Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-29
|IlR OFFICE
| WAYS CRITICISED.
|,,,.y Condemned for Send Sending
|' ',,st Recruit, to the Cape
.,,r,rD CANADA'S OFFER
proposed to Hold Entire '. "'''
y '',' Responsible Tor maj
S"~ w., Act. Against British

Apg 29,--Extremes meet
~ i y. ~ the war Offices methods
| gi''@ .ndon correspondent of the
N The pro-Boer journals mag
ae ,,.oortance Of petty reyerseS
l'' coIany and reproach the gov
ny ~ dIstorting and suppresslns
pm ~, ,,.,s in the military situation
pa, ' ,' the country through sill
Military critics consider
S,nrders committed in sending
y ',s,osmentl to the imperial yeo-
.I,boat adequate medical eX
~ e. utterly lnexcusable during
w. w.. re,lod Of the campaign, ana
. ,' Imperlallst journal like the
f'D.1 Gazette Is unable TO under
~Av tbe government refused tnt
!, ,be Canadian government to
~ q .ssslment Of mounted men Tor
y Iswn The guerrlllas, nor WhS
iEtas u ~. we're not arranged be-
' ~ war office and Ottawa ana
". ,, ,ss impasse avoided
,rsss censorship Is not a new
" ~ and II does not explain the
ls,i1ss ignorance respecting ans 5ne
f.',,n"s srsratlons In Cape Colony DIS
flAi, ,sars small bands OF Beers have
rs , se'y and footing. These sections
y n' tar removed from the railway
Z Y. y y !. impossible for press agents 10
~, accurate information,
s s.sns me pessimIstlc feeling eX'
s'y l nv many journals 1t is fairly
~ .,. KAT the British are slowly
a n1r ground. The war VIII not END
y. -' N. limitations Of Lord kitch-
n,l r'ryc,lamation in the middle OF
,s.a,bsr but the paclfication OF the
,rno,tsnt districts viii be under
~, In n earnest around Johannesburg,
xxx '." and Bloemfontein through b
.'irsi AZ mining and agricultural In
S ~, as ylakfontein was on the point
i,,,g forgotten, the news comes that
/, Grspan, near Reitz, on June tth,
A., british soldiers were murdered
!, ~ poe,s. There cannot be any at
w, N Justify such barharious meth
4, N conducting warfare, but LORD
announcement is dlscredit-
some Of the extreme radicals,
,.isr an examination OF the EVIL
i,,4 jn which It has been Issued.
NH thele is general approval this
SWING Of the instructions sent by
q. bv william 81. John Broderick 70
lgt Kitchener, the pro- Boer Daily
y,r, maintains that the proposal to
Ig 4, entire commando responsible
h A. act which may be due 10 a mis-
y, OF 10 the characterization Of one
? fvo men Is altogether indefenslble.
n, Chronicle, which IL a supporter OIL
Isl fosebery, counsels caution, ana
gemmenas 10 Lord Kitchener to con
NJ carefully the terms suggested by
4 var secretary before embodylng
I'M ~ a proclamation. Apparently,
}. representatives. Of the Boer cause la
ttsps ere still persisting in their ef-
h, 10 persuade the great powers TO
,N N their behalf.
KILLED BRITISH PRISONERS.
Drion, Aug. ga dispatch from
III Kitchener, dated Pretoria. Aug.
says Sworn evidence has been
wight to my notice by Gen. Ell
1i that on June 9th Lieut.. MAR
The New South Wales artillery and
fiales Harvey and Blunt were shot
w after surrendering at Caspian,
az heltz. | have forwarded to Steyn
!. PelhJ copies Of these statements. ."
he var Office has telegraphed TO
~ Xlicnther as follows. 1--WE UNDER
O3'you have not received satisfac-
y is'Irahces respecting the murder
our wounded at Vlakfontein. In
w o. lat occurrences referred TO In
w gegftnl OF Aug. %. We are OF the
'liioa thai yon should notify by proc
hAlion tddt the members OF any COM
ihl0 Oy which such an outrage Is
,lnliiel, who may be captured ana
M trail ployed to have been pres
I. % such occasions, will be held
NY thttheI they actually committed
|, e'ed Of not, that the leader OF the
1Hshd0 viii be sentenced TO death
I. lhat the other members will be
'aahed with death or less. according
ne degree Of comnlioitv