFFICIALS.
LORD ROBERTS NOT IDLE
Finds Great Aid In the Work Per-
formed by Gen. Gatacre - No
Report of Relief of Mafe-
king at Hand.

have passed between President Kruger
and the British government, in addition
to the Salisbury-Kruger correspondence
already published. The foreign Office
received dispatch from Pretoria yester-
day. The contests OF these kilograms
cannot be obtained yet.
So far as the military situation is con-
cerned there is no change. Lord Roberts
Is quietly making preparations for the
next move. AS necessary to a begin
ming, Gems Brabant and Gatacre are
swiftly moving from point to point in
the southern districts of the Free State,
dispensing or accepting the surrender Of
any remaining Beers, thus lnsuring the
safety of Lord Roberts communications
before starting for Pretoria. A corre-
spondent Of the Daily News at Spring
fontein describes these movements:
Gen. Gatacre is sweeping through the
country like cyclone, with flying col
strategy have proved Of inestimable value
to Lord Roberts"
The rebuilding Of the railroad bridge at
Norvals Pont will occupy two months.
The temporary bridge will be completed
in about ten days. Meanwhile supplies
are transformed by an aerial tramws
across the gap. These works necessarily
delay the providing OF supplies from ad-
vance.
Lord Methuens movements north Of
Kimberley are believed to- be advancing.
He has a column of 1900 men, with Kim
berley as basis to strike eastward from
ipto +ho aJ
The long anxiously awaited news of the
relief of Mafeking has not yet been re-
ceived
Mr.. Schreiner, the Cape premier, has
granted the request Of the mayor of Cape
Town that public holiday be proclaim
ed throughout the colony on the relief of
Mafeking.
EXPECTS HEAVY FIGHTING.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Pre-
toTia, dated Monday, March 10, says:
President Kruger returned from
Kroonstadt yesterday. He says the fight
in the Free State will be desperate. I
am Informed the -Transvaal government
has taken no resolution to destroy mines
and property as q last resort"
CONDITION IN BLOEMFONTEIN.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing Tuesday, March
20, says:
l have just arrived from Bloemfontein
where l learned that no further move
ment is probable for three weeks, as ne
gotiations are progressing. I failed to
ascertain the nature Of the negotiations
or whether Sir Alfred Miners departure
from Cape Town is connected with them,
but 1 should not be surprised If the war
collapsed quickly"
A Daily Chronicle correspondent at
Bloemfontein, telegraphing Tuesday.
March 20 says:
1.-The civil government has been reor-
ganized. Mr.. ]. A. Collins, under secre-
tary Of the interior, has been appointed
landrost. Steyn is regarded as guilty of
faulty, but not Influenced by nepotism
He was always Kruger's tool. 1t has
been remarked that he has reaped finan-
cial benefit from this connection, but the
report is not substantiated. Mr.. Fischer
played the part of Steyn's Mephistophe-
les
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
Winston Churchill, in dispatch from
Pietermaritznurg says:
az think it may be counted certain
that the Transvaal would immediately
comply if Great Britain were to demand
equally fair treatment for all prisoners
Dy q threat OL TepflSalS On 1rdnSVdaI
prisoners"
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Morning Post says
'On the best authority I learn that the
real objectors of the Fischer Wolmarans
deputation is Russia. I also learn they
have taken away all the secret incrimi-
mating documents from Pretoria, thus
making it. difficult to implicate Steyn and
the Bondites."
BOERS IN a POCKET.
A dispatch to the Standard from Bloem-
fontein dated Tuesday, says:
-Four thousand Transvaalers from
Colesberg trekked on Saturday and Sun
day to the northeast, going by way of
the Basutoland border. They will prob
ably be caught at one of the passes.
"a striking feature of the advance on
Bloemfontein was the abandonment of
our Communications with Poplar Grove.
Lord Roberts, confident In the ability of
his transport to meet all the immediate
needs of the army, deliberately left the
enemy at Abrahams Kraal to do what
they liked. The result fully justified him.
The enemy to the south was paralyZed by
the boldness and rapidity Of the stroke,
and Gen. Clements and Gen. Gatacre
were enabled to cross the Orange river
almost without opposition.
UNION OF BOER STATES.
LONDON, March 22.-The correspondent
of the Times at Lourenzo Marques, tele-
graphing Tuesday, says:
"It Is reported from Pretoria that a