The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-17
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
DEwET AND sTEYN PREVENT ITS
END.
Lord Roberts Credited With Saying it
VIII Take Three Months More to
Complete the Work

LONDON, July 3, $3.50 a. NIT is
clear that Lord Roberts does not con-
slider the war in South Africa ended
as he has put stop to the return of
civilians and has ordered mining men
back to Bloemfontein. He is credited
with thinking that three months must
elapse before affairs will be settled
enough to permit the resumption of
business.
LONDON, July 4.-Nothing decisive
has yet been heard from the columns
seeking to hem in General Dewet. All
of Lord Roberts field transport is en-
gagged apparently in supplying these
columns. Operations elsewhere will be
necessarily delayed. one thousand
Beers are hanging on General Clerys
right flank
President Kruger, replying to a cor
respondent at Machadodorp, who in
quired if there was any truth in the re-
port that he had opened negotiations
wrote: The President and people of
the South African republic most ear
nestly desire peace, but only upon two
conditions: The complete independence
of the republic and amnesty for the
colonial Beers who fought with us If
these conditions be not granted we will
fight to the bitter end"
LONDON, July THE Times Lou
reno Marquee correspondent, in u dis
patcn dated FRIDAY, says.
From a trustworthy source it is
, learned that ex-President stem and
Christian Dewet are the only obstacles
to the termination of the war i'll South
Africa"
LONDON, July 9.-Lord Roberts tele-
graphs to the War Office from Pretoria
as follows. The officer commanding
at Heilbron reports that state Secretary
Blignaut. State Attorney Dickson and
Of ha NTa do, t,I
KupperVergen came in yesterday and
surrendered.
Hutton was attacked yesterday I'm a
position he was holding by a large num-
Der of Beers. He cut them off without
much difficulty. Our only casualty was
Lieutenant Young of the First Cana
dian Troop, slight scalp wound. The
enemy left several wounded on the
ground and sent flag of truce with a
request that they might be received in
our hospital.
The following dispatch from Lord
Roberts has also been received at the
War Office;
PRETORIA. July S.--As the enemy
bad been for some days threatening our
line of railway by trying to get around
our right flank | dispatched Sutton on
July 5th with mounted infantry to re-
enforce MahOn, and with orders to drive
| the Beers to the east of Broenker
Spruit. These orders were effeCtually
carried out during Friday and Saturday
by Mahon, who was attacked by some
5000 men with six guns and two Max
inns. Our casualties were
/ "Wounded-Two officers, including
I Captain Nelles of the Canadian Mount
ed Rifles, slightly and twenty-siX men.
/ "Steyn left Bethlehem on the night of
| July 4th for FOurksburg, between Beth
/ lehem and Ficksburg, accompanied by
Christian Dewet and other Free State
| commanders, with troops reported to
number 5000 men.
1 "HanburyTTacy, commanding at
/ Rustenburg, reports that party of
/ Beers under Limmer called on him yes
/ terday to surrender the town and gar
rison. Hanbury- Tracy replied that he
held Rustenburg for her majesty's gov
| ernment and intended to continue to
occupy it. The enemy then opened fire
with artillery and tried to take the
heights commanding the town, but did
not succeed, owing to the good arrange
ments made by Hanbury Tracy and his
| officers. Eventually they were driven
off with the assistance of Holdsworth
and his Hussars, who made a rapid
march of forty-eight miles from the
neighborhood of Zeerust with the Bush
men under Colonel Airc on hearing Rus
tenburg was likely to be threatened
The enemy suffered heavily and five
men were captured. Our casualties were
two men killed and one officer and three
men wounded