Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-01-31
CAN HOLD ON.
Brave Words Flashed From
Gen. White at Lady,
smith.
AMERICANS ENLIST
As Scouts in the British Army,
Gen. Butler Holding
His Own.

London, Jan. 31.-Sudden orders
were received at Odashat this after
tern0on for the immediate embark
ment of the 4th cavalry brigade for
South Africa.
London, Jan. 31,-A despatch from
Gen. Butler gives the following from
Ladysmith dated Sunday %, (helio-
graphed to swartz Kop). The news
of the prolongation of the siege re-
sulting from Gen. Buffers failure, is
received with fortitude. We can
hold on. The garrison is healthy,
CHEEKY and confident. Disease is dis
appearing. Can hear Buffers guns
and it is rumOred he is advancing
along another line. The Beers are
in great force in the hillsnear Colenso.
London, Jan. 3l.-A special from
Cape Town says 80 American scouts
have enlisted in the British army.
London, Jan. 3l.-A despatch from
Cape Town, dated Jan. 30, says Gen.
Butler still holds the Tugela Drifts
and may renew his attempt to force
his way through the Bocr defences
Ladysmith is capable Of holding out
for considerable time
London, Jan. 3l.-Thc session OF
parliament that opened yesterday is
the most important in the recent his
tory of England.
The Queen S speech was listened t(
with the closest attention but con
tained nothing new on the war.
The liberal leaders in the Lords die
not attack the government as Vigor
ously as those in the house
Lord Salisbury made great speecl
in which he urged all parties to stant
together in this crisis of the country
life.
"We must join together and cXer
else all our powers in eXtricating our
selves from situation full OF hllmll
iation and not free from danger.
will not say the danger may not hav
easily been exaggerated. Many
country has commenced war wit
difficulties of the kind we experience
We have only to look at what tn
northern states of America wen
through at the beginning OF the civ
war to see how easy it would be
draw mistaken inference from the IT
verses we have met at the outset
We have every ground to think tina
if we set ourselves heartily to wor
and exert all the undoubted instrl
ments of the power we possess "
shall bring the war to satisfactol
. conclusion. We have work which al
peals to us as subjects of the Quee
and must throw in the shade a
thoughts of party expediency."
Lord Rosebury replied asking #
o more specific information. III
q Queens speech was adopted.
= In the House Sir Campbell Banne
o man attacked the government vigo
ouslv for it's gross mismanagement
d the war.
&c Mr.. Balfour replied at length al
defended what had been done in mu'
i. the same way as Lord Salisbury h;
~ done to the Lords. No vote W
o taken last night and the debate is
~ be continued today.
London, Jan. 31.--lt is known tn
a. the cabinet devoted much of it's d
a. cussion on Saturday to the mobill'
o, tion of the fleet. Nothing was ST
S, tied except that, until further secu
to tv to the home coasts was obtained
re naval preparations, the eighth dl
s. sion shall not be sent to South Atrl'
re On Monday the admiralty issl
Mt orders that the channel squadron
of stead of leaving Portland this We
he for Gibraltar, as previously dlrect
shall assemble on Feb. . OIL Ed'
stone and proceed to Bantry for fo
nights exercise off the Irish Goa
he thus keeping in home waters fol
P' time.
'u- This decision to delay the eigl
ut division xt time when relntol
ments are so urgently required n
ier only mean that transports are not
MS available and that the division
embark when the shipping is ready
The mobilization of reserve warsl
,m if such course shall be determl
he upon, would be Of the utmost imp
,rro There Is nothing Ia tho In