The daily news., 1900-03-28
GENERAL JOUBERT
SUSPECTED BY Beers
His Life Is In Danger if Pre-
toria Is Taken.
LEADERS ARE WORRIED

Hofmeyer and Schreiner Denounced by
TransvaaIcrs-Capc Colony VIII Sub
nit Only Upon Guarantee OF Inde-
pcndence.
BLoEMFONTEIN, March 27.-A cavalry
reconnaissance was made Sunday to-
ward Frankfort. The Sixteenth Ian
GERS, by skiIlnishing, drove the Beers
from their positions into the open. when
the Ninth Lancars attempted to outfiank
the enemy, while they were engaged
from the front by a dismountcd section
Of the Sixteenth LAnccrs. Our casual
ties are reported to be few.
A dispatch from Maseru, Basatoland,
5ated March 20, says:
The BaSutoland government is busy
collecting natives to be employed at
Bloemfontein III repairing the railroads.
The natives report that the Free Staters
on the borders of BaSutoland have re-
fused to 20 to Kreonstadt and are stay
ing ON their farms, as it Is now the
plouEhing seasm and they are inclined
TO keep their land and submit rather
than give 1t up and fight.
RepOr+S from Natal show no develop
nlents of importance have occurred there
up b. Narch 23 A dispatch from the
BAer Cs4slp Rt Glencoe, dated March 20,
Says:
No attack is expected 20 be made ON
the BneT forces in Natal. Genernls Botha
aud Meyer have been joined by their
wives PretOrius, with a patrol, got be-
tween an advance guard of lancers and
the main body March %. One lancer,
who refused 10 surrender, was shot"
A Ladysmith special says:
A BOer pat endeavOred to trap
party Of the IT,, .eenth lHusSars March
%, at WaSchblnk A hot chase resulted
and several Beers were wounded"
AdviceS today from Cape Town say:
rains are general throughout South
Africa and rivers which have been dry
for years are being flooded. Many camps
are transformed into swamps. This will
Stiu more initiate against the British ad-
vance.
sickness among the Bocr prisoners on
the transports is increasing. Three
deaths occurred March 26. Typhoid
alone claims 100 victims among the priS-
onors and the population of SimorSton
fear an epidemic.
A meeting of the bund was held at
Paarl March 26 and was attended by
several members Of the case assembly.
II passed resolutions regTetting that the
APE government waS not consulted be-
for the war and declaring that any set
1,r,,.,,- ---bigl, Igo. NOT ,-nS,,apr tho iY,Ja-
pandenca Of the republic will be detri-
mental 70 thc British interests of the
Cape. Mr.. HargrOve, the chief speaker,
pruDhcaied another war within six years
unlasS independence was granted, and
ASSomblyman Myers characterized the
war as continuation of the jameson
raid.
Generul White was present and stood
by the mayor and municipal council of
Cape Town, assuring them Of his SYM
pathy in their enforced home going and
declared that the records of the siege Of
Ladysmith are among the brightest an
nals of the nation.
Michael Davitt arrived at Lorenzo
Marquee March "a.
A dispatch from that port declares the
Beers are using natives to construct
-rpnches around johannesburg, adding
that the mines are expected To shut down
soon.
4 dispatch from Durham says:
William Cox, a newspaper CORES
pondent who was released from impriS-
onment at Pretoria, has arrived here.
Mr.. Cox saw Secretary Reitz and
Says he was evidently worried at the
turn of events. Prominent persons at
the Tnnsvasl capital bitterly accuse Mr..
HOfmeyer, the Afrikander leader. and
Premier Schreiner with deserting them
They say they expected 100, 900 Cape
COlOnistS to join the republics General
Joubert is apparently suspected of half
heartedneSs and Mr.. Cox gathered that
his life would be in danger at the hands
Of the irate bdrghcrs if Pretoria is lost