The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-03-23
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THE United States charge d'Af-
fairus. March ~, communicated 90
Lord Salisbury the following telegram
from Mr Hay.
ny way OF friendly and good ONCE.
inform the British Minister vt Foreign
Affairs that ! today received tele-
gram from the United States Consul al
Pretoria reporting that the Govern
mcnt OF the South African Republic re-
quest the President of the United
States Co intervene with n view TO the
cessation of hOstilitles, and saying that
similar request has been made TO
the representatives of the European
powers. In communicating this re-
quest / am directed by the President
Of the United States to express the
earnest hope that a way will be found
to bring about peace and TO say that
he would be glad in any friendly man
ner to aid in bringing about the desir-
ed result"
The reading Of this dispatch was
greeted with cheers from the Irish
members.
Continuing, MIR. Balfour said:
Lord Salisbury requested Mr.. White
to convey the sincere acknowledgement
of Her Majesty's Government to the
Government of the United States for
the friendly tone OF their communica-
ton and to say that Her Majestys
Government does not propose to accept
the Intervention of any power in settle
ment of the South African affairs"
Loud and prolonged cheering follow
ed this statement.
Speaking of a Skirmish.
PRETORIA. Tuesday, March 3D.
Before returning to the front today
General Joubert said to a press rep
resentative: 1.-THE courage of the Brit
ish soldiers is beyond question. They
rushed the kopjes and entertainments
in a fearless manner, but were not a
match for the Mausers, which simply
moved them down.
Johannesburg Must Go.
NEW YORK, March 14.-Montague
White confirms the rumor that the
Beers will utterly destroy Johannes
burg If forced to do so. Pretoria could
not be defended, he says, if Johannes
burg were permitted to remain.
NEW YORK, March IA dispatch
from President Kruger to the Evening
Journal. dated Pretoria, March 18th, s
p. H., via Berlin, says.
1.-THE burghers will only cease fight
ing with death. Our forces are return
ing in good order to our line of de-
Tense on our own soil. The Natal cam
paign was longer in our favor than we
expected The British will never reach
Pretoria. The burghers. Steyn, Jou-
bert and myself, as well as all the 9TH
ers, are united. There are no differ
ences. God help u.s."
PRETORIA, Monday, March ~ (via
Lourenzo Marquee, Tuesday, March 13). |
Lord Salisbury's reply to Presidents
Kruger and Steyn causes bitter disap-
pointment. and State Secretary Reitz
says 1t means that the war will be
fought to the bitter end.
LONDON, March 15.-The Daily Mail
has the following dispatch from Pre-
toria, dated Monday, March 18th:
Lord Salisbury's reply has been re-
ceived and Boer refutation of the
British contention is under considera-
ton. 1t will deny that any annexation
has been made, and it will declare that
the occupation OF British territory was
purely strategic. 1t will express the de-
termination of the two republics to
fight to the finish.
Effects of Lyddite.
NEW YORK. March S-A Sun cable
from Durham says: Lieutenant Ander-
son. who commanded a section of the
Natal naval volunteers at Ladysmith,
has arrived here. He says that toward
the close of the Pieters Hill engage
ment naval guns threw lyddite shells
on kopje $500 yards distant When
the place was evacuated by the Beers
he visited the trenches and counted
ninety eight dead Beers who had been
killed by the conclusion of the lyddite,
not one of them having wound of any
kind
Anderson declares that the fumes of
the lyddite turned the hair and boards
of the dead men to peculiar greenish
hue. while the color of their skin was a
strange yellow. Fifty-two Beers were
captured in one of the trenches. They
were unable to flee, having been para
lyzed by their fear of lyddite shells.
ominous Course of France.
NEW YORK, March 15.-(Afternoon
Service)-A dispatch to the Journal
and Advertiser from London says:
A private cablegram from an unim-
peachable source in Paris says that the
Minister for the Colonies sent cipher
cables yesterday to the Governor of
every French colony asking, almost in
the words of Mr.. Chamberlain to the |
British Colonial Governor, how many
soldiers were available for immediate |
service.
M. de Crais asked for detailed state I
ment from each Governor of the num-
Der of reservists and colonial forces, {
lists of officers, non-commissioned Off
GERS and men.
The Minister'S cables were long and
in cipher and were sent all over the I
world; to the Colonies in Africa the
Madagascar, Tonkin, Guadalupe, Mar
Unique, French Guiana and every
French colony on earth. c
This highly important news is not
known to any of the London papers, G
and probably not to any of those in
France. 6