The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-09
KAMEHANEHA DAY RACES GEN. FRENCH IN PRETORIA
REPORT THAT PRESIDENT
KRUGER is A PRISONER.
The Transvaal as a Militant State
Crumbles Before Lord Roberts Tao
tics and Strategy-In Pretoria.

Passengers by the Aorangi report |
that just before the vessel left Victoria /
a press dispatch was received announ- |
cling that Lord Roberts had reported /
the capture of Pretoria, and that Cen ]
eral French had entered the city.
LONDON, June Lord Roberts re-
ports that the British troops are in pos
session of johannesburg.
In London it is rumored that Presi-
dent Kruger has been captured near
Pretoria, but the British War Office has
not received any information on the
subject
Lord Rossyln's dispatch announcing
the imminent fall of Pretoria has been
confirmed.
General Rumble defeated a Boer Com
mando at Senekal, the British casual
ties being forty-five killed and many
wounded
LONDON, May 81, p. m.-The Daily
Mail published the following dispatch
from the Earl of Rosslyn, who was a
prisoner at Pretoria, but who, as a
civilian, appears to have been released:
PRETORIA, Wednesday, May 80,
40 a. m.-Pretoria will be occupied in
| about two hours without resistance.
| The President has gone to Waterfall
bowen. Burgomaster de SouZa is au-
thorized to receive the British. He,
with an influential committee of citi-
ZenS, lnCluulIB CDleI Justice GieGOGOW-
ski, has been appointed to preserve life
and property during the interregnum.
| Everything is quiet, but crowds are
| waiting eXpectantly in Church Square
for the arrival of the British.
| Fearing a possible disturbance and
/ bloodshed among the prisoners of war
! at Waterfall, United States Consul Hay
and Leigh Wood insisted upon twenty
! officers being liberated on parole to go
| to the men. Their action cannot be too
/ highly praised. l was permitted to ac-
! company the officers. Everything was
/ quiet"
I LONDON May 31.-The war is over.
Before this news reaches you the Brit
! ish flag will be flying over Pretoria.
! Anything that may happen now is
merely a matter of policing and paci-
| fication. The War Office received no
! information yesterday as to the move
| ments of Lord Roberts troops, and at
| p minutes after l o'clock this morning
/ it was stated that the authorities had
no news for publication. The Daily
| Mail therefore, obtained the first ink
! ling of the great news through it's cor
| respondent, Earl of Rosslyn, who has
been a prisoner at Pretoria. He sent
word under date of yesterday that Pre-
toria would be in the hands of the Brit
ish in two hours.
President Kruger has left the Trans
vaal capital as a fugitive, having prob
ably been deposed. He was reported
yesterday to be at Watervalboven, a
station on the Delagoa Bay Railway,
half way between Middleburg and
Koomatipoort. The defenders of the
forts were ordered by the local commit
tee appointed to preserve the peace to
leave their posts. Measures were taken
to control the rank and file of the Brit
ish prisoners by sending to them some
of their own officers. Citizens assem-
i'm Church in ha e
the town, to receive the Victors when
they entered.
All other news important enough in a
way sinks into insignifcance beside the
occupation of the Boer capital. One
: cannot help being struck by the capa-
city of Lord Roberts for directing his
movements in such a way as to cause
a remarkable coincidence in dates The
day chosen for his entry into Johannes
burg was the first anniversary of the
: arrival of Sir Alfred Milner and Presi-
J dent Kruger in Bloemfontein for the
} important conference concerning the
points at issue between Great Britain
and the South African republic, espe-
c1ally those connected with the griev-
ances of the outlander population of the
: city of gold.
LONDON, May 31.-The following
; dispatch from Lord Roberts has beer
received at the War Office here:
JOHANNESBURG, May 81, 2 p. M
Her Majesty's forces are now in DOS.
; session of johannesburg and the Brit.
ism nag hoats over the Government
buildings"
, BOSTON. May 31.-Messrs. Fischer
> vessels and Wolmarans, the Boer en-.
. Voys, were received at the City Hall here
: today by Mayor Hart and subsequently,
= called at the State House
Have you noticed" Fischer asked &
: reporter, that the English forces have
. not captured a single piece of artillery
: or any considerable munitions of wal
from us since our men have been exc.
cutting their retreat? This material has
{ not ascended into the air, nor has Il
> gone up in Lord Roberts balloons. anC
/, the English will find it out to theil
sorrow, l am afraid. Our guns, sup
plies, etc, have been taken along witt
our troops, and they will yet be useC
| eHectlVely, If / am not greatly mis-
taken. The fact that President Kruge
mas retreated to WaterValboven anC
that this is declared the capital of ou
! | government shows that our people ar,
still determined to win their independ
ence. Our capital is where our Presi
cent chooses to move it. The fact tina
: Lord Roberts annexed the Orange Fre
state the other day means nothing
The United States could annex Canadi
by proclamation, but something NOR,
eHeetlve would have to follow TO max,
II a fact"
Mr.. Fischer added the statement thu
President Kruger would not surrenda
while there was bullock cart and six
teen oxen in the Transvaal to transpor
him from place to place.