The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-20
BRIDES OFFERED BOERS
ALLEGATIONS on president
KRUGER.
Roberts ut Pretoria Getting Every
thing lu shape for the Final stroke
Butler Captures Lainp's Mex

LONDON. June l3. 1920 A. M.-Two
pieces Of news encouraging to the Brit
ish Ion the official dispatches are that
the broken communications of Lord
Roberts are I'm "a fair way To be mended
by the forces moving northward and
southwark and driving of the rowing
commands, and that Sir Redvers Bull
Ter is at last master Of Laing's Mex.
Telegraphic communication with Lord
Roberts is expected to be restored to-
day, as a dispatch from Bloemfontein,
dated yesterday says that the railway
is i'm British possession again and that
the work of repairing the line is going
on rapidly with abundant material
warehoused at Bloemfontein.
The Boer Government is also issuing
news cheering to its sympathizers. The
following Boer version of the disaster
to the Derbyshires was posted by Pre-
sident Kruger at Machadodorp:
ION June 9TH four divisions of burgh-
ers commanded by Steenkamp, Frine-
nan, Buploy, Fourie and Hell, attacked
! the British at RoodeVal, killed 200, took
700 prisoners and captured immense
stores of food and ammunition, Max
| i'm gun and 1000 lyddite shells. Some
food was taken by the Boer farmers
/ and the rest was burned. The English
mail was taken. The burghers attack
ed from the open veldt and gave evil
dence of unprecedented bravery"
| General Dewet was also lighting on
June I'd, whether at RoOdeval or else
| where is not clear, but the Boer War
| Office gives it out that he captured 300C
suits of clothing, blankets, gloves
| boots, etc. Being unable to take them
with him i'm his rapid advance through
| the country, according to the Trans
! Vaal War Office he burned the whole
mass. General Dewet has also reported
that he put 1000 British out of action
and destroyed property valued at ElOO,-
600 As Lord Methuen is officially de-
scribed as fighting on June 18th it is
possible that he was engaged by Gen
eral Dewet.
! According to a dispatch to the daily
| Express from MachadodOrp dated June
10th via Lourenzo Marquee, those
| around President Kruger say that
Louis Botha and Delarey have been
offered indirectly 10000 a year to lay
down their arms, and President Kru-
ger expects the same offer to be made
| to himself. President Steyn and De
| Wet President Kruger believes that
| the British make these efforts to close
the war, on the principle that it would
cost less than to fight it out.
A dispatch from LOurenzo Marquee
says that 1900 Beers are reported to be
retiring on Middleburg from various
quarters, and that, after wedding out
I the faint-hearted, 10000 men are still
left.
Lord Methuen, General Rumble and
General Brabant are reported to have
900 men and fifty guns engaged in
/ inclosing the Beers in the eastern part
of the Orange River colony.
The War Office casualty returns VI
to June 9th aggregate 1864, besides
1872 officers and 1856 men sent home
as invalids, but not including the sick
in the South African hospitals.
LONDON, June 12.-It is learned by
the Associated Press that the Govern
ment has at last decided upon plar
for the civil settlement of South Africa
The details are kept most secret. bu
it can safely be said that the Orange
River Colony and the Transvaal vii
become crown colonies. Sir ALFRED
Miner, it is declared, is to be High
Commissioner of South Africa, in spit
of the opposition he has incurred.