Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-18
ODDS WITH BOERS
They Have More Mon Tl1n Buller
and white Toge -
NOW CLOSING IN ON Ls'YSMITH
No Word From Front since Bnller Nc-
ported IaIs Arrival at springfield
--I6reuger orders all BVrgh-
'eFs 90 the Front,

London, Jan. 10, A q, m.-General
Buffers latest authentic word as TO
what he and his 10000 men are doing
was wired from Springfield after his
first forward step. Striving TO think |
out the unknown, London ~ confused
b. surmise and rumor and disqulet-
ing suspense. Spencer Wilkinson, the
Iucid military expert of the Morning
Post asserts that the l}oer force in
Northern Natal Is larger than General
Buffers and Sir George Whites to-
getlier, so that the Beers are able to
leave force around lNdysmth larg-
er than that within the town and yet
to oppose General Butler with force
superior to his own.
Reports from the Boer camps affirm
that the circle Of investment has been
drawn closer by the occupation Of
some hills nearer the town, thus lib
Grating reinforccmeIts 10 oppose Gem
e i Butler
The Daily News suggests that
multitude of the rumors that origin
ate in South Africa and London are
given currency by the English mill
ry authorities in order to mislead
tie Beers, The war pages Of the
great dnilies this morning are almost
barren. Nevertheless the instru'
ments on the loops connecting the
war Office with the cables continue to
click.
The yoemanry recruters are dis
turbed by the fact that they are able
to get only one and one-half cOmpAn-
les out of upwards of 1000 applicants
H. ,he metropolitan districts. All th"
applicants fall short of the require
rments. One thousand would be re-
garded as II very small number even
were all accepted. tn provinces are
Idoing better although to raise lO'OOO
appears far from the easy matter II
did fortnight ago.
Among the minor perp"Ni'les OF
the war Office is u strike among the
military tailors which cnuses delay in
Uniformng the recruits
j. q. Robinson, the South African
millionaire, in signed article in the
Daily News this morning relates con-
vorsations he has had with President
,k.uger, and describes several inter-
views in which the jameson raid was
talked over. On one of these occas'
ions President Kruger said;
"Do you Grean to tell me that you
do not know that the men who or
.ganiHed and engineered the raid or
Canizcd II for their own bcNeii? They
had decided how they would divide
the Transvaal and how each of the
4. .e,t .,tn F.s
in this country.
"Many reformers who were put in
Jail were perfectly innocent. They
were ignorant Of the schemes of the
mon IN the inner circle There were
o, ., Twelve men in that inner circle,
and they were to divide the Trans
vaal among themselves.
'''They and their companies found
the money for the raid, DO you
think we were SO innocent not to
know that Rhodes, mctuph"rically
speaking, held a pistol at the heads
OF certain men in England ard said
to them; If you do not support me
shall denounce you and your compile
ity in the raid"
AT this stage according 10 Mr.. Rob-
inson, President Kruger became more
excited and shouted so loudly that
people in the street stopped to listen
IT, ,he conversation. Mr. Kruger said.
"Antl now YOU are demonstrating
with me about arming. n is true |
am arming, and II Is because see
clearly that must defend my coun-
try"
To this 'Mr Robinson replied:
"The l}tirsh public is aroused. n
any attempt were made again to en-.
ter CHS country there win be Il great
Outcry in England and the imperial
authorities would take steps to pun
ish The organizers and TO prevent
such freebooung expeditions"
President Kruger approached Mr..
Robinson, placed hand on his
sh, nder, made violent effort to
suppress his excitement, and said:
You mean well but have lost All
confidence. What has happened would
take place gain, and | am determined
TO guard 'Rainst it,"
Late NJ Kruger said: "What is
to prevent 1hodes and his cood tutors
again engineering some diabolcai at
temp. against the independence of
my country?"
Mr.. Robinson proposed to publish a
book giving the true history of the
Jameson raid"
The Birmingham Mail, the organ of
Joseph Chamberlain, says:
I'VE understand on the highest au-
tbority, that, II the government is de-
feated in parliament on the question
OF The war, the cabinet win immedi-
ateiy appeal to the country all the
ministers having decided to stand to-
gether and not to permit any individ-
nal member to be made scapegoat."