The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-25
The BR|TON
AND BOER
More Fighting Looked
For Soon.
CAVALRY AFTER BURGHERS
Hunter Takes klerksddrp From Young
Cronje--Baden Powell is Pro-
NOTED to Lieut. General.

LONDON, June 10, 4 a m.-Lord Rob-
erts' dispatches leave affairs east Of
Pretoria with the Beers withdrawn to
fighting is expected at the War Office,
but none came last night
General Rundle's patrol had a skirrnish
with Boer pickets again Wednesday.
Some wonder is expressed here as to
what he is doing with three divisions
1t is assumed by some that General Bull
Ter will move into Orange River Colony
and cooperate with Lord Methuen and
General Rundle in bagging President
Steyn and his 1000 or 5000 followers.
Fart of Christian Botha's force has halt
ed at Paardekop, eighteen miles north
west of Volksrust. Boer parties are stilf
near Volksrust and fire occasionally up
on the British picke s.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marquee,
dated yesterday, says: Persons have ar
rived here who have seen the prepara-
tions of the Beers and learned that they
will retire when forced through the Ly-
denburg district into the Zoutpansberg
region, adjoining Rhcdesia and GAIA
land.
The Daily Mail has dispatch from
Bloemfontein, dated Wednesday, saying:
General Dewet's attack on the railway
was made after he had succeeded in lur-
ing General Methuen from where he had
destroyed the line. Then he cleverly
seized it north of Kroonstadt. blew up
the bridge and destroyed a long section
of the line with dynamite"
Major General Baden-PoweN has been
appointed to the rank of Lieutenant Gen.
eral.
of the Times says: 1T appears thai
Steyn and not Krueger is now the STUN
bling block in the way of the surrender
of the burghers. Shortly after the Brit
ish entry into Pretoria Kruger proposed
to reopen the peace negotiations. MIR.
Steyn, bearing in mind that his former
advice was secuted, demurred to this and
pointed out that according to the treaty
between the republics neither could con-
clude peace without the other. krueger.
equally unwilling to incur the charge of
breach of faith, had to continue the
| war.
Nothing further is known regarding
| the rumored peace negotiations. but it
1 is a matter of motor ETY. that Kruger
| favors peace on almost any terms, but
| dislikes personally to take an initiative
| that would involve unconditional surren-
der"
Ninety-seven burghers out of 200 in one
commando have returned to their homes.
Hunter Takes Klerksdorp.
| LONDON, June Is, II :e5 a. m.-The War
Office issues the following dispatch from
| Lord Roberts:
PRETORIA PRESIDENCY, June IA,
10:40 D. m.-Klerksdorp surrendered on
June 9Th to an armed party sent on by
Hunter Kitchener reports that the Beers
attacked a construct on train early this
morning north of Rhenoster river. He
sent out mounted troops and drove of
the enemy before they could do much
damage. One man was killed and eleven
wounded, including two officers.
A messenger from klerksdorp re
. pcrts that Cronje, who commanded
there determined to surrender as soor
as he knew for certain that Pretoria was
IN our possession. His example has beer
\ copied by many in the ne.ghborhood- Th'
court house is now said 10 be fun o
arms.