The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-03
BOER WAR
STILL ON
/" 60bS" Successor Still
In Doubt.
KITCHENER THE FAVOR|TE
Kueser Will Soiourn at Nice.
Joseph Chamberlain in :
Spain.

NEW YORK. Oct. ga special to
the Tribune from London says: There
is play at cross purposes going on at
the supreme command of the army.
both in England and South Africa. The
by that office that Lord
Roberts hopes to leave Cape Town
about November 18th Is not understood
by military men here, because Decem-
ber 1st is the date fixed for the, retire
ment Of Lord Wolseley. and the inter
val Is too short to allow the two gem
erals to exchange their work. How
ever. there are no signs of cessation
Of hostilities in South Africa. and the
presence of a commander possessing
Lord Roberts authority and reputation
seems TO be Indispensable. The official
note Is apparently published at the re-
quest OF Lord Wolseley as an expiana-
tion of his retention of command after
the expiration of his term. 1t is not
believed in military circles that Lord
Roberts viii return until De Wet and
ISteyn have been captured and the
campaign has been wound up.
Speculation Is rife respecting the
succession 10 the command in South
Africa. Lord Kitchener is still the
prime favorite. but Generals LytIeton
and Hunter are also considered likely
candidates for the succession. Lord
/ Roberts reputation will be used, with
out doubt. as a screen for concealment
of the ultimate policies of military re-
form here. The West End Is divided
into social and military cliques. and
practical reformers will be compelled
TO consider the lines Of least possible
resistance.
/ Julian Ralph, who has left the ser
lvice OF the Daily Mail. is intending 20
deliver series of lectures on the
South African war as IL appeared
Through Yankee glasses He will prob
.Iaoly follow the example of Winston
IChurci1iIl and open his campaign in
London at St. James hall. Churchill
has secured Lord Wolseley as his chief
patron and supporter. Ralph has re-
lceived a promise from Rudyard Kin
Hing to perform the same function fol
him. kipling. Ralph and other writ
ers who provided copy for the first
Journals published by any army dur
ing a campaign, have entered into 2
free masonry arrangement by which
that event will be commemorated anC
Lord Roberts Is a member of this move
secret order. Kipling will return {,
South Africa the coming winter.
BOERS TAKE JACOBSDAHL
CAPE TOWN, Oct 26-The Boer
have captured Jacobsdahl, southwes
of Kimberley. after a stubborn resist
ance upon the part of the garrison
which consisted of a detachment o
Cape Town Highlanders. The latte
suffered severely. losing thirty-four ou
OF fifty-two men.
KRUGER AT NICE.
PARIS. oct. 2s-Dr Leyds. Trans
= lyaal agent, was questioned today wit
p reference to the plans of former ProSi
dent Krueger. He said: Most of ia
: stories published on the subject ar
Z imaginary. MIR. Kruger will land q
! Marseillcs. and L shall go to meet hin
Z But IL Is not true that l have seen VI
T ldel CaSse (thc French Minister of For
{ eign AfairsJ, or that 1 am in any wa
' Arranging reception. which will b
a entirely in the hands OF the Frenc
e themselves Nothing has been definite
j ly decided as to the details of Krue
gers stay in Europe. But Mr.. Kruege
is an old man and not accustomed I
n cold climate, so IL Is likely he wi
sOjourn in the neighborhood of Nic
for the winter. / have no reason to be
lieve there is any ground for the state
ment that President Kruger intend
4 TO visit President Mckinley.
BOTHA VICTORIOUS.
a Hans Botha has cut off a train wit
!, a accommodating party of the Highlar
i brigade between Heidelburg and Grey
. Hing In the Transvaal Colony, tearin
n lup the rails in front and behind TIA
d train. In the fight which followed tw
icaptains and eight men were wounde
I. land all We're captured.
l JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN IN SPAIN
LONDON, oct. 26.-Joseph Chamber
lain, Secretary of state for the Colo
!, MES. and his son, John Austen Cham
= lberlaln, First Lord of the Admiralty
!, have sailed for Gibraltar. whence the
A Twill proceed to Malta TO visit Sir Fran
q lcis Wallace Grenfell, the governor c
!, Malta.