Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-07
MARTIAL LAW
Again Being Extended Through
out the Cape Colony.
People Demand More Troops--All Of
Kitchener's Are Tied Up.
a Sigh! 3oer Success Nigh. Cause General
Dutch Uprising.

/ LCnion, Jan. This mornings news
| from Cape Town is again unsatisfac-
| tory. Martial law has been proclaimed
| ut Malmsbury and would have been
proclaimed in other districts but that
| the cabinet meeting called, Saturday,
waG unable 20 agree Us to its advisa-
bility.
| The vagueness Of the information
| concerning the movements and posi-
| ton OF the invaders has sent q fresh
cold fit over the colonists; and Cope
Town calls loudly for strong reinforce
ments from England, on the ground
| that the greater part Of Lord Kitchen
| or's available force is employed in pro-
tecting the lines of communication
and the Rand mines, the latter extend
| ing for distance Of 80 miles.
| 1t is asserted By one Cape Town cor
respondent that unless the forces in
desirable state Of affairs may result
as the success in arms of the invaders.
however slight, might be the signal for
| a Dutch rising.
| AS it is, many British residents nave
| had to leave the Dutch villages near
| Cape Town, their lives being unbear-
able.
According to q native report 100 men,
either Beers or local farmers, have just
| passed through Clan William district
| in the direction Of Malmsbury.
| The Cape Town correspondent of the
| Daily Mail who calls for 10000 fresh
| troops. says: Prominent Afrikander
| lOy2lists declare that the rebelliOuS
| cclonists will construe the colonial call
to arms as a challenge and that the
ominous silence of the pro-re5elS, COM
bined with the fact that members of
the pro-BOer junta in Cape Town have
been touring in the disaffected dis
tricts. emphasizes the necessity for
martial law. The necessity was never
more acute for dispatcning reinforce
ments Already there is proof that col
onsts are leading one commando"
The military movements reported are
quite important, though Portugal is
sending reinforcements to Lourenzo
Marques. DR.. Leyds, according to the
Hague correspondent of the Daily Mail,
is recruiting in Holland, Belgium,
France and Germany, and his recruits
will be sent out to Namaqualaand, os-
tensibly as emigrants. each man re-
| ceiving $40 down on starting.
| The Cape Town correspondent of the
| Times, who confirms the reports of the
multiplicity of the Boer commanders,
says: Nearly five-sixth of the British
troops are employed to guard the
| lines of communication and to garri-
| son towns, leaving a very small num-
| Der. partly unmounted, to pursue the
enemy. Large reinforcements are adj
visable. and these would be cheaper in
| the end The damage which the Beers
| did to the Kleinfontein mine is esti-
mated at e210. 0G0.''
| Under date of Pretoria, Jan. 4, Lord
Kitchener sends the following dispatch
| to the war office
The Beers have reappearcd along
! the railway in the neiShborhood of
| Rhenoster. but it doubtful if DeWet is
with them.
with regard to the situation in Cape
Colony, the western commando seems
to be making toward Calvin, and the
eastern party appears to have broken
up into small parties. Another small
| body crossed the Orange river west of
| AliWai North yesterday"