The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-09
PRE TOR|A SURRENDERS
WITHOUT A FIGHT
KumOred Capture of Pre-
sident krueger.
he FLED WHEN ROBERTS CAME TO
TOWN OF WATERVALBOVEN.
Inc News Fully Confirmed and Great Re-
joicing Throughout the
Empire.

Mall publishes the following dispatch
from the Earl of Rossiyn. who was a ci-
william prisoner at Pretoria. and who APP
pears TO have been released:
PRETORIA. May 30. tf:4O n. m.-Pre-
toria will be occupied In about two hours
without resistance. The President has
gone TO watcrvalbover. ..
THE burgomaster DE sousa, Is author
ised to receive the British. He, with an
Influential committee OF citizens, including
Chief Justice Gregorowshi, has been ap-
pointed 70 preserve life and property dur
ing the interregnum.
Everything ls quiet, but crowds are
waiting expectantiy in Church square for
the arrival OF the British.
Fearing possible disturbance and
bloodshed among the prisoners OF war at
watervalle, the United States Consul and
Vice Consul Wood insisted upon twenty
officers being liberated on parole to go 70
the men. Their action cannot be- too
highly praised.
Il was permitted TO accompany the Of
ncers. Everything was quiet"
LONDON. May ~. . a. m.-Yesterday at
noon The British were only about two
hours march from Pretoria, and the
Boer military forces had abandoned the
city. This intelligence comes from the
Reuter- agent at the Transvaal capital,
and from the Earl OF Rosslyn in a press
dispatch. The two messages left about
tho same time. At o'clock this MORN
ing the War Office had received no news
from Lord Roberts which the officials
would make public. but IL is assumed that
the press advices are correct. Most Of
the morning papers. through the courtesy
of the Daily Mail, print Lord Rosslyn's
dispatch. and comment upon Il, treating
the war as ended.
Some of the more cautious critics think
that guerilla warfare Is likely to be car
ried on for some time to come, In various
parts Of the conquered territory. All the
Boer forces are dissolving..
Lord Roberts apparently has not yet
taken quantities OF artillery arms or
stores. Large bodies of Beers must still
be somewhere In the field. Watervalbo-
YER is i50 miles due east OF Pretoria on
the Delagoa Bay railway. IL should not
be- confused with Waterfall. ten miles
north OF Pretoria, where the British pris-
oners are confined. Watervalbover is a
small place in a mountainous country.
The seat of the Boer Government-what
there is left OF twill probably be Ly-
denburg. to the north.
a dispatch from Lourenzo Marquee. da-
ted Wednesday. says: "Commandant
Kraus has surrendered johannesburg to
Lord Roberts. By tonights train from
Pretoria arrived few Greeks. who say
they were told TO leave Pretoria Tuesday.
They affirm that the train on which they
left was shelled by the British. and that
half OF the train was cut Off. the remain
der steaming away. This incident prob
ably occurred at Eiandsfontein Junction.
Passengers from Pretoria assert that the
town is utterly demoralized. There Is "A
mad rush for the coast. Five trainloads
OF fugltives are expected tonight"
! LONDON. May S0-The War Office has
communicated to the organizers of the
imperial Yeomanry the Governments
gratitude for the service Of this force
% well-equipped fighting men. TO whose
erts has borne such high testimony"
4 The War Office adds that the time has
arrived when the corps Of Imperial Yeo-
many can safely be relieved from its
trduous duties. so patriotically assumed
at time OF national emergency And
Lord Gansdowne expressed on behalf of
The Government It's sense Of the great
debt the state owes to the Ieomanry.
| LONDON. May 30. LIS y. m.-The War
OfiiCa has just announced that no news
has reached here tending to confirm "a
rumor said TO be current In Berlin, that
Johannesburg has been blown up.
| PRETORIA, May w.-British officers
are now at johannesburg debating the
terms % surrender.
The British advance guard Is half way
between johannesburg and Pretoria. IL
n reported there II a force also at Hath
/ erlv. All the forces have been dismissed
/ from the forts around Pretoria.
President Kruger Is now at waterfall
bower.
LOURENzo MARQUEE. May 9o.-Goods
/ traffic between here and the Transvaal
WIS officially closed today, the reason ap-
/ parently being the military movements
/ ln progress. A Transvaal Boer comrnan-
do has arrived at Komatlpoort. All the
| Portuguese troops have been ordered to
be In readiness TO proceed 20 the from
| tier. and the Portuguese fleet along the