Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-14

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the far western side. Nothing IS known,
therefore. of The progress OF the MAIZE
klu6 relief column.
TRANsVAAL MAKING FINAL Eff
FORT
The Lourenzo Marques correspondent
of the Times, telegraphng sunday
says 1T Is rumored that the Trans
! Vaal raad, In secret session, has re-
| solved Go order AN residents irrcspeca
! tive of nationality TO assist In the de-
! Tense Of the republic. In accordance
with the terms Of the amended military
! laws.
The Beers recognize that they are
! now in the last extremity and all sorts
! and conditions OF men are being COM
| Wandered. The merchants here have
| protested gainst the st0ppage of q con-
signment Of clothing and c0rned beef
| OF which the latter was purchased IN
America. United states Consul Hollis
whose sympathies are notorious. is
said TO have demonstrated against what
he called interference with American
trade
The Standard publishes the follow
Ing from Durham. dated Sunday: There
are persistent rumors here Of heavy
lighting Up Natal A Red Cross train
left last night for the NORTH
dispatch TO the Times from Kr0On-
stad dated sunday says "lt ls PEE
ported that President Kruger intends
moving 20 Lydeuburg as soon os he Is
joined by President Stan, who left
yesterday with Gen. Botha The coun-
try between B0sChulltt and Krlonstad
might have been effectively held If the
prit had been willing
sPENsER WILKINSON CONsERvA.
TIVE.
New York. May l8.-Speuscor Wnkm-
son OF London. 10 an article ON How
Long WIN the Boor War Last?' which
VIII appear in the forthcoming edition
Of lesile's Weekly says
n the summer of 1851 there were
probably few men in or out Of the
United states who f0resiW that The
war Of the secession would Last f1r four
years. II any held that opinion he
gained little crcdenCe for 81 at that time.
In June 1865 only those who had
special opportunities of knowing the
condition OF the Prussiau army fore
saw that the Austrian empire would /
be suing for peace within six weeks /
Of the outbreak Of the then pending /.
hostilitles.
The duration Of a war depends part |
ly upon the nature az the country In I
which Il Is Waged but more upon rela- /
tive resources OF the two bellgerents /
and the energy and determination |
which each OF them throws into H. The /
last named Is probably the most i'm
portant factor
MAY BE HARD FIGHTING YET
81 have from the beginning ex-
pressed that the Beers would make a
desperate fight According TO their
views, the cause for which they are IN
arms Is that OF their Independence or
their national existence. and for this
cause every community win fight hard
er and longer than for any other
Great Britain Is fighting Tor the
unity OF her empire and Tor the moral
existence OF the British nation 1t isa
cause which appeals less drectly 10 the
Intelligence Of the masses than that u
and the dIspr0portI0u be-
tween the resources Of the British and [
those % the Beers Is so great that |
neither the Boer government nor its
by whose tone it Is ac-
1ustomed 10 guide ITSELF are able 10
realize the Importance Of extreme ex-
artions 60 bring the war speedily to an
md.
POLITICIANS HALF AWAKE.
cot, th. ,,r--.,,. 900 a.. r,.f.t.t 80
'rnmeut the group Of politicians IN
'harga OF the nations affairs. g. not yet
more than half awake, and n the pro-
'ision heretofore made for the conduct
" the war should prove insufficient
here would be- considerable delay be-
ore fresh eXertlons by way OF prepara-
ion would produce a visible result.
u hardly expect the resistance Of
he BOer armies IN the field 10 be pro-
0nged FOR much more than three
months, but / should not De surprised II
he effective occupation OF the whole
ountry required a further six months
4 continuous effort
There are now under the command
4 Lord Roberts altogether 1901 men. ]
nd even II the most liberal deductions
e made for casualties of an sorts. for
lvalids. for garrisons left on the COM
lunicau0ns, ana Tor troops stationed |
n the districts lately disanected. and
we allow that there may be an Natal
0 900 20 supply the field force of 30 900.
here IS stil abundant material for C.
ord Roberts 20 attack the Beers with "a
force outnumberiug their whole army. 4
"On the lowest estimate Of what the y
british commander OF Natal can DO he u
lust hold fast a respectable fraction | /,
( the Boer forces. The remainder can 4
OF, without great danger fight a Il
itched battle against Lord Roberts. for \
! that case his attack viii certainly | IA
nvelop' them and involve them I'm dis Il
stcr. AZ the best, they can delay him | n
nd harass his communications. n
WHAT THE OUTLOOK IS.
1T Is little more than a months y
iarch from Bloemfontcin 20 Pretoria. h
he Beers, by the various eXpedlents a
pen 10 them. OF rear guard actions IA
nd Of raids on the communications N
Jay prolong this time by a couple Of ;,
.Onths: but IN the process, even though !.
ley escape crushing defeat. their army
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