The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-04-18

saws must be ascrlbeu to Butler S
Discrimination to assert his author
ity, and he plainly hints that Sir
Charles Warren is incompetent.
Thorncycroft' action in ordering
the evacuation of the hill he declar-
ed to have been an "unwarrant-
able and ineXcusable assumption oil
authority
''ln Buffers report that General
blames Sir Charles Warren, and
questions the truth of some OF his
assertions.
General Warren puts the blame
on Ihorncycroft for evacuatlng
Spoin Kop without authority.
Lord Roberts blames them all
and unsparinsly.
plumer's Column, Gaberones.
April o-Thc Bocr artillery about
Mafeking is well horsed. Their
pompoms are mounted on light four
wheeled carriages, each drawn by
four smart horses, in marked con-
trast with those Colonel Pluner
fought with at Crocodile Pools.
The Beers, too, are well-mountcd
and we'll dressed, and have hit
looking patrols. The grain and
other crops in the district are eX-
cellcnt. so the Transvaalers are
not likely to suffer from scarcity OF
food for a long time.
plumer's little force is nov
strongly entrcnched northwest oil
Matching.
The country here abouts is much
easier travcrsed than that the
Rhodesians are operating in The
total casualties Saturday, March
81, we're IS, but many are cova.
lescing Men and horses are i'm
proving IN health as the winter APP
proaches.
ONatiyes report that the inhahi-
tant> OF Mate!iing are very hungry,
Should Il flying column be dispatch
ed to their relief it Will find the
country well grassed and watercd
as it proceeds northWard.
London. April l7.-'Lord Rob
crts criticism OF General Butler is
iIl-adviscd. says war expert
Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning
Post.
by its publication the position
Of Sir Redvers Butler is rendered
untcnable, and his resignation or
recall is a matter of course.
The Hague, April 1.-THE Boer
Peace Commissioners, with DR..
Leyds. and DR.. Mullen, Minister
from the Orange Free State, dlned
with the Premier this evening.
Their visit to the Foreign Minister
was returned this morning.
Berlin, April II. A high official
OF the German Foreign Office said
to-day.
Germany sees no reason why
the Boer special mission should
come TO Berlin as, under all crcum-
stances, Germany will adhere to
her policy oil neutrality and non
interference.
Maeeru. April l7.-Colonel Dial
getty $ casualties since he has been
besicgcd twenty killed and 100
wounded. The Bocr losses are re-
ported TO have been considerably
heavier.
After the night attack on April
II the dead. were left on the field,
where they still lie unburicd.
There is a conflict Of opinion
among the leaders. Some want to
attack again, while others refuse
To do so. Desultory cannon firing
and ''snipIng continue.
The Calcdon is rising, which
alarms the Beers, who are now on
both sides OF the river, and might
be Cut off il the stream was to be-
come flooded
Five Bocr gun are believed 10
he disabled.
London, April Is, A despatch
to the Times from Jammcrab crg,
dated Monday. April IL, says; "On
Friday the Beers tried to rush
Colonel Dalgctty's left front, but
retired soon after.
"Thcir attack is apparently
weakening, although large num-
bcre OF fresh schansjcs are visible
along the enemy sposition.
Cape Town, April Is. The Bocr
Governments are circulating the
following mantle Ito to the Afrikand-
ers throughout Cape Colony:
I'VE feel that our fate and the
fate d the whole Of Afrikrndcrdom
is at stake, and we appeal TO YOU
to stand and fight shoulder with
us. sAou cannot, you may not, al
low the tyrant to cXtlngulsh for
ever your finest traits of character
as Il nation.
"Wlth YOU on our side the issue
Cannot be doubtful. We must con-
quer. God grant that love for your
cou ntry and your liberty, and the
no bic virtues Of men truly free may
! induce you TO join us in the hour Of
our supreme struggle. >
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harmless; positive cure for coughs, colds.
bronchitis asthma. -
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