The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-09

Government to send out at least SO, 00(
additional mounted men.
I CAPE MINISTER ARRESTED.
! LONDON, Dec. 31.-A warrant has
been issued against DR.. Tewater, a
member of the late Schreiner Cabinet
and he is under arrest on a charge OF
delivering a seditious speech at Graaf
Reinet, melting to rebellion, in connec-
ton with the recent Boer invasion of
) the colonies.
/ "This,' says the Cape Town CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph, lis
the commencement of series of ar
rests heralding wide extension of
martial law"
BOERS IN CAPE COLONY.
! LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Beers have
now reached a point half way between
the Orange river and Cape Town, and,
in spite of optimism of the London
press, the Government action of Cape
Colony in calling for volunteers to drive
out the Beers shows how seriously the
invasion is regarded there. The only
thing that really touches the British
public is the loss of a big naval gun.
The Times today, however, draws at
danger, namely, the possibility of an
other outbreak of enteric fever among
the soldiers worn down by the hard
ships and privations of a prolonged
and exciting campaign.
LONDON, Dec. 31.-Lord Kitchener,
in a dispatch to the War Office, dated
December 31st, says: "a small portion
of the enemy's forces which entered
CT Ea in
southwestern direction and crossed the
railway at a point between Bangor
and Sherborne They did some damage
to the railway. The column under
Williams will be in touch with this
body today.
'The force which entered the colony
to the west passed the road from Car
navon to Victoria West at O'Clock
yesterday morning. They were going
south and were closely followed by
Thorneycroft and de Lisle. Very few
recruits from the colony joined the enc
my. HertZog's men are already drop
ping their worn horses.
General Kitchener, telegraphing from
Pretoria, Sunday, December 30th, says;
1.-THE post at Helvetia was surprised al
2:3O a. M. the enemy first rushing al
gun. At dawn the officer commanding
the post at Swartzkopje sent out a pa
troll and shelled the enemy out of Hell
vetia, making them abandon the CUR
temporarily. The Beers, however, formed
our prisoners around the gun and got
away eventually. No ammunition belong
ing to the gun was captured. Inc cas-
ualties were four officers wounded, clever
men killed, and twenty-five Wounoeo.
column was sent out from Machadooofp
but owing to bad roads it failed TO ar
rive in time"
It is now ascertained that the Boer
who frekked westward from Vryburg an
who were supposed to be going to DE
MARYLAND are making for the Pr1eSR
district of Cape Colony.
4 dispatch from Cradock says: tn
Beers burned an empty goods train nea
Rosmead junction. The authorities a
IRosmead have sent the women and chi
ldren away to Cradock. It is reporte
THAT commando has crossed the lin
and is making toward Middleburg."
PORT ELIZABETH, December 81
Reports are in circulation here that tn
train which was held up near Rosmea
was not empty, but had sixty of tn
Prince Alfred Guards on board, who wer
returning from the front, and about fort
passengers, women and children. TIL
Beers numbered 200 with supports tina
could be seen in the distance. The sol
diers defended themselves until the sma
quantity Of ammunition was exhausted
when all were captured, though subse
quent1y released.
The passengers had narrow escapes, a
the bullets of the Beers perforated the
carriages.
An officer and three soldiers were Sc
verely wounded. The railway traffic ma
been stopped, but the Beers do not ar
pear to have injured the roadway.
CAPE COLONY VOLUNTEERS.
CAPE TOWN, December 31.-The Car
: Government has called upon the loyaI
lists in twenty-seyen districts, includin
Cape Town, to assist the military {
repel invasion by the forming of a PAL
force. In a preamble to the call the Cox
eminent announces the situation as fo
= lows:
!. Owing to the fact that the arme
j forces of the enemy have penetrate
D south of Carnarvon in the west and sout
& of Middlesburg in the east, it is neces
sary to repel the invasion promptly an