The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-27

BRITISH LOST TWO GUNS.
The War II Far FreA Heinx Over, ~
Was suRResea-4seneral BothA
Keeps DritinA observation-disclosures Of
Americans win De scttleA-Beeru
u Petition rresiaent Reosevelt.

Americans Will De Sctttea-0oeFs
u P~titton Presiaeat Rse.evelt.
New York. Sept Accommodating
upon the South African situation. the
London correspondent OF the Tribune
says:
The situation in South Africa is In
tensitied by Lord Kitchener's latest
message announcing the loss 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 cellded into the belief that
the Beers were at the end OF their re-
sources.
General Botha has for week past
been ineditating raid into Natal, ard
no doubt ne is acting in cooperation
with other Boer leaders. Whether he
has. enough material at his command
to enter upon a campaign on a large
scale in northern Natal is open to
doubt. but al the same time Lord
Kitchener may not have enough men
successfully 10 oppose the Boer com
mandarG. unless he considerably re-
duces the number now employed in
chasing commardoes throughout the
length and breadth of Cape COLONY.
Natal is almost the only position in
South Africa which is beginning to |
recover from the nisfortunes OF the I
last two years. and it offers tempting /
prey to the raider. A fresh invasion |
OF the colony would be regarded here
IA a real calamity.
The financial outlook is also far
from satisfactory. On the stock ex-
ruJnors are current that the
chancellor OF the exchequer will nlti
mately nave to float another large Il
ssue of consols-
Claims ct Americans II
London. Sept 22-The foreign Of 1;
ice is disposed to settle the claims Is
y Americans for deportation from the
rransvaal without troubling the Unit s
ID States embassy to collect more II
testimony or bring over witnesses for
examination by the claims commits d
ion. as agreed upon in August. Id
The demands OF the Americans will
K voluntarily scaled down by theI e
United States embassy from the large 2
ums at first asked. while the foreign c
nice intimates that it will readily e
orcede reasonable payment for losses
property and for personal incon- Il
enience. La
While President Kruger and Dr. g
.eyds are drawing up petitions TO LEI
resident Roosevelt and the car, ask e
Is them to intervene, the sighting g.
oers are helping themselves in South
frica by celebrating the expiration &,
the period in which Lord Kitchener e,
reclaimed they must surrender by IA
,ur notable successes, killing So Old pr
RS and men, wounding 63 and captur- OF
g guns and 300 men.
The situation is singularly like the be
,ening of the war two years ago. the in
lmes Of me game places recurring in ar
e dispatches Utrecht. where Major nj
ougn was eDtrapped was the scene 21
similar ambuscade Is months 10
.ck- Acton Homes. where the Beers
sterday resppeared. is is miles
utliwest of Ladysmith, prominent in
e early Eostilities and the Natal col ba
les are mastering for the defense I'll,
the TJgela, as when General Joubert be
raded Natal in 1899. an
In Cape Colony fighting Is again go am
: on south of Stormberg. in territory ST.
lversed by raiders and their pur- lin
srs half dozen times. The govern No
,nt's publication OF these reverses dul
used an outburst Of evaporation des
ainst the conduct of the war. not in sur
nth Africa. but by the ministry The an(
at ministerial journals accuse the sta
Of trying to run the war hot
} The cheap by no. providing Lord
chsner with sufficient resources.
The, Times. while it has no misgiv- +
s ~ to the final issue. accuses the bee
ueta5rhorities OF lack of organized col,
taiHtd effort, and of failure to col.
- tetfHoraI and intellectual damage and
eff 4ht prolongation of the struggle d,,e
let's upon the empire Other min the,
rial supporters aver that precious ard,
this which should have been spent will
for another campaign III
e wasted in electioneering, and bel
Lord Kitchener has not been sup
d with the requisites Of a sue
ifnl campaign. \,