Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
Beers Find Him as Capa-
bic as J0ubert.
ARE MANY COMPLAINTS
england Anxious About PetOria Adj
vance-Efl0rt to be Made to Re-
lieve Mafeking ard Drive Beers
From Barley.

London. April %. ASS a. MIN Com
mandant Genera. Luis Botha the Beers
appear to have oun a capable successor
to General Joubert. AS the result of his
insight and quick decision it may be as
sumed now hat the retreatipg
dos have gotten safely away with the
transport
1t is true that Lord Roberi is dispatch
leaves much unsaid as to the where
abouts of other forces than those of Cen
eral French and General Rumble Moth
ing is said about the troops of General
Brabant. General Pole-Carew. General
Hart and General Chermiside, but the in
dications from Aliwal North show that
several commands are still lowering III
the vicinity of Springfield, causing a GER
tain amount of danger n the advices
from Dewetsdorp outlining the duties of
General Cher1nside, justify the conclusion
that it will still be necessary to employ Il
considerable body of troops to keep the
Free State clear of Beers The position is
that the Beers, who began their raid a
month ago by compelling Colonel Broad
wood to retire on Bloemfontein, have now
gotten safely away to the northWard,
practically without loss, but with the al
vantage of seven British guns. together
WITH d uuHUIGu ptlSOLelS IdplulCu
Meanwhile the advance to Pretoria has
not begun Small wonder is it that muf-
fled complaint and criticisms are begin
ming to be heard here and there Two
thirds of the entire force have been en-
ployed in effecting this small satisfaction,
and the probability is that the whole
force must be again concentrated on
Bloemfontein before the main advance
begins AS similar raids on the British
communications are likely to be repeat
ed, it is evidently still a far cry to Pre-
toria
The significance Of General Hunters di-
vision going to Kimberley, where mount
I'd troops are also arriving daily, is now
said to be a serious attempt to deal with
the strong Boer forces on the Vaal river,
now threatening to retake Bafkley and
then an endeavor to relieve Mafeking. 1t
will be bornein mind that General Hunter
paid a hurried visit to Lord Roberts at
Bloemfontein
A temporary railway bridge has just
been completed at Bethule, where hith-
erto railway trucks had been transfer
red over the ago bridge. This will
greatly facilitate getting stores up to
Bloemfontein. ~
Mr. P%oultney Bigelow, discussing the
treatment of the South African rebels,
says tina the wisdom of the United
States government is not furnishing the
confederates after the war of secession
has borne good fruit and he suggests
that a similar result would follow a
similarly liberal policy in South Africa
London, April 2S.-The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Morning Post, tele-
graphing Thursday, says:
Most satisfactory progress has been
made in the accumulation of the stores
during the present week. Supply park
,,.uy roco,tc n racnnof h1a nna pa noe
The prospects of a general advance are
more favorable"
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Times, t~elegraphing Thursday, says:
There appears to be little chance of
inflicting effective punishment on the re-
treating Beers. C~ommandant Louis
Botha, who arrived at DeWetsdorp Mon
day, realized the situation at once and
ordered the immediate withdrawal of the
Beers, both from there and from Wepe-
ner.''
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle, telegraphing Thursday,
says:
1.-The latest reports how hat the
Beers passed east of Thaba N'Chu when
going north. A prisoner reports that a
commando which doubled back on the
pursuing British is now making it's way
west in the direction of Leeuw Kop."
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
DAILY IeleSfapn, under thursday s date,
says:
1.-The Beers who retreated from Dew
etsdorp kept well ahead of Genera
French's cavalry. Unless tine enemy
should make a stand at kroonstad Lord
Roberts will rapidly cross the Vaal
river"
Other Bloemfontein dispatches throw
interesting points of light upon the stu
alton. One special says hat $50 wagons
of a Boer heavy transport train have
reached Kroonstad from the south. Only
light wagons nave been left behind. The
Beers have organized a specially mount
ed corps for foraging and other work re-
quiring special mobility. 20
Another reports that before the Beers
We're driven from Dewetsdorp about 1000
of them had been slowly retiring toward
Ladybrand, where large supplies are now
stored, and immense cornfields are ready
for harvesting.
London, April 2S.-The Ladysmith cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
1.-THE Beers are preparing to spend the
winter at Natal. They are bringing
their stock from the high veldt into
Natal for winter grazing and they are
demanding that the Kaffirs pay the hut
tax to them instead of to the Natal GOV
eminent. They also declare that unless
the Kaffirs work for them they (the
kaff1rs) must move south of Sundays
river"
The Ladysmith correspondent Of the
Standard says:
1.-The strength of the Beers in the Big
garsberg district is believed to be be-
tween 5000 n 5000. They are COM
manded by Genera Lucas Meyer and are