Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-12
,.,,,b Had Nearly 900 officers
md Men Killed and Wounded
|orgSsING AT BoER LOSSES
~, propose TO Use Expanding
i'' sn,l.,.-oen.Or.bip Of Malls
keeping Back the Facts

4 me British lossee ord
,T.S and thlrty-four wounded anu
A1 ., 500 non.commissioned officers ana
o'u smsd and wounded. The Boer
4 ,A.... we hear, are estimated at De-
,rasn 1000 and 5000.
49, ~. .,tetford cartridges are running
4 .s,rt in the British magazines ana
4 ..,dlpg TO a semi-oiiicial report me
~ office purposes to fall back tenn
4 rorarlly upon lOo,OOoOOO mark w eN-
,dine bullets, most of which are al
s.ssy in storage in South Africa the
gar Office, however, has issued a strict
20, N the volunteers that the nifty
v,,as Of mark w." given them must
y, nssd in practice at home, nothlhS
ss,ng taken to South Africa.
w" tsisr the public announcement that
enc snch bullet would be used In this
var ms employment, the Day Chrohl-
es thinks, would be serious Drcaeh OIL
,s,h especially as the British con-
randers have complained thaS the
posrs occas ionally use such pr0]ecules'
Ths newspapers were reconcllei dlr-
,,s me early days Of the war 10 cable
"asssorshlp. taking 1t for granted mat
ssn narratives sent by maH would sup
.Iv ali deficiencies. For some weeks,
krwsver even the mail spondence
~, has arrived In Loldvn has shown
sI lT Of habltual scissorirS by the CEN
80 Pages are REMEMBERED without
Chronological or logical connection,
LAYING the happenings described quite
rnntellglble in many cases The edi-
,ors acting possibly in concert, are lay
Inc these facts before the public and
assisting that they be permitted TO
know and print the facts.
The Daily Mail formally accuses the
war office Of "doctoring' In editing Of
fclal dispatches before their Issuance,
and cites particulars. The Daily
chronicle AYERS that there seems to be
\ an Official conspiracy against letting
Il The truth be known.
Although the number Of deaths from
dyssntery and enterio fever at Lady
smith has been published by the war
Office since Saturdays night, nothing
has been given out regarding the losses
IN the engagements. The war 0lllce as
srts that Il has nothing TO give out.
Armchair critics, who IN the absence
Of reportorlal or official dispatches
from the seat Of war, pour forth pages
Of conjecture and opinion, conclude
that not much is to be expected from
the British hosts In South Africa I'M
Ill Lord Roberts shall have had plenty
Of time 10 think and fresh leVes shall
have arrived. Time is working now
for the Beers. Each day makes more
difficult the three beleaguered posi-
tons.
Although the war office declines 10
confirm the report that Lord Methuen
has been recalled to England. inquiries
made by correspondent at Methuen
home In Wiltshire have elected the In
formation that when he received his
wound his horse threw him heavily
and spinal and other injuries super
yened.
The theory is now advanced that the
seizure Of the German mail steamers
Hezog and General, since re-
leased, was made on purposely mis-
leading information supplied to the
British agents, the design being TO inn
oroll Great Britain and Germany In a
quarrel.
The Capetown correspondent Of the
Daily Mail. telegraphlng Monday, says:
The vanguard Of the sixth division
Is awaiting al Table Bay until the ar
rival Of Lord Roberts. II. NJ. S. Fear
less seized the bark Maria L.. which
arrived at Port Elizabeth Saturday
from the Argentine Republic with sui
phur."
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Fietermartzburg, dated January Sth.
says: Private advices from Lady
smith, dated January End, say that re-
tons Of bread and meat are plentiful,
ana the garrison has not touched
lhe bull beef and biscuit supplies.
Luxuries are scarce In Ladysmlth, but
me hospitals are well supplied with
MIX and the horses are In good con-
dltlon."
The Standard has the following dis
patch, dated Monday, from Frere camp:
our patrols have searched both TANKS
Of the Boer position. They found a
large camp five miles east Of Colenso,
etluently In anticipation Of a British
atlempt at a turning movement"
>, inspection OF travellers bound to the
iiransvaal Is revived under an old law.
40 one Will be allowed to proceed I'M
,ess he declares before his consul that
Beers.
~ indianapolis, Ind. Jan. Ill. G.
Inurtle a prominent resident OF this
wy an Englishman and first cousin
Lord Roberts, who is at the head Of
une English army in South Africa, for
merry served in the English army, and
!Or several years held a commission
yAder Gen. Methuen in South Africa.
ne became thoroughly acquainted with
we boers and their country during his
services on the English police guard,
s slu gives the following reasons for the
ueleat Of the English:
- Inc English are not fighting the
lpOsfs said he, "for II they were and
aad been, Lord Methuen would never
s sase peen trapped as he was. They are
asn'lng the army officers Of the French
Snl Germans. This aid is given Sc
10y, OF course, but is. nevertheless,
esssuluaL The Beers are not capable
NV waglng such a campaign as the one
NV IN progress without assistance
s.oln NOSE who understand the science
~ ulihtary tactics better than they do.
tneIr method OF fighting is that OF the
speh-held work. and they are not
warfare VI s'NNSS'i"'
o. served under Lord Methuen in
so vusn Africa, and well remember the
..v ya there at that time. Things
nv nv practically the same there now as
'ney We're then.
Lord Methuen Is certainly an able
ta me, and ] am at loss TO account
o1 lhe defeat he sustained and the
,.snher IN which he was led into the
MSp short time ago. am OF the
Splnlon. however, that the guides who
" s,. employed by him proved treach-
n vs ana were responsible for the
wilson Not a Maicontent.
la,,, sasnington, Jan. 1.-THE following
par, ,u was made public at the war de-
FIuuuhent today:
h t,.s.ah ns, Cuba, Dec. s1.--To the Ad.
Ion ~, General Of the Army, Washing