The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-24
ECHOES FROM
SOUTn AFRICA
Various Tokens Of Confidence Are
Given by Both .
Sides.

NEW YORK. Dec. Is.-The CORE
spondent OF the London Times and New
York Times al Pretoria says the recent
British successes occur opportunely. At
! a moment when the Beers are showing
signs Of discomfort with the lie on
lcommando. but the British, instead Of
congratuIat!nE themselves. ought TO put
forth further efforts. on a bigger scale.
Another dispatch from the same cor
respondent says that Of the 500 Beers
collected north Of Bethel under General
PET ViIjoen. only Two commandos Of
a hundred men each remain in the
neighborhood. The rest. including Vii
joen. have gone to the northeast. to-
ward the Delag1a railway line.
There seems. says the correspondent.
no reason TO doubt that Acting Presi-
dent schalkburger and the "Boer gov
eminent officials" have crossed the line
north. After addressing a large meet
ing near Carolina. at which be told the
burghers that they must be steadfast,
as foreign intervention was certain be-
fore long. Granddaughter seems to have
decided that the country north of the
DeIagoa railway line was more attract
i've than the high veldt where the
British columns are hustling the Beers /
He is probably now in the |
of Pilgrims Rest. where J.
some 400 Beers have settled for the /
summer.
Piet Viljoen is the leading spirit /
among the Beers in the eastern Trans
vaal. After General Botha had been
busy encouraging the burghers with .
tales Of the withdrawal Of British .
-roO0s and Of Boer successes in Cape
rolon., his Vijoen's) defeat oy Gen
.ral Bruce Hamilton should materially
Increase the discomfort. which is very
life among the Beers in these districts.
MARTIAL Law.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-The Cape
Town correspondent Of the London
Times and New York Times says
tringent regulations under martial law
Drevent unauthorized persons from
andinS. departing or communicating
With shipping within the three-mile
INIT.
COULD FIGHT FIVE YEARS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-After fifteen /
ears absence. Captain \. II. Hasseil, I
ecently a Boer commander, addressed I
he members OF the sixty combined So s
ieties Of the Plat Deutsche Volks
Fest Verein in Brooklyn, upon the OPP
ression of the Transvaal. Sheriff
ireu Of New York introduced the
peaker, who was born in Brooklyn. 7
.ater he became a citizen OF the !
'ransvaal and took part in the assault :
f,,H, {
ing episodes of Boer history since the
var with Great Britain began. Mr.. i
irell said the societies would soon have l
900, 600 signatures 70 a petition urging !
resident Roosevelt TO enforce the 5
reaty Of Washington, which would '
revent England from securing supplies =
T any kind, even horses and mules in
his country. Just "a soon as the peH-
ion was ready. the Sheriff said, a dele
alton Of 10000 persons would descend :
pom Congress with the same object in
lew Captain Hasseu said that If the
:Oers were only permitted to fight out 7
'eir battles and If all nelp were with :
eld from England by the other ma
Jus. the Beers could bankrupt Great g
'ritain within five years. for they could 7
ght that long. $
MAY SUE FOR PEACE.
NEW YORK. Dec. l6.-EIon, Mr. :
,ruger's grandson, has sailed from y
holland for Ilourenzo MARQUES. with /
ltent to examine the military situation I
4 South Africa, and. if it should be $
Jund advisable, to sue for peace on the
road line Of autonomy under the Y
British flag. similar TO that enjoyed by /
anada, says a dispatch to the Tribune |
rom London.
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