The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-24
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at hat past V this morning that no fur
ther news regarding General Crornje had
been received by the government. He had
scnt 70 the war Office during the hour
and he asserted that nothing had core
20 hand there
General Crouie. therefore. is presum-
ably stilI unbeaten NO other construc-
tion IL placed upon the three days silence
OF Lord Roberts.
Yet no one secs how Il Is humanity pos
uibie. Judging from the descriptions OF
mis- situation Wednesday morning. for
him TO resist so long. Great Britain does
not withhold admiration for the vaior
OF losing fight against such odds.
''EngHshmen feel something Ike pride
in Cronje. even as foe" says the Daily
News.
I'm position covering orly a square,
mile. hemned In on ali sides. circled with
n chain oil fire from rife, Maxim and
fIowitzer played on by deadly Lyddldte.
bursting in its own sicisly greu Ksht. has
hastily built trenches ennlidated by al
stream OF lead sweeping down the river
from the north bank General CronJe
ntin elects to 0ght. II .s magnideeut
courage"
General Cronjc's wfe Is described BY
the prisoners AS urging him 20 surrender
sn order 10 save the lives OF his men. but
he would not
The British cavilry patrols sent by
lord Methuen north OF Rimbereley dis
covered the Roers concentratlng whether
Tor offense or defense is simply conlec-
turc
The Beers seem 10 be retiring from
General Gatacrc's front az sterkstroom in
order 10 reinforce the Free staters.
Iadysmith had not been relieved when
che latest news left Natal two days ago.
The Beers had then retired half way
between Ladysmth and Colenso. n only
S.00o went 20 the Free state, as both the
Boer and the British accounts assert, the
Ys.ooo who arc left may purpose 20 main
tain the seige and 70 resist General Bull
ier within contracted lines. although the
impression az GenraI Buffers headquar-
tiers ia that the Beers are merely COW
pring retreat
The editorials IN tae morning papers
romplaln. more or less vigorously, OF the
unsufficiency OF the governments naval
proposals, specially in view Of the inn
rnense naval efforts OF Germany and oth-
er powers The conservative Standard
aays.
''Perhaps this Is because the British
NAVY IS considered string enough for its
work. but the nation viii ask for full
assurances on that point"
The Daily Mail says
s~rhe proposals. are so Inadequate that
we cannot hut express the deepest sur
prize that the admiralty board can be
persuaded 20 accept them.
DOUBT AND ANXIETY
LONDON. FEB 24-The Loureno
Marques correspondent OF the Daily
News. teiegvaphi'r1 Te,esday says:
We are in q ate OF doubt and anx-
fety regarding events in the Free
state. We near hiatt the telegraph
wire sbetween General Cronje and
Bloemfonrein have been severed ana
the news from the front Is conflict
hng
II a. a symptom ot the present trend
pf events THAI storekeepers In THE Fre>
state have wired here. soppng the
forwarding of goods / learn that the
-rransvana government has 5000 600 II
builiOn at Pretoria and Is coming &c.
900 eovereigus mon,n
WuAlAlN flrftiiNAr Al As4AlJ = CMlI'1
LONDON, FEB. 24-The Daily Tele-
Ravlph has fhe following dispatch from
Chieveley, dated Wednesday. Febru-
Rry III
IL n reported that General White sOr-
Tied from Iahysmlth yesterday and
captured a number OF Boer wagons
There Is heavy firing IN ehe direction
VI IladyNhn'th, either on the part OF
SIr George White OF of the Beers
BRITISH WEAPONS
LONDON, FEB "a The Daily
C'hronicle iias the following dispatch.
from Kimberley dated February "a;
Cavalry patrols that went north 70
caFture thc B0er iO0-pounder reported
etrad the weapon has been taken beyond
Isiverton station drawn by thirty-tv.
oxen. THE British cavalry say that
they saw Boer parties. but they ala
no 50 beyond Riverton for fear OF be-
ing cot or. They learned, however
aAsaa enc Transvaaaera were heing CON
centrRted on the border to the north.
a party OF Boers fired Into the British
cannp. Fifty Thousand pounds Of am
munttlon were captured AZ Niagersron.
tein. Cecil Rhodes viii leave for Eng
land shortly
ADMINISTRATION FOR KIM
BERLEY
KIMBnRaEY, FEB, 2a.-I.ord