The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-26
D0fR MAR TAKES NEW LIFE
1R1T1sH LOST TWO GUNS.

The war II Far From BEING Over, ~
Was supposed-GeneraA Botha
Keeps British observation-disclosures Of
As,ericans Will BE settled-Boers
to Petition President Roosevelt.
New York, Sept. Recommending
upon the South African situation, the
London correspondent of the Tribune
says:
The situation in South Africa is In
tensifed by Lord Kitchener's latest
message announcing the loss of two
more British guns. The war 10 not
over, and even some Of the unionist
papers are blaming the government
for the manner in which the country
has been celuded into the belief that
the Beers were at the end Of their re-
sources.
General Botha has for . week past
been meditating raid into Natal, sud
NO doubt ne 10 acting In cooperation
with other Boer leaders. Whether he
has enough material at his command
to enter upon campaign on q large
scale In northern Natal IL open to
doubt, but at the same time Lord
Kitchener may not have enough men
successfully to oppose the Boer com.
mandant, unless he considerably re-
duces the number now employed In
chasing ccmmandoes throughout the
length and breadth Of Cape Colony.
Natal IL almost the only position In
South Africa which Is beginning to
recover from the snisfortuncs Of the
last two years, and It offers tempting
prey to the raider. A fresh invasion
q the colony would be regarded here
~ real calamity.
The financial outlook II also far
from satisfactory. On the stock ex-
change runors are current that the
chancellor Of the exchequer will ulti.
mately have to hoat another large
tissue Of consols.
Claims Of Americana.
u London, Sept. 22.-The foreign Of.
fec IL disposed to settle the claims
OF Americans for deportation from the
Transvaal without troubling the Unit
"a States embassy to collect more
testimony or bring over witnesses for
examination by the claims commits
sion. % agreed upon In August.
The demands Of the Americans will
Be voluntarily scaled down BY the
United States embassy from the large
sums at hrst asked. while the foreign
once intimates that 1t win readily
concede reasonable payment for losses
o. property and for personal incon.
yenience.
While President Kruger and DR..
Leyds are drawing up petitions to
President Roosevelt and the car. ask
Ing them to intervene. the fighting
Beers ara helping themselves in South
Africa by celebrating the expiration
u the period in which Lord Kitchener
proclaimed they must surrender BY
four notable successes. killing 6S ON.
Gers and men, wounding SO and captur-
ting guns and 300 men.
The situation 10 singularly like the
opening Of the war two years ago. the
names Of the same places recurring In
the dispatches. Utrecht, where Major
Cough was entrapped. was the scene
Of Z similar ambuscade 1S months
hack. Acton Homes, where the Beers
yesterday reappeared. IL Is miles
southwest Of Ladysmith. prominent In
the early kostilities. and the Natal col
onies are mastering for the defense
Of the Tlgela. - when General Joubert
invaded Natal in 1899.
In Cape Colony lighting II again 60
Ing on south Of Stormberg. in territory
trAversed by raiders and their pur
suers half dozen times. The govern
rent's publication Of these reverses
caused an outburst Of evaporation
against the conduct Of the war, not In
E0uth Africa. but by the ministry. The
ereat ministerial journals accuse the
government Of trying to run the wa,
F. on the cheap" by not providing LORD
Kitchener with sufiicicnt resources.
The Times, while 1t has no misgiv
ings Is to the final issue, accuses thu
home authorities Of lack Of organized
sustained effort, and Of failure Il
grasp to moral and intellectual damag,
which the prolongation Of the struggl,
inhicts upon the empire. Other min
isterial supporters aver that preciou!
months which should have been spen
in preparing for another campaign
were wasted in electioneering, ant
that Lord Kitchener has not been sup
Piled with the requisites of a sue
cessful campaign.
ADMIRAL Sampson Retired.