The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-24

London, March pa dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Pretoria, dated Mon
day, March 10, says: President Kru-
ger returned from Kroonstadt yester-
day. He says the fight in the Free
State win be desperate. 1 am informed
that the Transvaal government has
taken no resolution to destroy mines
or property. as a last resort.
The Cape Town correspondent Of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing Tuesday;
March 20 says: Il have just arrived
from BlOemfontein. where learned
that no further movement is probable
for three weeks, as negotiations are
proceeding / failed to ascertain the
nature Of the negotiations, or whether
Sir Alfred Miners departure from Cape
Town is connected with them, but
should not be surprised if the war col
lapsed quickly"
Several teleprams have passed be
tween President Kruger and the Brit
ish government in addition to the sans
bUry-Kruger correspondence already
published The foreign office received
a dispatch from Pretoria yesterday.
The contents Of these communications
cannot yet be obtained.
So far as the military situation IS
concerned. there is practically no
ing. preparations for the next move. As
necessary to beginning, Generals
Gatacre and Brabant are swiftly NOV
ing from point to point in the southern
districts of the Free State, dispensing
or accepting the surrender OF any re-
naming Beers, thus ensuing the
safety of Lord Roberts cOnmurnca-
tions before starting toward Pretoria
A correspondent of the Daily News /
at SpringfOntein, describing these |
movements. says: General Gatacre !
is sweeping through the country like
a cyclone, with flying columns IN all
directions His sw1ftneSs and strategy |
have proved Of inestiInable value TO |
Lord Roberts"
The rebuilding Of the railway bridge
at Norvalspont win occupy two months.
The temporary bridge VIII be COM |
nlefed in about ten days Meanwhile
supplies are transported by an aerial
tramway across the gap. These works
necessarily delay the providing of sup
plies for the advance.
Lord Methuen's movements north Of
Kimberley are believed to be prelude
TO the gathering of a column Of 10000
men. with Kimberley as a base. to
strike eastward from Fourteen Streams
into the Transvaal. The long and anX-
iously awaited news Of the relief of
Mafeldng has not yet been received.
A dispatch to the Standard from
dated Tuesday, says:
-Four thousand Transvaalers from
Colesberg treklzed on Saturday and Sun
day TO the northeast, going by way Of
the Basutoland border. They will prob
ably be caught at one of the passes.
"A striking feature of the advance
on BIoemfonnein was the abandonment
OF our communications with Poplar :
Grove. Lord Roberts. confident in the
ability Of his transport to meet all the
immediate needs Of the army, DELHI
arately left the enemy at Abraham s {
Rraal to do what they liked. The re- !
Fult fully justified him The enemy to G
he south were paEalYzed by the bold 7
1ess and rapid1ty Of the stroke, and :
Generals Clements and Gatacre were
sna2sAed to cross the Orange river al
most without opposition" !.
Winston Churchill. in a dispatch from :
says: Il think it !,
nay he counted certain that the Trans =
-aaI would i1uEnedS ately Comply if !,
Sreat Britain were to demand equally :
air treatment for all prisoners by a
hreat Of repUisais on TranSvaal pri-
oners."
Tho Cane TcWn correspondent Of the h
forming Post Says: "On the best aIl- =,
horfty. learn that the real objective i
f the Fischer olmarenS depUtaticn y
5 Russia. / also hear that they have a,
aiken away ali the secret discriminating :,
comments from Pretoria. thus making ~
difficult to imphcate Steyn and thel !,
}ondi1es." :,