The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-09-28
'BOER WAR TAKES NEW LIFE
BRITISH LOST TWO GUNS.
The War Is Far Prom Besns over, n
Was sapposea-GeneraI Betha
Keeps Fsritiah GuessIns-Claims Of
Americans wan Ne settIea--moerr
DO PetIaien President Roosevelt

New York. Sept Accommodating
Cpon the South African situation, the
London correspondent Of the Tribune
says:
The situation in South Africa Il In
tensified by Lord Kitchener's latest
message announcing the LOGS Of two
more British guns. The war Is not
over, and even some Of the unIonist
papers are blaming the government
for the manner in which the country
has been celaded into the belief that
the Beers were at the end OF their re.
sources.
General Botha has for q week past
been meditating a raid into Natal. aud
no doubt ne is 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 Is open to
doubt, but at the same time Lord
Kitchener may not have enough men
successfully to oppose the Boer com
mandarC, unless he considerably re-
duces the number now employed in
chasing commanders throughout the
length and breadth OF Cape Colony.
Natal is almost the only position ID
South Africa which is beginning 10
recover from the misfortuncs Of the
last two years, and It offers tempting
prey to the raider. A fresh invasion
Of the colony would be regarded here
as real calamity.
The financial outlook Is also far
from satisfactory. On the stock ex-
change ruInors are current that the
chancellor OF the exchequer win uIti-
mately have TO feat another large
.ssue OF consols.
Claims Ct Americans.
London, Sept 22.-The foreign Of
Zee is disposed to settle the claims
OF Americans for deportation from the
Transvaal without troubling the Unit
ed States embassy to collect more
testimony or bring over Witnesses for
examination by the claims commits
sion. as agreed upon In August.
The demands OF the Americans viii
be voluntarily scaled down by the
United States embassy from the large
sums at first asked. while the foreign
office intimates that it viii readily
coEcede reasonable payment for losses
Of property and for personal incon-
venience.
While President Kruger and DR..
Leyds are drawing up petitions to
President Roosevelt and the car, ask
ing them to intervene, the fighting
Beers are helping themselves In South
Africa by celebrating the expiration
# the period in which Lord Kitchener
proclaimed they must surrender by
four notable successes. killing IS on.
Gers and men, wounding 63 and captur-
ing guns and 300 men.
The situation is singularly like the
io1eniAg Of the war two years ago, the
names OF me same places recurring in
the dispatches. Utrecht. where Major
though was entrapped. was the scene
of a similar ambuscade Is months
lack. Acton Homes. where the Beers
yesterday reappeared. is is miles
southwest OF L.adysmith. prominent in
the early kostilitles. and the Natal col.
lonies are mastering for the defense
LOT the Tdgela. as when General Joubert
invaded Natal in 1899.
In Cape Colony fighting Is again go
ing on south Of Stormberg. in territory
t-aversed by raiders and their pur.
suers half dozen times. The govern
uent's publication OF these reverses
caused an outburst OF evaporation
against the conduct OF the war. not in
South Africa, but by the ministry. The
great ministerial journals accuse the
government Of trying TO run the war
on the cheap" by not providing Lord
Kitchener with sufficient resources.
The Times. while It has no misgiv-
lngs as to the final issue, accuses the
home authorities Of lack Of organized
sustained effort. and Of failure to
grasp to moral and intellectual damage
which the prolongation Of the struggle
lnficts upon the empire. Other min
isterial supporters aver that precious
months which should have been spent
in preparing for another campaign
were wasted In electioneering. and
that Lord Kitchener has not been sup
piled with the requisites OF a sue
eessful campaign.