Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-26
B0ERS PROMISE 4
wORLD-sTARTLER
,,,t,gu White Says War IS far
from Being Ended
ATE NEWS OF AAFEklSs'
airy Enters Transsaai-
Or Gen. crouje'' Dsfe"'-"o""
c.me-Troop. In Panie'
Early Dispatched

TEarly DiSpatcitF'J
.,.,o,s Ma. March 2J.-An enthu-
'''' ,,oss meeting OF Boer sympa,
1 s,,sr. hsld here today was auu,e's ,he
hH, Ws,tseu White, representing W.
syssl IN This country: ana o rhl,lp
ian. .s, Wessels. a native OF the Vrahse
~. S wssle said In part "rhe Dutch
nj; "rsntsd To be let alone, 10 I'VE
aihpp sslres and remain free and IN
~ us sar, the same as America. the
cepslS'iH ~ nom being ended. Events
war NAV shortly which VIII starile
tbe world. so,.a, vas nothing
W. ~. English 10 be proud OF. Ihe
ief Wy s,sTal Was outnumbered ten to
81 - and had II not been Tor the TER
yl situation he was placed IN, the IN,
n. g~ stencil Of dead horses ana
49, W. which was fast breeding ais
n.s'ci ron,e's gallant band would have
E !, H. trenches today.
E.a are other things, Mr. vessels
II van. 10 emphatically deny
Nv . there h ANYTHING like a religious
l,' s"t,en Of the Catholics, Jews, or
l..s, o,ber denomination IN the Trans
.l, ~ Free state. The Roman Catho-
n. aA,rch 4 one Of the most prosperous
-gs,ons denominations In South AT
A lew Is our chief surveyor OF
Ss Orange Free state, and another
i.w is master Of transportation for the
hiefal army.
SMELLING MAFEKING.
t,raon March 25.-The Daily Mail
.1bllshes the following from Mafe.
Ers dated Wednesday, March l4th'
az are sin being heavily shelled,
T,sr, have been several casualties
S5rnishlng continues in the trenches.
M native food question Is becoming
sllculty. The Beers have broken
No arrangements to respect the SAB
h,th By not firing and have seized the
o,totunity to extend their trenches
fady Sarah Wilson. In a dispatch
ton Mafeklng. dated Wednesday,
March lith. SAYS. I'VE have received
rsWs of the relief Of Ladysmith. but II
ssNes to increase our disappointment,
4, there Is no prospect Of our relief.
me town remains closely invested.
M Beers are reported TO be very
numerous and strongly intrenched be-
tween US and Col. Plumer's force.
Some Of the natives are dying OF star
yitlon. owing TO their prejudice against
hfse flesh"
4 Dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
tom Kimberley dated Sunday, March
slh says: Prisoners brought in here
rp0rt that o force of British cavalry
hs entered the Transvaal and pene-
,nted TO a point eighteen miles north
4 Christiana The British forces at
Rurteen Streams are being strength
cd. A movement northward is ex-
gcied SOON
Dispatch TO the Times from Mafe-
kfg, dated Wednesday, March 18th,
aysi Col Baden-Powell has ape
pointed Board OF officers 10 inquire
ito The native question"
CRoNJEs DEFEAT.
New York, March 26.--Count Adel-
hr Slernberg, a young Austrian noble,
vh0 spent two months in the western
Beer camps uD TO the time OF his cap
tue by the English. on Feb. Is. gave
b, London correspondent OF the Neue
Ffsie Presse interesting particulars OF
us eject produced upon the burghers
y The unexpected appearance Of the
snllsh force In the Orange Free State.
These confirm the previous statements
Dat General Cronje utterly failed to
Nngnze the significance OF Lord Rob-
90 strategic movement.
VQuht Sternberg arrived at Mayors
lNleln soon after the Boer victory Of
~ Il. He found the camp In jubllant
Ens The burghers We're accustomed
sing psalms and hold divine service
vale being bombarded by the naval
guns They began early in February
y observe the arrival Of large masses
q troops In the English camn and on
,as tenth they received news OF the
brush advance on Koffyfonteln. Count
s'efnoerg rode 10 Jacobsdal TO recon-
uoUe' and came In sight OF British |
euoh That evening six hundred |
esIghers were sent 10 check the ad- |
'snoe Of the British cavalry.
vsn Cronieis opinion was that the |
nlsish We're advancing on Fauresmith |
va hoHytonteln. with the object OF |
.u''lng Of the retreat OF the Boer de- |
tai,anlehi az Colesberg. Another posi- |
NY was That the advance was merely |
lslhl on the left flank. intended to |
oosaseh the defense at Magersfonteln.
"a we morning Of the llth Count Stern |
IS attracted by heavy artillery FIRE. |
.lnl me English endeavorlng TO cross |
s hamdam ford. opposed by the |
SO. whose lines extended along the /
s ss Nyer toward Koffyfonteln. Two |
,a,v.lled lnniskillen dragons told him |
40 a' Lefq Kitchener was proceeding TO |
's lenei OF Kimberley with 1900 men.
WAITED AT MAGERsFoNTEIN.
VINE bathing in the Ret. the count
,...seH saw several English regiments
80 past Escaping notice he gall
~. paek 10 CronJe's camp, and told
~, 'i ne mad seen. He met with gen
l Ia, hsrednllty, the Beers insisted that
M, bodies of troops neither would
Va, ~, could undertake such a movement
NJ. yl'y asuon, taken by Gen. Cronje
,bs 49, a. ssnl TWO hundred men across
tS no ,' ' 70 cut on the English tran
dolss wagons which they succeeded In
~ VA The following day. five miles from
NJ. a.p' count Sternbarg saw nj a
vbit Instance huge clouds OF dust.
,,,.n Indicated the presence behind
A, n iow nils Of troops on the march.
=, Ih Time General Cronie was wait.
sT,, W the trenches at MagersfonteIn In
Nsr,,.' OF an attack. Count Stern
p,l news was laughed al by the
~, 10 camp, who were all convinced
sa,. Ne was mistaken. II was moi nos
q All, 1'ssipate the doubts until one
n6,a 1Nh number commissary Ar
klrs,,ss 'companied the count later. ana
O., y saW the British cavalry under
Nat .,uch and the burning Free
sors 80. "a which they had DESTROYED.
rhirh furnishing then followed after
,osl,,.ht untshcrs occupied favorable
,in. ana took no more trouble 10
h ~ we movements OF the enemy.
y, rs not until the next dav tint
u,,, elVhle began 10 recognize the serl-
49, o. The situation, The cannon
,r,.,. nasilly Withdrawn from Mayors.
,tsel TWO guns being despatched IN
90, Zen French's cavalry. In me
=, stnent al Kalkfontein tha aisorda,
~ orsS .na5 Major Albrechys artll.
li S g.sl on distant detathments with.
er. living for certain whether thew
y pteoulshers or English. Even then
ltaet y, We're stu ~ opinion that The
nj -, ~ directed against their camp
sses \. guently set about raising de-.
saw GAME WAS LOST.
Ieobs5si sleyn. who arrived ,from
4. ,, el.l was convinced that the PANE
tner,i c on the Modder river while
a' eronje stlll awaited the main