The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
UP LADYSMITH
ADVICE SAID TO HAVE BEEN
GIVEN BY ROBERTS.
No Confirmation Of the Report at
the War Omce-Another Of Those
Unsatisfactory Pauses Which
Usually Follow Reverses-wait-
ing for Lord Roberts to Give the
Word for the Invasion of the
Free state-Public Burns With
Impotence.

New York, Jan. 31.-A special cable
gram from London to the World says:
It Is learned from a reliable source
that Field Marshal Lord Roberts has
advised the abandonment of Lady
smith. At the war office, the dispatch
adds, no confirmation could be OBJ
tanned Of the advice said to have been
given by Lord Roberts.
Dearth of News.
London, Jan. 31.-History pauses for
a time in South Africa. 1t is one Of
those unsatisfactory pauses that r
necessarily trying to British nerves as
O sequence to reverses, and it is ex-
pected it will only terminate when
Lord Roberts will give the word for a
forward movement into the Free State
which, according to the most cheerful
view, he will be unable to do for a
fortnight. Whether he will permit
Gen. Butler to make another attempt
to relieve Ladysmith is quite outside
Of the knowledge Of those closely con-
nected with the war Office. With the
troops due to arrive next month he
may. think himself strong enough to
try two large operations. Combining
the forces under Lord Methuen.
French and Gatacre, and, advancing
to them the arriving troops, Lord Rob
erts would have 10000 for the invasion
Of the Free State, with 10000 to $4,000
guarding communications and 10000
trying to rescue L4adysmith. The pub
lie burns with Impotence that some
thing should be done. But there Is
nothing to do but wait on the prepare
lions. Oceans of ink are poured out
in advance. Orators are at work In
the provinces telling the people that
England has ''set her teeth in grim de-
termination to see it through" The
governments declarations in parlia-
ment the counter-suggestion of those
outside the government, and the conse-
! quent decision in the press and on the
platform will Immediately
EnthraIl Public Interest.
The thing which everybody seems
Twenty thousand two hundred and
twenty-five men and 155 guns are at
sea. Eleven thousand infantry and
5000 cavalry. including 5000 yeoman-
~ are practically ready to embark.
Therefore, the government, without
doing more. can place ut the disposal
Of Lord Roberts 10000 additional men
and 155 guns. The further purposes
Of the war Office officials are supposed
to embrace somewhere in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000 more men. AS the indf-
cation is that candidates will be rather
scarce, the war o ce will issue orders
for those reservists who were found
Eunit at the previous mobilization ex-
aminations to report dor further exam.
| $nn<Snr A~rISoar%~ So ~~.~~1- vac
vice are still freely Offering rs yeoman-
~.
Gen. Buffers operation has cost 912
men, so far o cially reported. within
ten days. Applying to the FOG Spion
Kop casualties reported yesterday the
rule of proportion, the losses Of officers
indicate 500 casualties yet to come.
The total casualties Of the war, COM
piled from official reports, are 9,528,
nearly a division. OF these 2,4S6 are
killed, Ash wounded and the rest IN
prisoners. The aggregate British home
troops in South Africa number 10000,
the Natalians 7,158 and Cape Colonials
$1,000.
Bombardment at Kimberley.
London, Jan. 31.-The Times has the
following heilograph message via Mod
der River, from Kimberley, dated Jan.
20:
"Thc bombardment continues. It Is
now directed toward the inhabited por-
tions of the town rather than the
Notifications. Between midnight and
4 p. m. yesterday 145 shells were flre4.
They seem to have been Of Transvah
manufacture, not bursting widely. One
child was killed and four people In