Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01
BRITISH ARE, IN PRE-,
Boer Resistance Did Not lMaterialize Kruger
Leaders Fled.
Leaders Fled.

London. May II. 9 q. m.-The Daily
Mail published the following dispatch
from the Earl Of Rossiyn. who was
prisoner at Pretoria. but who. NJ civil
Ian. upp..ars to have ha,en rclenned:- r
..Prriwia. May ~. II 30 .. m.-Pre-
sosin will is.s a.capied In about two
hourS, without resistance. The lrcni-
dent has gone To Watervalloyen. Bur
romuster tie Souxa IL authorized to re-
ceIye the British. lie. with m inhuen-
tIaI committee of ciiirens Including
CHIEF Justice Gregorowxki. has been
appointed To preserve life nnd property
during the interregnum.
Everything Is quiet. but crowds are
waiting expccfiniiy In Church square
for ihc arrival of the British.
="F-aring u possible disturbance anu
bloo.ished among the prisoners OF war
at Waterfall. United States COusul Hay
and Leigh Wood insisted upon twenty
officers being liberated on parole TO go
To the men. Their action cannot be too
highly praised. .nfH
Il WAS permitted to accompany the
officers. Everything was quiet"
Pretoria. May :.0.-N u public meet
Ing called TIL, morning by the buryo'
master Of PRETORIA q committee was mp
pointed To keep public order.
The committee conJsts Of Judge
Gr.gorowski. Mel Carries Mnrnis. Love-
day. u. vIllIcrs. Zessicri,crs and +.
Grocbcicr.
British officers arr now At johannes.
burg debating fcrtis II surrender.
The Briii.h advnncc Eunri is hnif
way between icsis-.rSburg and l'rc-
toria. 80. t.s.s b ~ .a.-.1 trr.l.H q .s
II In reported that there Is q force al.
80 ut Huihcriy.
All the forces have bccn dismissed
from the fort. around Pretoria.
President Kruger II now nj Waterfall.
bowen. ~. va -
London. Aiay II. . u. m.-Ycstcr'iay
nj neon the British were only about two
hour~' march frum Pretoria. and the
Bocr military forces had abandoned
the city. This Intelligence comes from
I'll. Renter agent at the Trnnsvnnl cap
itai. and froin the Earl OF Rossiyn. In
a press dispatch. The TWO messages
left about the same time.
At I? o'clock this moruing the war OF.
ficc Ind received no news from Lord
Robcrts which the officials would make
public. but Il IL assumed that the press
niviccs nrc correct. Most Of the Lon.
don morning papers through the cour-
tesy ri the Daily Mail. print Lord Ross-
lyn's ,iisIntcl nnd comment upon Il.
treating the wur as ended. Some VI the
more cautious critics think that gucr-
rilia warfare Is likely to le carried on
for some time In various parts OF the
conquered territory. MI the Bocr
forces are di>soivlng. Lord Roberts.
apparently. hn> not yet taken any con-
siderable quantities Of artillery. arms
or stores. Large b"dics of Beers must
stiii ic somewhere In the Held.
watcrvnliovcn. or wnicrfnllboycn. Is
l:s0 miles due east of Pretoria, on the
pelnroa Ray railway. II should not
II. confused with Waterfall. ten miles
north of Pretoria. where the British
prisoners arc. Wafcrvalboycn II n
sluau place Ia u mountainous country.
The seat Of the Bocr governmcnt-what
there is left of twill probably b.
Ly,lcnburg. To the north. -.t
a dispatch, from 1.ourcnzo Marques.
dated "wednesday. says:
''comnsan,lant kraus hns surreu-
dcrel Johannesburg To Lord Roberts.
by to-nirht's train from Pretoria ar
rived u Few Greeks. who say they were
toll To leave Pretoria Tuesday. They
affirm tha, 'hc train In which they left
was shellcd by the British. and that
half Of the train was cut on. the re-
mnintier sieamlng away. This Incident
probably occurred at Elnnsfontein
Junction. rt .
BY the release of the British prison
crs at Waterfall n full brigade will bc
added to the army OF Lord Roberts, as
there were liz officers and 4,1S2 pri.
Yates among them. .'l-lJ
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