The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-21

the Wepener district have been forced
again with violence to fight. Ten of
their leaders have been arrested,
President Steyn has issued orders to
the Boer forces to hold tight to the
grain districts of Wepener, Ladybrand
and Ficksburg, from which they draw
their food supplies, and also prevent the
british forces from getting the rich sup
plles now In those districts.
BRITONs PUSH FORWARD.
LONDON, April N.-Gen. Chemside and
zen. Rundle are moving over the sod
ueh roaos. Raln WAS still falling when
they went into camp Thursday afternoon
eighteen miles west of Dewetsdorn T,be,,
hold the railway and the southern from
Tier OF the Free State with 10000 men
HOW many are going with the generals
VINO VIII engage the Beers at Wepener
is not mentioned in the latest dispatch
from Oortogspoort, where the British
Dfvouacked Wednesday night The field
telegraph ends there
On Thursday the Beers still had Col
Dalgety closely penned
The governments reason for publish
ing Lord Roberts Spton Kop dispatches
was explained last evening at Hull. by
Mr. Walter Hume Long, president of the
board of agriculture, who said that the
country was entitled to receive all the in-
formation the government could give.
THE government is toid,'' continued
Mr.. Long, that, having published tho
dispatches, it is bound to deal immediate
ly with the generals affected, but in fol-
lowing such course the government
might have to dismiss every officer
the moment he made mistake. Had
such policy been pursued in the past
many most glorious deeds would have
gone unperformed. The government used
its discretion in the publishing of the dis
patches. From the beginning of the cam
paign her majesty's ministers have not
swerved from the rule of leaving tie con-
duct of the operations to the judgment
and discretion Of the commander in
chief"
Gen. White, If not required in South
Africa, will go out as governor of Glib,
raltar toward the end of May.
TO GOVERN FREE STATE.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Times, telegraphing Friday says:
Maj. Gen. Prettyman has been appoint
ed military governor of the whole terri
tory which hitherto belonged to the Free
State. This extension of our authority
has become necessary to preserve law
and order The arrests Of suspected Free
Staters continue"
POSIT1ONS OF FORCES.
The Times publishes the following dis
patch from Johannesburg dated Thursday,
April 10:
The investments Of the British posi-
ton on the east and south has been re-
laxed. majority Of the enemy are sup
posed to have left for the purpose of in
tercepting the relief column, leaving one
gun and about LOCO men on the west to
prevent our cooperation. Our casualties
are about $50. No sound of the relief COL
umn has yet been heard
The Bleemfontein correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, telegraphing Friday,
says:
THE weather is now fine. The enemy
still holds the waterworks, and our scouts
report that the Beers have line of out
posts and small commanders. fifteen miles
east of Bloemfontein, from the Modder
river to the Kaff1r river"
CALEDON RIVER FLOOD.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Morning Post, telegraphfng Thursday,
April 10, says:
There is already a thirty foot food Of
the Caledon river, which. Is reported to be
still rising. All the drifts on the Modder
river are impossible. Traffic is temporar-
lily interrupted southwark, the water hav-
ing washed the ballast from the lines
fontein is so deep in mud that the far
mers carts are unable to reach the town.
We had a heavy rain last night. Today
the weather is improving, but progress
Will be impossible until the roads are In
better condition
strenuous efforts are being made to re-
arrange the transport to meet the require
ments OIL the enlarged army.
In view of the impending advance,
anxiety increases among the troops con-
corning the future of the garrison at
Bloemfontein, every one hating the
thought of being left there. There has
been no increase of Sickness
The Ladysmith correspondent of the
Daily News says:
The Beers in Natal are already COM
menclng guerrilla warfare. Both the
Transyaalers and the free Staters are
compelling the natives to bear arms Gen.
Butler has ordered all the farmers be-
tween Ladysmith and the Drakensberg
range to retire to Estcourt.
METHOD IN TT.
The Ladysmith correspondent of the
Standard says:
Ihere is great reason to believe that
the Boer raids are intended to cover the
eneIny's withdrawal from Natal in order
to help the Boers in opposing the advance
of Lord Roberts,
BOERS LOCATED.
ELANDSLAAGTE, April 1s-Thursday
the British patrols discovered another
party Of Beers zons the Boer left, in the.
same position from which the enemy re-
Gently fired on the South African horse.
In this instances however, there was no
firing.
Native deserters confirm previous state
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