New-York tribune., 1901-01-18

KITCNENER'S NEW POLICY IN SOUTH
AFRICA-PEACEMAKI UNDER
DIFFICULTIES.

Pretoria. Jan. 17.-Boer families and their
stock are being systematically brought into
venient centres from all over the country. They
are kept in camps and fed. Those who
render voluntarily supplied with full rations,
and those whose husbands still In the field
are provided for on a reduced scale. which is
raised to a full allowance when the husbands
surrender
Every opportunity is offered to the refugees
to work for pay and, for special privileges.
Prominent burghers who have surrendered
allowed to visit the camps in order to ascertain
the facts as to the treatment.
Standerton Jan. 11.-Boer women brought in
by the military report that William Steyn. who
was appointed a delegate of the Beers here to
ask the fighting Beers to surrender under Lord
'Kitchener's proclamation, was made prisoner
and sent to Pietrewief, accused Of high treason.
The Beers are still active around Standerton.
Cape Town, Jan. 17.-Martial law has now
been proclaimed in every part of Cape Colony
except the districts of Cape Town, Simonstown,
Wymberg Port Elizabeth and East London. 1t
has also been proclaimed in Tombuland Griqua
land East and in East and West Pendoand.
1t has been proclaimed unlawful for any per-
in the Cape Peninsula, except officials and
regular or irregular troops, to possess arms and
ammunition either.
London. Jan 17-GeneraI Kitchener, tele-
graphing from Pretoria under date of Wednes-
day, January 16. says the concentration of three
thousand Beers at Carolina (TransvaaD is re-
ported
He adds that Colvilles mobile column was en-
gagged near Van Tonde's Hoek. The Beers were
driven of with heavy loss.
Three hundred Beers entered Aberdeen yester-
day, looted the stores and retired on the ar
rival of hundred British infantry.
Lord Roberts has issued from the War Office
a stirring appeal to the country for a prompt
response to the call for five thousand yeomanry,
whose past services in South Africa he highly
commends to the gratitude of the nation.
The authorities continue to hold hopeful
view regarding the South African situation but
they seem to recognize that vigorous measures
are necessary The proclamation of martial
law throughout almost the whole Of Cape Col
ony Lord Kitchener's strong measures against
the population of the republics. the placing on
reduced rations of the wives of men on COM
mandoes, and similar measures. go to show that
there is still heavy work ahead
British offensive operations have ceased for the
present 1t is supposed that Lord Kitchener is
collecting his strength for final effort TO crush
or to capture the commanders by a repetition
Of the tactics which caused the surrender OF
General Cronje and General Prinsloo.
It is alleged that the Beers. who are concen-
trating at Carolina and Ermeo, are preparing
to descend into Natal
The casualty list issued yesterday shows that
the Beers have released 297 British who were
captured at Belfast and elsewhere. The facts
regarding the captures at Belfast have not yet
been made public
II is asserted that more heavy naval guns Will
be landed at the Cape. Information as TO the
doings of the invaders is hard TO obtain, but 1t
is clear that they are getting very little help
from the Dutch. Twice they attempted 10 capt
ure Barkly East, but both times they were re-
For OcCn
land but they cleared out the approach Of
British column. Small scattered parties are re-
ported operating in various parts of the Ceres
district.
Apparently the invaders abandoned the idea
of attacking Clanwilliam finding the town
we'll defended. commando of thousand
has been active in the Richmond district. but
there the Beers have secured only one hundred
Dutch recruits.