Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-13
Expected Movement Of Lord Rob-
erts With His $4,000 Men,
BUTLER ALSO HAS $4,000 MEN
speeulations for an Immediate Move
Indefinite Descriptions Of the
Existing situation.
Early Dispatched

London April 10. $50 p. MIN a
roundabout way London hears that
Lord Roberts. when wiring to the
prince Of Wales at Copenhagen con-
gratulatlons upon HIS escape from as
sasslnation, added two OF three hopeful
sentences portendIng an early advance
with wlde-reachIng combinations.
Quiet assurances are passed around
among military men that Lord Roberts
is employing his great army effectively
and that the adventurous Boer COM
mandos are likely TO be cnmeshed
Scraps Of news--a detail here and an
other there, have reached England to-
night over comparatively idle cables.
but they do not illuminate the situa-
tlon
The colonials at Wepeuer stlll hold
of the Beers. Lord Methuen has
worked eastward until be Is within
eighty miles of kroonstad Boer scouts
have gone around Ladysmith and have
appeared at DewdorT and other places
on Gen. Buffers TANKS and rear. The
officers Of Buffers irregular horse est-
mate the Beers in Natal as $4,000. but
these figures are probably excessive.
10000 being regarded here as the out
side number.
After Gen Harris brigade leaves him.
Cen Butler viii still have close upon
$1,000 men. Il Is generally assumed
that this brigade is going 20 join Lord
Roberts. but its destination Is really
unknown
The Boer note 70 Portugal regarding
the use by the British OF the Beira
route for the transportation of troops
TO Rhodesia may II the Beers act
against Portugal. lead Great Britain
10 land troops at Lourenzo Marques.
This possibility has been seriously dis
cussed and is referred to at length In
the morning papers today.
The work Of the Boer peace commits
sloners has begun. Mr. Fischer has
asked Italy to intervene and the Ital-
ian minister Of foreign affairs. the
Marquis di Visconti-Venosta, has re-
piled that while he would receive the
ENJOYS. the best he could do would be
TO transmit their proposals to London,
thus following the course Of the United
States.
Sir Alfred Miner. when replying TO
q deputation Of clergymen In Cape
town yesterday Thursday said:
Never again must be the motto Of
all thinking and humane men. but not
from lust Of conquest or a desire 20
trample on the gallant, II misguided.
There must be no compromise or
patchwork In the settlement. and no
intrigue. the revival Of impossible am
billions or the accumulation Of enor-
nous ornaments.
The British viii no longer tolerate
adissimilar and antagonlstic political
system In a country which nature and
history have declared 10 be one' In
these absolute utterances OF Sir Alfred
Miner he speaks for the imperial gov
eminent
II Is calculated that Lord Roberts
now has 2l4000 effective troops. with
1900 more afloat or under orders The
war office has instructed officers not 10
take any more expanding bullets 20
Africa for revolyers.
tlyard Steyn. brother Of President
Steyn. in the course Of an interview at
Bloemfontein said: "The original war
plan Of the Beers was 20 oyerrun all
Cape Colony. but, on becoming in
volved IN the sieges Of Kimberley and
Ladysmlth. the burghers found the de-
sign spoiled. To this ! attribute the
Boer failure TO conquer the British.
expect the war 10 last until Christ
mas"
The seventh month Of the war Is be-
ginning with eastertide and the morn
Ing paper editorials eXpatiate upon the
need OF soberness.
A dispatch 20 the Daily Mail from
Lourenzo Marques dated Thursday,
says: 1T Is reported from Pretoria
that a Boer commando is moving
through Basutoland This is said 10
be a clever ruse 10 draw the British
away from Wepener.
About 1000 foreigners constitute the
new foreign legion In Pretoria, includ-
ing some Cossacks In uniform. Sew