Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13
. .r.,.d to Have Passed Around to
the West Of COIsnsO'
|, NILES FROM LADYSAlTH'
a, Latter place = 2'Soo IN
's' ...oI,al-En,hu.las" in Lona0"
b''r ..oor,. Of Boer strength

- Ian. l3.-Gen. buiiei '"S"
IO"s. ,,.ords announcing his forward
p-ss ,srt on Thursday, are interpret
meaning that he has passed
saand the western end OF the s., pue,
ot colenso and is now seVera'
ils' S,h,ra them. and within fourteen
n's =, Gen. Whites outposts at Lady,
D, ',s The Beers, a few days ago. hac
. with guns at Springfield, where
~.S pullsr dates his dispatch rhese
W have been, obviously, dis
'Sgsd. either by fighting or by maheu-
w. the Beers retiring across the
|r 'v' as Gen. Butler advances
r,om Gen. Buffers dispatch coupled
a. ,be fact that unofficial intelli-
a' ~. ,,on, the seat Of war has virtual
"..sod since Monday, the deduction
lawn that important operations are
arosress as he cannot move iar
4 xl,hout going against the Boer IN
tsnchments.
The death list from enteric FEVER ana
,,,,ntery at Ladysmith. averaging
,r eight 10 ten daily, is considered
,,. serious than the 42O casualties Of
S.,r,dav's fight, as It indicates the
.Ssbtfuily unsanitary condition OF the
'ssgnered town. A letter from Lady
srI,h dated December It'll, says that
svsn then ninety out Of 400 men IN the
N'nalIon of which the writer Is mem
=, were sick with dysentery or enterlc
srsr and. according TO dispatch to
=, nailv Chronicle, dated January Sth,
n, nstients and attendants In Tomb
emp where the hospital is, then mum
befed $500,
remarkable scenes OF patriotism were
Witnessed in London last evening after
short service held for the volunteers
N 81 Paurs cathedral, The vast audi
.nce was slow to dispense. Ladies stood
nm an their chairs reckoning and
/ esuug TO brothers, sons and friends In
,Ne ranks, the latter signaling back A
Il
srsns Of great animation ensued The
i orranlst introduced a few bars OF the
national anthem in concluding the vol
uutary. The effect OF this was magical.
4 First the volunteers and then the con-
Il g,egston took up the strains, and the
n yaa cathedral was filled with enthusi-
Il sstc song.
i The demonstrations were renewed by
4 immense crowds outside. ST. Paurs
Ichurchyard and Ludgate hill were black
I with people, and 1t was impossible for
4 the volunteers to march. individual
/ members were pulled out Of the ranks
by their friends and admirers, who
raised them on their shoulders and thus
4 carried them down Fleet street to the
I temple. Those who escaped hosting
proceeded slowly, surrounded by cling
4 Ing women.
Aiterv ard at the various theaters
where the men were entertained, and
yet later on, returning TO barracks,
these scenes were renewed and the
streets were filed until midnight with
h cheering people.
Mr. Reginald Wynne, chief Of the
4 yeomanry recruiting Office, says he has
/ Teiusd numerous offers made by Amer
leans for service. Only British subjects
we're allowed to join. Consequently, he
4 uys the report that several American
Tough riders have enlisted in the yeo-
nanry is incorrect Some Britishers.
however, who are alleged to have seen
service In the American army In Cuba
1 have been accepted.
The duke of Marlborough has been
accepted by the war Office for service
IN lhe yeomanry.
Nr. Chamberlain has received te1e-
grams from Ceylon showing that the
legislative council Of the colony has
voted TO send l25 mounted men to South
Africa
An apparently well-informed cor
respondent Of the Morning Post says:
The Boer strength is now heavily aug
mented by Cape Colonists, and the en-
emys nghting forces may be estimated
lslFiy at 100000 men and 20G guns. The
noers are not compelled to guard their
communications. Their grass is good,
.he crops are growing, vegetables, cat
We anu sheep are plenty and game
Is abundant"
new York, Jan. l3.-Dlscussing the
Ahgo'Boer war situation the London
vNIespondent Of the Tribune says: No
,ur'ner news has yet been issued with
ssaid TO Gen. Buffers flank movement,
wy 'he general feeling as expressed in
vas mornings newspapers is one OF
a'F rather than anxiety. Butler Is ap-
ra'ehuy attempting the turning move
"su' west OF C0lenso which nearly all
IautaIy experts were expecting when
A. nisl battle was fought, on Dec. Is.
saev,y In 'front.'. The military writer's
rs's assumed during the last fortnight
~as mere would be a turning move
csat put that II would be east OF
vslso IRON Weenen. Some of these
sperls chung with tenaclty TO their
ssoly yesterday and described the Pot
:. IVY, ss demonstration as a feint designed
" ssuact Joubert's attention from the
a. point Of attack at the other end Of
ho s me but this explanation was not
ss.u Vul by General Buffers own pres
80 49, ~ Springfield. He had probably
NM. waiting FOR the completion Of his
ssas transport service, which would
h n. MN 10 carry the main body Of
~ army away from the railway base
~, \. supplies and fight day after day on
b es 1eny Hank until junction could
,.,s suee'ed with Whites army. The
M Nails also suggested that he might
~. fingered In his camp until Gen.
an. arrival at Capetown In order 10
nrlyn tne new commander n-chlef the
ibs ese OF yetoing at the last moment
WPp.vposed plan OF campaign.
"naleVer was the precise cause az bIs
tassls zen. Butler was at last In the
ban. ana a second battle or series of
Of iss s would be fought for the relief
onlv -ysthith. Singularly enough. the
tpryis leylous reference 20 this western
IN nr,s movement which had appeared
ear ~. was In dispatch from tie Roar
ths,p az Solenso. II was vague ru,noy
irss we british were building a RAILWAY
|Dnfi ny camp toward Potgleter's
of be ne ne occupation OF the south bank
|Br,I.s lugela at that point by the
10 ~ you'd not have been a surprise
q, a low noefs' The drift is at the apex
afe law Mug pend or loop and back OF il
cU,r,,S'. ranges Of kopjes, with broken
urn',.y al the way 10 Ladysmlth, a
have s, ni-Vem' Mt asst Of colenso would
'Boer threatened the main line of the
wosla communications northward but
free Ia rs,, 'eit the Free State troops
ironts, ''.ne westward TO their own
colenso a turning movement west OF
iul, wo., ~ fotgieter's Drift, II success
rstrea, as CUT on the direct line OF
their mo- ~ .he Free State burghers 10
block fbsdI n,aln passes, but would not