The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-09
IMMENSE ARMY EMPLOYED NORTH
OF JOHANNESBURG.
No OMcial Intelligence of What Il.
T~ranspiring Outside Pretoria-Re.
port From Pretoria Says That the
Military Leaders Have Assumed
the Powers of Government and
Will Defend the Capital-Feelinx
OF Anger Against Kruger for His
Unnecessary Flight-Marvelous
Revival of Courage.

gence regarding what is transpiring
outside Pretoria there is little or moth
ing to-day. Lord Roberts is silent.
Nevertheless, by piecing together items
from various correspondents it will be
seen that Lord Roberts immense army
is all employed north of johannesburg
with the exception Of one brigade,
which is at johannesburg, and that
six columns are ~converging at Pre-
toria. An undated news dispatch via
Lourenzo Marques, June 4, from Pre-
toria,. says: "Fretoria is nov
Y Invested by the British.
NO resistance will be offered. The
city will be surrendered by the burgo-
master as soon as a formal demand is
made" This message purports to
come in cipher. President Kruger
commands the telegraph eastward
from Pretoria and telegraphic news
from Pretoria to Lourenzo Marques
has ceased, but the messengers of
newspaper correspondents continue to
pass to and fro on the railway. The
latest to arrive at Lourenzo Marques
brings news Of events at the Boer
capital down to a late hour Friday
night. At that hour, according to
these sources Of information, the mil
itary leaders had quite
Recovered From Their Panic
and had determined to defend the
town. One message which is dated
June 1, says:
but most of the commands are
n0-~no1 4,~%C$Io rnpn< rvynr 00ppn-
Gil of generals has just concluded it's
deliberations. The decision as to the
future military course has not been
made known. Louis Botha and De-
larey sat in the council
Another dispatch brought to Louren-
70 Marques by messenger from Pre-
toria at midnight, says: 1.-The war
council
Assumes the Powers
of the government. Its members de-
clare that the capital may still be
successfully defended. One member
said: With the help of God the hour
will still come when Great Britain
will acknowledge the independence of
the two republics Gen. Delarey said
that Pretoria will be defended to, the
utmost, adding: There is every
echance that we will yet beat the en-
Rcmy out Of the country President
Eruker still remains in the country,
LyiH constant wire communication
d the leaders here. There is a
feeling of anger, however,
against him at what is called his
Unnecessary Flight,
and because he and his officials took
all the gold and left their subOrdinateS
unpaid. The phase of public feeling
is q marvellous revival of courage"
From LourenzO Marques comes q
dispatch dated June 4, saying: ut is
KNOWN that some great British move
ment is in progress outside Of Pre-
toria. The mysterious movements OF
President Kruger's secretary and ply
,atcian, particularly their visit to the
hitch warship Firesland, which is in
the harbOr here, has aroused suspi-
cions that important persOnages are
expected" =.
The news from the minor theaters
Of hostilities is less cryptic. The
B0er Operations
to break Lord Roberts communica-
tons have been entirely bafled, but
the Boer commanders n in danger
OIL DelllX S~uIFOuuucu W cuc DAaSAoa
columns Mt Ficxsburg and Senekal.
Xsen. Rumble, instead of throwing him
}elf against the Beers intrer ched at
lBidulphburg, moved . toward Ficks-
burg and established communication
with Gen. Brabant. The Beers
marched parallel with Rumble, intend
ing to seize a strong position on the
Ficksburg, but Gen.. Rumble got there
first. The 500 Beers who were in
this movement are nov reported to be
going elsewhere. Gen. Butler contin-
ueS to
Exchange Shells
with the Beers. Gen. Baden-Powell
IL still at Mafeking. Gen. Hunters
column is marching into the Trans
wal beyond Lichtenburg. A new
phase Of the Anglo-Dutch conflict Is
opening in Cape Colony. The leaders
Of the Northumberland propose, It is
asserted, to block business in the Cape
parliament until the government acts
mon the resolutions adopted BY the
1eople's convention at GRAF Reinat.
declaring that the chief immediate
cause Of the war was the unwarranted
ana intolerabley interference of the
ministry in London In the internal al
fairs Of the South African republic.
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