Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-10
., Kitchener Denies Crcumstan-
tiaI Story About Boyer
CAUSES DISAPPOINTMENT
of n Meeting with Rotha-
gar Iumor. Ineonein'ive Opera
lions Not Decisive

v.r York, June 1o,--A dispatch 70 the
-,srro from London says: the war
n,. authorities say they have received
OD'' ~. NJ a meeting between Gen
~ 1g,.neuer and Gen. Botha near stan
ION last Wednesday qnd the report
u ,.,tadye settlement between the
,,nlster and Boer commanders Is con-
,rortv discredlted in official quar-
wv Mrs Botha's arrival in London
~. nevertheless, revived peace rumors
which publicity has been given on
.oi occosions recently. 1t Is impos-
.no 10 say what exactly Is going on
u, tbe general opinion is that there
ana, be some foundation for the ru-
Mrs. Bothas mission Is stu
GUIDED in secrecy, and although 1t Is
LJv stated that she is on peace
sion ma definite Information on mat
I'm Is obtanabe at present
fGn thp whole, the opinion OF the news
..ners This morning Is that Mrs.
5.hois visit to Mr. Kruger can at best
iv'rrIss but an indirect influence upon
s',nre peace negotiations so long as the
i p"ers perslst in holding out for better
erms than were Offered at Mlddiepurg.
mere does not seem the slightest
,rmlnd for the statement when APP
AIRED In the Weekly Dispatch that
H. Rotha was received on Saturday at
Gs colonial office, then by Lord Roberts
al the war office. and afterwards by
Nh Broderick.
Meanwhile the war news continues IN
conclusive. Bloods operations In the
EASTERN Transyaal have apparently
came 10 an end and cannot be called de-
csye Botha is somewhere between
r.melo and Amsterdam, and there
gems no immediate prospect of sur
ropndlng him. Some disappointment
tgs been caused by Gen, kitchener's de-
nal Of a clrcumstantlal account which
was circulated by news agent last
week of the surprise Of Beyers COM
rand0 and the capture of his convoy
and stores
APPEAL ON BEHALF OF BoERs
New York. June 9-Rev. Won Vruck-
ss,en Of Pretoria South Africa, the
Minister who closed the volksraad with
payer after President Kruger's ulti-
nstum had been read 10 that body, is
m this city. His brother. DR.. II, j..
yon yrckheisen of the Orange Free
State who served In the Boer armies,
tctompanied him. Their mission in this
country is TO raise money for the Boer
women and children now In refugee
camps Rev Won Vruckheisen said in an
Interview.
a0vr women and children who are at
us,qn, concentrated in camps estab-
istei by the British are In a horrible
o1s4fon. II was bad enough when |
hf South Africa but | know from let
fers that / have recelved-one only the
other day from my slster--that it is a
hundred times worse now"
when the doctor left South Africa he
said he was virtually banished by order
Of Gen. Maxwell military governor Of
Pretoria
Or Won Vmckheisen said further OF
the camps: IN an official report made
by Donald p. Mckenzie of the British
army Of February 18th Of this year,
the British government is notified that
the conditions are horrible, the death
ate appalling and the food furnished
wholly unfit to eat"
The Afrlkandew DR.. Won Vruckhel-
sen AYERS, viii never be overcome and
all reports 10 the contrary are false.
The Boer army numbers from 1900 10
liN0 men and Is constantly being aug
menled by Cape Colony Beers The
Boer forces are now armed with
Le-Meiford rifles, he saws. and they
ave tons Of ammunition buried. which
c'y can use any time against the Brit
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