Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-05
REWVING HOPES.
Beers Determined to Make
Defence Of Pretoria.
Burghers Now lncensed with Kruger
for His Hasty Flight.
Lord Roberts Strangely SiIeIt but Will Be
Heard from Later.

London. June $500 A. M.-Of Of
fetal intelligence regarding what is
TRANSFERRING outside Of Pretoria there is
little or nothing, today. Lord Roberts
IL silent. Nevertheless, by piecing to-
gether items from various correspond
cnts. 1t would seem that Lord Roberts
immediate army is all employed north
Of Johannesburg, except one brigade,
Which is at Johannesburg, and that six
columns are converging on Pretoria.
An undated news agency message
from Pretoria, via LOurenzO Marques
June 4. says: Pretoria is now invest
cd by the British. No resistance VIII
BE- offered The city will be surround
ed by the burgomaster as soon as
formal demand is made"
This message purports to come in
cipher President Kruger commands
the telegraph eastward from Pretoria
ana teIegraphic news from Pretoria to
LOurenZo Marques has ceased; but the
messengers of newspaper correspond
cnts continue To pass to and fro on
the railway. The latest to arrive at
LuurcnZO Marques brings events at the
Roer ca pital down to a late hour. Fiji
lIy NIGHT At that time. according to
these sources of information. the mill
tary leaders had quite recovered from
the panic and had determined to de-
frnd the town. one message. which is
dated June ]. says: Pretoria is full
VI strange burghers, but most Of the
commands are laagered outside.
great war council of generals has just
concluded its deliberations. The decis-
has
not been made known. Louis Botha
and Delarey sat in the council
Another dispatch brought to L0uren-
~ Marques by messenger and dated at
Pretoria, Friday at midnight says;
The war council assumes the powers
If the government. Its members de-
clare that the capital may still be sue
cassfully defended One commander
declared: With the help Of God the
hour will still come when Great Britain
viii acknowledge the Independence Of
the two republics. a tremendous
change will yet come over the situa-
lion
Gen. Delarey said that Pretoria
would D. defended to the utmost add
ing: There is every chance that we
viii YET beat the enemy out Of the
country.
president Kruger is somewhere to
the eastward. but is in constant wire
communication with the leaders here.
There is. however. a deep feeling of
anger against him On account Of what
is now called his unnecessary flight
ana because he ami the officials took
Al the gold ANA left their subordinates
unpaid The latest phase Of public
opinion II a marvellous revival Of
courage"
From Lourenzo Marques comes a dis
patch. dated June 4. saying: 1T is
known that some great British move
is in progress outside Pretoria. The
mysterious movements Of President
Kruger's secretary and physician. par
ticularly their secret visit to the Dutch
varship Friosland, which is in the
harbor here, has aroused suspicious
that important pcrsOnages are ex-
pectod."
TIE news from the minor theatres Of
hostilities is less cryptic The Boer
operations to break Lord Roberts
communications have been entirely
baGlcd ana the Eoer columns are in
danger Of being surrounded by the
Hcilbron ana Lindley. Gen. Rumble.
instead Of throwing himself against the
Beers cntrenched at Bedulphberg.
moved toward Ficksburg and estab-
Iithrd communications with Gen. Bra
hant. The Beers marched parallel with
Rumble. intending to seize a strong po-
sition on the Ficksburg road, but Run
dlr got there first. The 1900 Beers who
were in this movement are now report
"a To D. going elsewhere
The correspondents with Gen. Run
lie continue TO point out the hardness
~ the fight Of last Tuesday. but they
believe that il will be the last real re-
sistance. Col. Lloyd was thrice
wounded.
a new phase " the AngIo-Dutch con
nict is opening in Cape COlonq The
leaders Of the Alexander Bund purpose,
il is asserted, to block business in the
Cape Parliament until the British gov
crnmcnt acts upon the resolution
adopted by the peoples congress at
Ciraaf Rcinet, declaring that the chief
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