The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-16

London, Jan. 16.-The Standard gives
prominence t.. the following dispatch
dated Saturday. Jan. 13, from Durham:
A man who has just arrived here from
Springfield says that a British column,
proceeding to the relief Of Ladysmith,
has crossed the Little Tugela. When
he left it was facing the Boer position
on the Big Tugela and a Howitzer was
Smelling the Boer trenches.
he says also that go wagons, laden
with commiasariat stores for Lady
smith, had left Frere and it was ex-
peCted that the column would join
hands with General White Monday
evening.
The traction engines have been do
ing excellent work in hauling heavy
wagons out of holes and swamps This
they accomplished with the greatest
ease. British patrols have discovered
parties Of Beers in the direction of En-
neDsdale, between Frere and Estcourt. -
London In Suspense.
General Buffers latest authentic
word as to what he and his 10000 mn
are doing was wired from Springfield
after his first forward step. Striving
to think out the unknown, London is
confused by sUrmise and TumOr and
Gisquieting suspense. Spencer .Wflkin-
son, the lucid military expert Of the
/ Morning Post, asserts that the Boer
force in northern Natal is larger than
/ General Bullars and Sir George
! Whites together, so that the Beers are
/ able to leave a force around Ladysmith
/ larger than that within the town. and
vet to oppose General Butler with a
/ force superior to his own
/ Reports from the Boer camps affirm
: that the circle Of investment has been
4 drawn closer by the occupation Of
some hills nearer the town, thus hb-
el,aiing reinE0reements to oppose Cen
eral Butler.
Kruger Is Bitter.
J. 3. Robinson, the South African
millionaire, in a signed article in the
Daily News this morning. relates con
/ Versatfons he has had with President
! Kruger, and dGscIibes several inter
views in which the Jameson raid was
I talked over. On one Of these occasion
President Kruger said:
DO You mean to tell me that Won do
not know that the men who orga nized
and engineered the raid organized +,
for their own benefit? They had decided
/ how they would divide the Transvaal
/ and how each Of the parties was To
/ have certain interests in this country.
Many refOrmers who were put in
! jail were perfectly innocent. They. W'ere
/ Ignorant Of the schemes Of the men in
/ the inner circle. There were only
/ twelve men in that inner circle. aud
/ they were to divide the Transvaal
/ among themselves. They and their
/ companies found the money for tbs
raid.
DO you think we are 80 innocent
/ as not to know that Rhodes. metaphor
| lcaly speaking, held a pistol at the
/ heacs Of certain men in England and
said to them, IF you do not support me
L shall denounce you and your COM
/ plicity in the raid'?''
Must Defend Country.
At this stage, according to Mr.. Rob
lnSon, President Kruger became ex-
cited and Shouted so loudly that PEG
( PIE IN the street stopped to listen to
1 the conversation. Mr.. Kruger then
said:
And now you are remonstratine
with me about arming. It is true I am
armIng and 1t Is because I see clearly
/ that / must defend my country"
10 this Mr.. Robinson replied: "The
/ British public is aroused. If any at.
, tempt were made again to enter this
| country there would be a great out
cry in England and the imperial
/ authorities would take steps to punfsi
the organizers and to prevent sucT
! fTeeboOting expeditions"
4 President Kruger approached Mr.
/ Robinson. placed a hand on mis- Shout.
/ der, made violent effort 10 suppress
/ his excitement, and said: You near
! wei, but I have lost all confidence
/ What has happened would take place
again and 1 am determined to guard
J against It."
Later Mr.. Kruger said: What is t.
/ prevent Rhodes and his eoadiutor.
again engineering some diabOIical at
] tempt against the independence of my
/ oo47ufY.x- 9,s -