The Yale expositor., 1900-03-09
TRANsvAAL WAR ITEMS.


Pretoria is due to the good offices OF
Mr.. Hay. United States secretary of
state. Mr.. Choate and Adelbert Hay,
the American consul at the Transvaal
capital. When President Kruger closed
the bank he tried to commander the
British staff, and on their refusal TO
comply he threatened them with eXpul-
sion. Adelbert Hay sent the protest
of the manager of the bank to Lord
Salisbury through Mr.. Choate, with
the result that Mr.. Kruger liberated
the banks staff and restored the COM
mandeercd gold.
President Kruger has sent fervid
religious appeal, with orders that it
should be read by all the officers to the
burghers, urging them to stand fast
and strive in the name of the Lord, for
unless they had faith in Him cowardice
would set in and their position would
be hopeless the moment they turned
their backs on the enemy. Their past
victories, he declared, shows that the
Lord was on their side. The president
beseeched the burghers not to bring
NNoNi NANbiCh Oil AAiNii l'Ap6N ny
Ladymith has been relieved and all
England is iubilant. After being shut
up at Ladysmith for 124 days Gen. Sir
Geo. White and his forces were re-
lieved on the night of Feb. %. When
relieved the garrison were subsisting
on half pound of meal man per day
with occasional meat rations of horses
or mules The relieved men will re-
quire quite little nursing before they
are fit for field service, as they were
greatly reduced in strength during
their long siege of fasting.
Fire destroyed the famous cannon
factory at lie Crcusot, France, on the
2Sth. whence the Beers obtained their
powerful Long Toms. Two enorm-
Gus buildings containing gun material
and electrical stores, including mum
ber of artillery models were destroyed
The losses are estimated at between
500. 900 and 900, 900 francs. A large
number of worllmen have been thrown
out of employment.
The Transvaal agency at Bussels
Eng, confirms the statement that
President Kruger is ready to conclude
peace with Great Britain on the basis
of the independence of the two repub
lies and that otherwise the struggle
will continue to the bitter end. The
agency believes that the Afrikandel
element in Cape Colony and Natal viii
rebel rather than allow annexation.
Gen. Brabant's colonial division, af
ter nights march, on the morning o
the 4th attacked the Beers in a strong
position at La Buschagne's Mex on th'
road from Dordrecht to jamestown
The engagement proceeded with grea
vigor and the Beers gradually retired
before the British shell fire, from thre
positions. The British loss was ST!
killed and Is wounded.
The British army estimates, issucc
on the st show total expenditure o
e61. 400, 400, an increase over last yea
of $40, $50, 200. The total number o
officers and men is placed at 43O, 600, al
increase over last year of 245, 147
Gen. Cronie on behalf of his party
and Commandant Wollmarans an,
1000 other prisoners, has returne
thanks TO Gen. Roberts for his kind
ness and consideration since they wer
taken prisoners.
From a British source it is estimate
that the Beers cannot place more tha
$4,000 men to oppose Lord Roberts, eN
cept by u complete abandonment c
Natal.
According to a British report Ger
Joubert is now assembling $4,000 me
at Weinberg, 20 miles northeast c
Bloemfontein.
The Boer casualties at Colenso dul
ing the week ending Feb. % are rC
ported to be 81 men killed and Ii
wounded.
When Gen. Cronje and his famil
reach Cape Town they will be place
on board a British flagship.