The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-01
BRITISH MORE UNEASY.
Alarmed at Situation at Mafeking
and Ladysmith.

London, Jan. I'm the absence
Of confirmation of the reported sortie
from Ladysmith, that story is discred-
tied. No such hopeful view can be
taken as the BOer account Of the Mafe-
king sortie seems designed to convey.
No word regarding any such movement
has yet arrived from British sources.
and the feeling of suspense IS deepen
ing, as it is feared Colonel Baden-Pow-
els silence indicates that his position
is becoming desperate.
The dispatches from the front breathe
a confident spirit which is by no means
echoed here. The latest Ladysmith adj
vices show that the Beers snellin~ is
becoming deadly, while sickness and
ennui must also he tel ing strong Y upon
the garrison. The news of the spread
Of a rebellion among TIE Dutch colon
lists and of the ATTEMPTS of Beers to
cut the railway at widely different
points, is very dizIUieting, as bearing
upon the safety Of the extended lines
of communication.
All the correspondents are beginning
to hint at a forward movement on the
part Of General Butler. the danger Of
which is indicated in dispatch TO the
Daily Telegraph from Frere, recording
n0issances. n one case the Beer lines
at Colens0 were to have been bonn
barded by night Mounted men drew
the BOer fire, and il WIS intended that
the naval guns should lombard. This
however, the l2ster failed 90 do, owing
to some misunderstanding ard the re-
cOnnOitering party was compelled to
founder back to camp through the wet
and stormy night, marching in mud and
water, and with the greatest d-GCOm-
fort.
According to the same correspondent,
a similar fate awaited another recon-
nOissance in the opposite direction.
Two attachments, says the dispatch,
lost their way in the darkness. They
were unable to effect a junction for at
tack; they stumbled into water holes
and were out all night. only to return
drenched and disappointed in tie morn
inS."
It is roughly estimated that there are
% 900 Beers between Ladysmlth and
Colenso. some 400 being on the south
side of the Tugela river. At all points
the enemy shows ceaseleas activity.
A large number Of Americans are said
to be finding their way into the various
volunteer regiments being raised in
Cape Colony. 1t Isl also reported that
many Africans are arriving az DeldgOd
Bay. having beer expelled from the
Rand because they had refused to work
the johannesburg mines for The gov
eminent
The proofs of contraband traffic Ia
| crease daily. 1t is alleged that Euro
pean officers arrive at Delag5a Bay
every week and proceed to the Boe1
lines. The Cape Argus asserts that the
latest importations by way Of Lcurenzc
Marquee are six large Armstrong guns
and sixteen eases of ammunition, all Oh
which have arrived az Pretoria.
The imperial authorities at the Cape
have seized at Adelaide an immeUse
consignment Of arms and ammdnitior
marked biscuits" sent by Boens *
| Dutch farmers iE that neighbCrho0d.
It is feared that the I,ritish reconnois.
sance north Of Dodrecht. dssc~.bed IL
dispatch to the war office, may turT
out to have been q rather EerlOUs az
/ fair A correspondent Of the Aasoe.at-
ed Press at S9erkstrOOm, teiegraphing
Dec. 81, says:
Captain M0ntmorencY Of the Twen-
! ty-frst faneers, with a patrol Of l20
was accommodating eight miles NORTH
Of Dordrecht. he met the Beers al