The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-31
WAR IS ALMOST ENDED.
Lord Roberts Army PTObQbIy AITe0dy
in Pretoria
KRUGER HAS LEFT CAPITAL
People at Pretoria Preparing to Re-
CeiVe British.

British Officers in Johannesburg
Debating Terms of Surrender.
Crowds in the Church Square at
Pretoria Awaiting the Arrival OF
Is at WatervaIboven-Lyde
May BE Made the TransvaaI Capt.
tai, but Little More Armed Resist
ance Is Expected.
Pretoria, Wednesday. May SO.-British
officers are now at johannesburg dictat-
ing terms of surrender.
The British advance guard is half way
between johannesburg and Pretoria.
1t is reported that there is force also
at Hatherly.
All the forces have been dismissed from
the forts around Pretoria.
President Kruger is now at WATERFALL
bowen.
At a public meeting called this morning
by the burgomaster of Pretoria a commit
tee was appointed to keep the public Or
der.
London, May 81, a. m.-The Daily Mail
publishes 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, 11:40 a.
m.-Pfetoria will be occupied in about
two hours, without resistance The Pres
ident has gone to Watervalboven. Bur-
gomaster deSouza is authorized TO receive
the British. He, with an influential COM
mittee of ctizens, including Chief Justice
Gregorowski. has been appointed to pre-
serve life and property during the inter-
reguum.
Everything is quiet but crowds are
waiting expectantly in Church square for
the arrival of the British.
Fearing a possible disturbance and
boodshed among the prisoners of war at
Waterfall, United States Consul Hay and
Leigh Wood insisted upon twenty officers
being libel ated on parole to go to the
men. Their action cannot be too highly
praised.
Il was permitted to accompany the Off
GERS. Everything was quiet"
Look on the War as Over.
London, May 81, 8 a. m.-Yesterday at
noon the British were only about two
hours march from Pretoria, and the Boer
military forces had abandoned the city.
This intelligence comes from the Reuter-
agent at the Transvaal capital, and from
the Earl of Rosslyn, in a press dispatch.
The two messages left about the same
time
Most of the London morning papers
treat the war as ended. Some of the more
cautious critics think that guerilla war is
likely to be carried on for some time in
various parts of the conquered territories.
Although the Boer forces are disso,ving,
Lord Roberts apparently has not yet taken
any considerable quantities of artillery.
arms or stores. Large bodies Of Beers
must still be somewhere in the field.
Watervalboven, or Waterfall Bowen, Is
small mountain placefi 100 miles due
east of Pretoria, on the Deagoa Bay
Railway. The seat of the Boer govern
ment-what there is left of twill proba-
oly be Lydenburg, TO the north.
Johannesburg Given Up.
dispatch from Lorenzo Marquee, dat
eo Wednesday, says:
"Commandant Kraus has surrendered
johannesburg to Lord Roberts. By to-
nights train from Pretoria arrived q few
Greeks, who say they were told to leave
Pretoria Tuesday. They affirm that the
train in which hey left was shelled by
the British, and that half of the train
was cut of, the remainder steamng away.
This incident probably occurred at
T. andsfontein Junction.
Il asseng. RS frcm Pretoria assert that
the town is utterly demoralized. There is
mad rush for the coast. Five train
loads of fugitives are expected here to-
nght"
The Lorenzo Marquee correspondent
III nix the border troubles between the
Iransvaal and Portugal may come to a
head at any moment. Komati bridge is
strongly defended. Yesterday the Portu-
gese auth rides were preparing to re-
sst a possible engag ment. mule bat
'ery was sent to the frontier.
Where the BOers May Go.
The Lorenzo Marquee correspondent of
the Times says
IT would not be surprising IL large
pro oriion of the bel Dutch sought tenn
lorary refuge on Portuguese territory"
1t is reported that acspecial train from
Pretoria, with fugitivss, was derailed on
the Transvaal side Of Komati Poort a
number of passengers being killed or in
jurod
The British authorities at Buluwayo