The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-06-21
FIGHTING EXPECTED
BRITISH WAR OFFICE LooEYxc
FOR NEWS OF A BATTLE.

nave "ithuraVn 10 New POSI-
lions East of Pretoria-Gen. RIM
die Has Skfrmish With B,er
Nidettes - Rumble Trying tn B,p
steyn - Kruger Said to Favor
Peace ut Any Price but Does NOT
Care tn Take an Initiative That
would InycIve Unconditional
Surrender Steyn Stumbling
Block.
London, June II. Lord Roberts
dispatches leave affairs east Of Pre-.
toria with the Beers withdrawn to
new positions Tuesday. News of fresh
lighting is expected at the war office,
but none came last night. Gen. Run
dies patrol had a skirmish with Boer
vldettes again "Wednesday. Some
wonder is expressed here as to what
he is doing with three divisions. II Is
assumed by some that Gen. Butler
will move into Orange River Colony
and cooperate with Lord Methuen
and Gen. Rumble in
Bngging President Steyn
and his seven or eight thousand fol-
lowers. Part of Christian Botha's
force has halted at Paardekop. eigh-
teen miles northwest of Volksrust.
Boer parties are still near Volksrust
and fire occasionally upon the British
pickets. The British government is
considering whether a substantial
force should not be sent to China from
South Africa. It is thought unofficial
ly that Lord Roberts could spare a
brigade or two, and the necessary
transports are now liz South African
waters. The commander of the eXne-
ditiOn, 1t is said, would probably be
Gen. Sir William Nicholson.
Plans of the Beers.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques,
dated yesterday, says: Persons have
arrived here who have seen the prepar.
ations of the Beers and learn that
they will retire when forced through
the Luxembourg district into the
Zoutpansberg region, adjoining
Rhodesia and CO aiand."
The Daily Mali has dispatch from
BloemfOntein dated Wednesday. say
ing: Gen. Dewet's attack upon the
railway was m"de after he had sue
ceeded in Turing Lord Methuen from
where he
Had Destroyed.
the line. Then he cleverly seized il
nortah of Kroonstad, blew up the
bridge and Destroyed long section of
the line with dynamite"
Maj. Gen. Baden-Powell has been
appointed to the rank of lieutenant
general. The Cape Town correspond.
ent Of the Daily Telegraph, in a dis
patch dated yesterday, says: Il learn
that Gen. Dewet, in addition to the
Derbyshire battalion, captured two
companies of yeOmanry, two men only
escaping
To Tell the Tale"
The Lourenzo Marques correspond.
ent of the Times says: 1T appears
that Steyn, ard not Kruger, is now the
stumbling block in the way of the sur.
render of the burghers. Shortly after
the British entry into Pretoria Mr..
Kruger proposed TO reopen the peace
negotiations. Mr.. Steyn, bearing in
mind that his former advice was
secuted. demurred to this and pointed
out that, according to the treaty be-
tween the republics, neither
Could Conclude Peace
without the other. Mr.. Kruger, equal.
ly unwilling TO incur the charge of a
breach of faith. had to continue the
war. Nothing further is known regard
ing the rumored peace negotiations.
but 1t is a matter Of notoriety that Mr..
Kruger fav0rS peace on almost any
terms, but dill not Ike personally TO
take an initiative that would involve
unconditional surrender. Ninety-seven
burghers out of 200 in one commando
have returned to their homes.