The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11

london, Dec. lo.-The Evening Stand
,rd. which Gas special sources Of informa-
.aa. says. this evening. that great bat
-e between the British forces under Gen.
Knox and the Beers under Gen. De Wet Is
going On Details are lacking.
4 Pretoria dispatch says: "The BoeF
commander Gen. Christian De Wet. is
.0Uered between the Caledon and orange
Isers On The borders of Basut0land. As
tae rivers are ia food, 1t is considered
that his capture Is certain, even II he
should manage 10 re-crOss the Caledon.
British columns have been sent 70 hold
aA the passes and roads 10 the north to
prevent his escape.
The military officers here are greatly
pleased that the attempt OF the BOer COM
lander to enter Cape Colony with mis-
commando has been frustrated,
Barbed Secording To Rules ofWar,
In q memorandum to the premier Of
Cape Colony. Sir John Gordon Sprigg
Lord Roberts explains that farm-burniny
has been ordered strictly in accordance
with the usages Of war. He says. in part:
whether the people whose houses are
burned are actual accessories to the cut
ting 0f railways and other damage must
De left 10 the general officers commanding
10 decide. They must he trusted to make
q tl.l inquiry before having recourse to
extreme measuresi but as this is essen
uauy police work, / anticipate that when
me police are established we shall find
ihr necessity for burning gradually disap-
pear with less danger of the innocent
suffering, and that my successor viii
ITHrfHfIHN la a -. 81.
lis;asteful punishment"
Replying 10 Mr.. Timothy NJ. Healv Ma
u1Halist, who asked whether the Irish
American and Irish prisoners captured in
the Nights with the Beers could not be per-
mitted to return 10 their homes, ]. Powell
Williams. speaking for the war office. said
lR the House OF Commons to-day, prison.
ers Of irish nationality could not be treat
Cd differently from others.
Queen WiiheImina's Sympstbje.
'Dr. Leyds and his friends are spread-
Hs a report says the Amsterdam CORE
spondent or the Daily Mail, that Queen
"heimlna Will intervene after her mar
riage, This is meant 20 blind the public
To the real facts, which are that she wrote
personally 70 every European ruler on
Mr.. kruger's arrival in Eurcpe. and from
sia-receiyed conditional promises of heIp
IN the direction of intervention, but the
plan failed in Berlin"
Liverpool, Dec ia pro-Boer meeting,
at which Miss Maud Come was to pre-
side Tonight. has been rJruhiBited by the
police.
The returning members of the royal
canadian regiment, which left London
this morning, arrived here during the day.
They received OVations from large crowds
and We're entertained at lunch by the
lord mayor, Mr.. Arthur CrOsthWaite, and
the corporation of Liverpool. The Cana
Cians win sail on the steamer Lake
thdmplain tomorrow. From Col Otter.
who X in command, down, they express
od intense appreciation of the warm re-
cePtion accorded them in London.
The HOilaHd-POrIuSal Rupture.
The Hague, Dec. 1O-The Portuguese
Minister 10 the Netherlands, Count de
SeIir, has started for Lisbon, and the
Dutch Minister to Portugal Baron Won
Heeckeren, is expected here from Lisbon
this evening.
Count Van Bylant, in the second cham
her today notified the foreign minister
that he will interpellate the government
tomorrow on the tension between the
Netherlands and Portugal
Mr.. Kruger to-day received deputa-
ton from the Alt-DeutsCher Veenband.
and thanked his German brothers. for
utlr token OF sympathy.
Later Mr. Kruger returned the foreign
minister's visit
GermRHy's Treatment of Kruger.
Berlin, Dec. 10-The imperial chancellor.
Count Won Buelow, teplying in the Reich
stag to-day TO question on the subject
ot Mr. kruger's failure 10 be received by
Emperor William, said the government
Ci all in It's power 10 ward off war ard
left the two republics I'm no doubt as to
Tho state of affairs in Europe and as TO
German neutrality. When. In 1899, the
question Of arbitration seemed not alto
beiner excluded, the government recon-
utuded IL 10 Mr.. Kruger. He thought the
TINE had not yet come. When Mr. Kru-
ser later sought Intervention his feelings |
were too highly inflated for the Dutch |
and German governments. For the Ger /
man government il was lost time 10 give 1
advice. Germany was convinced that any 1
step of great power at that moment /
would be critical and lead 10 no result. |
There was no use for us" said the /
chancellor 10 pinch our fingers between 4
the door and the hinge"
The chancellor added that when thu
Great Britain by the United States in a
quiet, gently worded inquiry, 1t was re-
y.sied, officially and categorically. Inter d
'rIllon might have led TO war
The chancellor described the reply OF M. /
Iy.casse. the French minister OF foreign |
at.lTs. 10 Mr.. Kruger as: France Will |
la no case take the initiative. but would |
l"t oppose il when certain eventuaIities |
arcame known. provided they are calcu- |
Atra 90 serve French interests"
lv chancellor theTeupon remarked that /
10 could not have dealt with the situa- /
Ton better himself. OVatiOns 10 Mr.. Kru-
tt- lu Germany, he pointed out, would 1
Rave displaced International relations and |
served no purpose of Sir. Kruger or of 4
Irg-any. Germany was not bound 10 /
tfDtt Britain by a hairs breadth more /
t-n Great Britain was bound 10 Ger
many. B-t TO act the Don QuixOte against /
Great Britain would be a piece OF folly /
'9I which he would not be responsible.