The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-06-06
LORD ROBERTS CHECKED.
Field Marshal Finds Road to Pre-
toria Obstructed by Beers.
FEDERALS ARE ACTIVE.
Reports from Lourenco Marques Tell
of British Defeat-Boers Re-
enter the Free State.


arrival of the Highland brigade at He'll
brun, May %, states that he was op-
posed more or less the whole way from
Ventersburg. Eight men were killed and
four officers and thirty-two men were
wounded. Colville says the Lancashire
battery field artillery did excellent
work. Grants naval guns were most
valuable and the troops behaved in a
most soldierly manner throughout the
trying march.
Rumble telcgraphs that his casualties
were thirty-two killed and $50 men
wounded"
London, June 2.-3:O2 p. NIT is of
ficially announced that Gen. Colville has
arrived at Heilbrun northeast of Kroon-
stad) iii the Orange River colony, after
meeting with great opposition.
London, June 2.--10:30 a. m.--Lord
Roberts reports to the secretary of state
for war, the Marquis of Lansdowne as
follows:
johannesburg, May 31.--9:40 a. M
French S report OF his operations during
May Is ana % reached me at 3 a. III.
today. He was opposed throughout his
envy from the strong positions they sue
cessively held with very little loss ami
is now holding the place which | directed
him to do, north of Johannesburg. Two
officers were wounded and two men were
killed and twenty-seyen wounded.
British Communications Cut.
New York, June "A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says: a telegram
from Lourenco Marques says. that com
munications of the main British army
have been cut near the Vaal and it is
possible that the absence of news is due
to interfere from the telegraph wire
south of GermistOn.
Gen. Hunter is making good progress.
The express dispatch says his main body
has reacher Barberspan, twenty miles
ahead from the point of departure, and
his advance parties are at Blejesvlei,
twenty-three miles further on. and just
twenty miles from Lichtenburg, where a
Junction will be effected with Gen Ba-
denPowell.
Beers Rc-enter Free State.
Lourenco Marques, June1 Official Boer
news has been received here to the effect
that heavy fighting occurred at Glands
fontein. The Beers have re-entered the
northeastern part of the Orange Free
State and are engaged near Ventersburg
and Harrismith. Direct communication
H..
dent Kruger's son-in-law, Frickie Eloff,
and the Presidents physician, DIR. Hey
mann. have arrived at Lourenco
Marques.
British Defeat Rumored.
London, June 2.-The Times this morn
ing prints the following dispatch from
LOurencO Marques, dated June 1:
Reports of the most conflicting char
acter are current here, due to the activ-
ity of the Boer agents. While one sec
ton declares that President Kruger has
returned to Pretoria for the purpose of
arranging terms of surrender, another as
serts that the British have been repulsed
outside of Pretoria. Nothing authentic
is known here regarding Mr. Kruger's
whereabouts or the situation in the
Transyaal."
Yield Only by Compulsion.
Cape Town, May 31.-The Ons Land.
an Africander organ, dealing with the
matters of the annexation by Great Brit
ain of the Orange Free State, says it
cannot congratulate the Free Staters ON
zens of an empire which required 100000
men to crush two small republics. The
annexation proclamatio issued by Gen.
Roberto wins subjects, but not hearts.
1t will only be respected while force com
pels respect. Experience has proved that
Great Britain treats her Dutch subjects
unequally with the English. Notwth-
standing the proclamation. Africander
nationality will continue to grow.
Interference of London MeddIers.
Graaf Reinet, Cape Colony, Thursday.
May 31.-Pretoria' S member of the legis-
lative council offered a resolution that in
the opinion of Il majority of Cape Colo
nists the chief immediate cause OF the
war was the unwarranted, intolerable in
reference of the minority in London in
the internal affairs of the South African
republics. The member, speaking in sup
port of the resolution, said it would be
impossible to hold out the hand of friend
ship after the war, and he asked: ''Can
is stained with the blood of brother?'
The chairman advised moderation in
all speeches. The resolution was adopt
ed unanimously.
No Peace Without Freedom.
Other resolutions presented affirmed
that if the republics were annexed the
peace and prosperity of the country would
be irretrievably wrecked, and that in or
der to insure lasting friendship and pros
perity the settlement must include the
restoration of unqualified freedom and in
dependence to the republics and the col
onists be allowed "a voice in the appoint
thus obviating the necessity for keeping
a standing army, as the republicans
would be prepared to assist the colonists
to repel any foreign inroads in South
Africa, unity would be insured and loyal
ty to Great Britain cemented.
A delegation was appointed to visit
Great Britain, Canada and Australasia
to explain the views of those represented
at the congress.
Olive Schrcine Prediction.
Before the close of the Peoples con-
gress Olive Schreiner MRS. Conwright)
made an imprisoned speech, in which
she predicted that the South African
Republics would regain their independ-
enCe.
French Near Pretoria.
London, June 2.-Lord Roberts last re-
port of the movement of the British
troops in the Transyaal is somewhat
mysterious. From the fact that Gen.
Frenchs report took two days to reach
the commander-inchief at johannesburg,
it is believed that either French must be
many miles north of that city or that he
is having trouble with his communica-
lions. Possibly the next place Lord Rob-
erts will be heard from will be Pretoria