Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-02-10
HAS FAILED
The Beers Made In Too Hot
For Gen. Butler.
LONDON AWAITS BAD NEWS
While the War Correspondents At.
tempt TO Explain the British Om-
oer's Ugly Position-Churcniu
Says Ii Was Impracricabie.
Balfbur's Statement In
the Commons.

London, Feb. 10.-London accepts
rs true the Boer statement that Gen.
Butler has failed again. These state
ments were passed by the British cen
sor at Alden and are read in the light
OF Mr. Balfour's announcement in the
| commons that Gen. Butler is not
pressing his advance.
Winston Churchill wires that yaal
krantz was impractieable. for the
guns which were needed to support
| further advance. His cabIegram
leaves Gen Butler on Tuesday night
sending fresh brigade To relieve the
tired holders OF Vaal krantz
The descriptive writer's with Gen
Butler were allowed a free hand again
In explaining the ugly position
which the British held and the natural
obstacles which had TO be overcome.
So it is easy to infer that with Roer
rifiemen and artillery defending them.
these hills, ravines and jungles, have
not been overcome and thus the public
is prepared in advance for bad news.
Heliograms from Ladysmith. dated
Monday. describe the effect of Gen.
garrison. Hope ran high that the long
period OF Inactivity and tedium was |
drawing to a close. The crash of guns |
was almost continuous for 10 hours. |
and at times II seemed as IL as many /
as 20 shells burst In a minute The
Beers. preparing always for the possi-
bility of defeat, We're driving herds
ana sending long wagon trains toward
the Drakensberg passes. Intense
darkness and silence followed, broken
only by frogs croaking and the occa-
sional blaze Of star shells, surround
ing the town with a circle OF light to
prevent the unobserved approach of
tne enemy. A series of British mines.
laid for the Beers, exploded accident
ally, shaking and alarming the city
and camp.
Gen. MacDonald's retirement puz-
zles the military commentors. The
theory that finds acceptance is that 1t |
was ordered by Lord Roberts, and
hat both Gen. Buffers and Gen. Mac {
Donald's operations We're by the di- |
'ection OF the commander in chief. in 5
'rder to occupy the Beers at widely
eperated points. SO they would be |
Unable to transfer any portion of their '
orces to. oppose the projected central t
dvance. 5
Charles Williams. military writer, .
VhO Is understood to be In confiden- a
lal relations with Lord Wolseley, a
ays that beyond doubt the most au- >
horitative opinion " tQNdQSs sf6s1f = =
-------.--~.-~n-.-,ssr- fffRe or tne :
range river before Wednesday next
ossibly by Monday
A dispatch to The Times from Koo- :
oosberg dated Feb. s. says: 1T is :.
sported that Boer reinforcements are -
rriving from Magersfontein. Our po =
Ition is easily tenable. but the entire y
1rce has been ordered to return to :
fodder river tomorrow"
The Times has the following from :.
dated Feb. s: The Boer :
ig guns shelied US all day yesterday. ;,
ut nobody was killed.
The correspondent of The Times at
.ourenzo Marques, under date of Feb.
says: Recent visitors to Inham :
ane report that the Portuguese Gus
pms authorities there seized a guam
lty of arms and ammunition consign :
d under a false description"