The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-06-26
THE BR|TON
AND BOER
More Fighting Looked
For Soon.
CAVALRY AFTER BURGHERS
Hunter Takes K erksdOrp From Young
Cronje--8 Iden-PoweII is Pro-
NOTED to Lieut. General.

LONDON, June Is, a. m.-Lord Rob
orts dispatches leave affairs cast of
Pretoria with the Beers withdrawn to
new positions Tuesday. News OF fresh
fighting is expected at the War Office,
but none came last night.
General Rundle's patrol had sSirmish
with Boer p!ckets again Wednesday.
Some wonder is expressed here as TO
what he is doing with three divisions.
1t is assumed by some that General Bull
Ter will move into Orange River Colony
and cooperate with Lord Mcthuen and
General Rumble In baEging President
Steyn and his 1000 or 5000 followers.
Fart of Christian Botha's force has halt
cd at Paardekop, eighteen miles north
west of Volksrust, Boer parties are still
near VollSsrust and fire occasionally up
on the British pickeIs.
a dispatch from Lourenzo Marquee,
dated yesterday. says: persons have ar
rived here who have seen the prepare
tons of the Beers and learned that they
win retire when forced through the Ly-
denburg district into the zoutpansberg
region, adjoining RhCdesia and GAIA
land" q
The Daily Mail has dispatch from
Bloemfontein, dated Wednesday, saying
General Dewet's attack on the railway
was made after he had succeeded in lur-
ing General Methuen from where he had
destroyed the line. Then he cleverly
seized 1t north of Kroonstadt, blew up
the bridge and destroyed long section
of the lire with dynamite"
Major General Baden-Powell has been
appointed to the rank of Lieutenant Gen
eral
The Louren2o Marquee correspondent
of the Times says: ut appears that
Steyn and not Kruger is now the STUN
bling block in the way of the surrender
of the burghers. Shortly after the Brit
ish entry into Pretoria Kruger proposed
to reopen the peace negotiations. Mr.
Steyn, bearing In mind that his former
advice was secuted, demurred to this ana
pointed out that according to the treaty
between the republics neither could CON
clude peace without the other Kruger,
equally unwilling to incur the charge OF
a breach of faith, had to continue the
war.
Nothing further is known regarding
the rumored peace negotiations. but II
is a matter of notorety that Krucger
favors peace on almost any terms, but
disllkes personally to take an initiative
that would involve unconditional surren-
der"
Ninety-seven burghers out of 200 in one
commando have returned to their homes
Hunter lAkeB hlerKsdOfp.
LONDON, June 10, 11:O5 a. m.-The War
Office issues the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts:
PRETORIA PRESIDENCY, June IL,
1910 p m.-Klerksdorp surrendered on
June 9th to an armed party sent on by
Hunter. Kitchener reports that the Beers
attacked Il construction train carly this
morning north of Rhenoster river. He
sent out mounted troops and drove of
the enemy before they could do much
damage. one man was killed and eleven
wounded, including two officers.
A messenger from klerksdorp re-
ports that Cronje, who commanded
there, determined to surrender as soon
as he knew for certain that Pretoria was
in our possession. His example has been
copied by many in the neighborhood. The
court house is now said to be full Of
arms.