The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-31
LONDON PAPERS SAY WAR
IS PRACTICALLY ENDED
Kruger FlecS TO Observation-Disclosures Abandon
Two Chief Cities Without Show Of Opposition.
United States Consul Hay Takes Action to Protect British
Interests and Stop BlOOdShed.

London May 81, a. m.-Yesterday
at noon the British were only about
two hours march from Pretoria, and |
the Boer military forces had abandoned |
the city.
This intelligence comes from the
Reuter- agent at the Transvaal capital, /
and from the Earl of Rosslyn, in a
press dispatch. The two messages left !
about the same time.
At O'Clock this morning the war Ct
fee had received no news from Lord
Roberts which the officials would make
public but it is assumed that the press !
aGvices are correct
Most of the London morning papers, !
through the courtesy of the Daily Mail, /
print Lord Roberts dispatch and com
ment upon it, treating the war as
ended.
Some of the more cautious critics
think that guerrilla warfare is likely
TO be carried on for some time in Vari- !
Gus parts of the conquered territory.
All Of the Boer forces are dissolving.
Lord Roberts, apparently, has not
yet taken any considerable quantities
of artillery, arms or stores. Large /
bodies Of Beers must still be some .
where in the field.
Kruger Miles From Pretoria.
Watervalboven or Waterfallboven, is
$50 miles due east of Pretoria, on the
DelagOa Bay railway. II should not
be confused with Waterfall, ten miles
north Of Pretoria, where the British
prisoners are. Watervalboven rs
small place in a mountainous country. Z
The seat of the BOer government
fe IaFr ae !
be Lyndenberg, to the north.
johannesburg Has Fallen.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marquee, /
dated Wednesday says,
-C0mmandant Kraus has surrendered +
johannesburg to Lord Roberts. BY to-
nights train from Frevs3ria arrived /
few Greeks, who say Il ~ were told to 4
leave Pretoria Tuesday. They affirm
that the train in which they left was
shelIed by the British. and that half
of the train was cut off, the remainder T
steaming away. This incident prob /
ably occurred at ElansfOntein junction. /
Passengers from Pretoria assert that /
the town is utterly demOralized. There /
is a mad rush for the coast. Five /
trainloads of fugitives are expected /
here tonight"
Trouble For Beers With Portugal
The Lourenzo Marquee cOrrespOn-
dents think the border trouble between /
the Transvaal and Portugal may come I
to a head at any moment. Komau /
bridge is strongly defended Yesterday 1
the Portuguese authorities were pre- /
pairing to resist a possible engagement. I
mule battery was sent to the from 4
tier.
The LOuTenz0 Marquee correspondent /
of the Times saws; 1T would not be =
surprising if a large proportion of the I
EaT
on Portuguese territory. Although the I
authorities here are reticent, they are 1
not blind TO such a possibility
1t is reported that a special train /
from Pretoria, with fugitives, was de !
rallied on the Transvaal side of Mo- I
matipOOrt, number OF passengers De-
ing killed or injured.
The British authorities at BuluwayO ]
think the Beers viii retire into south /
ern Rhodesia-
Reinforcements For Roberts.
BY the release of the British prison
ers at Waterfall a fun brigade viii be (
added TO the army of Lord Roberts, as [
there were III officers and 4,lS2 privates /
among them.
Events elsewhere in the field of war I
seem to dwindle in comparison. General /
Hunter re-entered the Transvaal ar I
MaribOgODan Tuesday. The advance /
was made off the railway. Water is 4
scarce, and all the farms are deserted. I
Yesterday General Hunter reached +
Geysdorp with ten days supplies.
Maribogopan is half way between I
Vryburg and Mafeking GeysdorD is I
frcm twelve to fifteen miles east. Cen /
eral Hunter meets with no resistance.
Baden-Powell on the Move.
General Baden-Powen is invading
further north without opposition. Com /
mandant Snyman has gone toward Pre- /.
toria
In northern Natal Utrecht has sur
rendered to General Hildyard and Gen I
eral LyJtleton is moving to Vryheid.
Three different cOrresDOndents esti- /
mate the number of Beers at Laing's /
Mex at about 10000.
Two Australians who escaped from /
Pretoria on April % have arrived at 1
Mafeking, having spent a month on 4
the veldt, with tut little food and no /
blankets. They slept by day and 1
marched by night They complain bit /
terly Of their treatment at Pretoria.
Butler Tells of Triumphs.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived at the war office from General /
Butler;
New Castle. May 3O.-The enemy /
having formed laager east of the 4
town at DOrnberg, pressed my right /
rear annOyingly. On May p ! directed 4
a force under LyttletOn by Schanga /
Drift on DoTnberg. These movements /
have caused the enemy at Do1nberg to /
retire north.
"Hildyard is at Utrecht, and the town /
= has surrendered.
Celery is bOmbarding Laing's Mex /
The enemy are much disheartened and 1
were they not in such very strong posi- /
tons, ] doubt if they would show 1
fight. The railway was opened TO New /
Castle on May Is
The officials of the British war Office /
deny in unqualified terms the statement +
cabled to a New York newspaper that /
the war Office here had asked Lord 4
Roberts If he could land 100000 of -
troops in England before Oct, l. Ac- /
eording to the British war office, the f
New York story is ridiculous nom
sense.
The war Office has communicated to /
the organizers Of the imperial yeo- /
manry the governments gratitude for