The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1899, Page 1

Fall VOLUME LXXXVI-NO. 137. SAN FRANCISCO, SUND AY, OCTOBER 15, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AT AT AR SRS A [ Eent SSS >k *« B OFTHTDASHTHATHTHITEDT QYADSI SIS EDEITETITE T R A A X ¥ General Sir Redvers Buller Secures Supreme Control of the English Forees in Souih Africa, &and Will Give No Quarter to the Enemy. ONDON, Oct. 14—War, so often President Kruger, thus enabling each day thereafter from Southampton. iAo e b1 ntonss asiDe to place the onus of the war on the | On October 2 and 25 there will be em- : ngland may or may not have | barkatlons of a large conungent of men ing St tion, but the | and equipment at Tilbury. These two for her cont must know by al fe ports will be the only outlets of any {m- ings of | portance. r party In land ha\'e! The Outlook quotes a member of the 1 hypocrites of the: ves In | Cabinet, whose name is not given, but son M who !s avidently Mr. Chamberlain, as g an ultimatum. ving in private conversation: ‘‘Abso- lute equality, nothing more and nothing less, {s what we intend to secure in South Africa. bserver {s that the Transvaal Presi- did not adopt th before Eng- There can be but one fate for igarchy and there can be left doubt regarding our sovereignty over I South Africa. When these ends bave ined a policy of magnanimity sideration, such as has made the French ¢ dia will, I have no equal success in South Africa. To de- roy ruthlessly the best traditions and ur propre of the Boers would be an h of the Briti neral Bull doubt, the succ the Interim, but the life in-| nies are only asking an ex- 5 pence as s other words placing the o does not 1 act of the supremest folly The Shippers’ call g out of the reserves is seriously cting the ship yards and engineering works, especally the latter, resulting in ng of the rate of ship products. The plethora of money in England is nanity the Boers trea evidenced by the fact that the Mansion prisoners during the previous| House fund for the Cape Town refugees | already reaches more than £8,000, while ng of the war of 1881 it should be | has just been pald for a private orchid collection, £147 going for one plant. eve when it is recalled pered ly et wart White, the Brit-| OPERATIONS OF THE INVADING BOERS Natal, is got lik PRETORIA, Oct. 13 (delayed in trans- mission).—Advices from Volksrust con- firm the report that a Boer commando has oceu Laings Nek without casualties. h of the burghers s good. . L—Authentic news has . t 5000 Boers were camped e Ingogo battlefleld last evering. Two d ins now patrol the line In the ad mature advance. In-fact it is 1ed that General White, of ! and Hensada ar- €d to-day from India. The transport Wardha, h a contingent of Lancers, was compelled to put back hera. She en- countered a severe gale off East London, southeast of King Willlams Town, and was considerably damaged, losing nearly 100 horses. CAPE TOWN, Oct. 12 (delayed in trans- mission).—A dispatch from West Barkley, huanaland, says that Dutch farmers the Transvaal borders are showing itention of joining the Boers. e PLAN OF THE BOER 1 go direct Into the Transvaal. The Naval and Military Record, In the of a most Interesting article n by an army officer who compares 2 “There is littls doubt our side will be Our troops will be compelled to the role of attack upon prepared s, while the, Boers, at the very ir mobllity, may He also sald tha that country be on the disti could select with comparative ease if pressed. is hard to belleve that they have power sufficient to prolong op- for any length of time. General | il eventually be strong enoush | CAMPAIGN UNFOLDED any fortified towns or positions Zod.tq; st flowm 8ud |\ 7 ONDONp Oct (14N captitre of the e o s 1 the wari® | train on the western border of the Trans. i o PO c equal to | v8al!s the beginning of a few anticipated P el 00 typical | TEVerses at the outset of the campalgn. The Boer plan s now unfolding itself. It seems to be to strike simultaneously at different points, with a vlew of obtaln- ing a strong strategic position ‘n Natal befof arrival of the British army corps. At all points the British are faced the whole with the be raised throughout vaal. The rest are city men, | vices of greed and the love of ease en- gendered In centers of urban life. ! “It is far from true that the Boers are | a godly, clean-living and generous race. | DY Boer forces superior at least in num- ¢ ber. They have openly given out that the | British are zoD be uprooted, stock and | The most dangerous positions, espectally and the of! phrase, “To e the loss of the armored train, are every man, a damsel or two,' throws a | Detween Mafeking and Vryburg. Colonel AN G N e fous front. | Baden-Powell, who s In command at Ma- feking, is a man of the greatest courage and energy, but he has only. 2000 men, many of them frregulars, whose fighting capacity is not known, although it is be- lieved to be good. The fact that he has moved out of Mafeking Indicates some ap- prehension and in all likelthood he will have to stand a flerce assault or a pro- longed siege. of | eventually posing as the attacking part remains to be seen how e fitted for the wearlsome role of defense which sooner or later will upon them. The service re- y have in many cases discarded | , but I do not be- nd to hand Sir Redvers Buller 1s well | General Sir George Stewart White, com- > the a ages of | manding in Natal, Is estimated to have e to @ great extent lost. [ about 15,000 men stretched In strongly in- low the Boers to | trenched positions from Ladysmith to although cavalry | Dundee. He Is a man of great resources be unavoidable. | and has the valuable assistance of Gen- forces prefer ambuscades, | eral Sir Willlam Penn Symons, experi- y will be to get Into co: It is to be hoped th will be d rd, for they are h work."” gone, most of the The Associated enced in India, and of General Sir Archi- bald Hunter, experienced In- Soudan cam- paigns. It {s now expected that the session of Parliament will not exceed two weeks. The opposition will devote its energles to an endeavor to extract from the Govern- ment some information on what condi- | tions peace will be concluded and as to the future position of the Transvaal. rkati em n, Residence of President Kruger at Pretoria. e e e SR e S S S S loyal British subjects, | be applied with | Gazette says that the | | | |® Ne £ 19 RS IR | | | ; } : ; + ! : % 2 R e S S e L R e S strategic value. 10 OBSERTE THE STRICTEST NEUTRALITY But Germany Would Like to Aid the Boers in the Strugsle. e Copyrighted, 1899, by the Associated Press. BERLIN, Oct. 14—A high German offi- cial whose utterances may be taken as absolutely conclusive said to-day: “We shall observe the strictest neutral- ity, no matter what may develop in the i war between the Boer republic and Great | Britain. That is the only course left open | as conditions tn South Africa are so com- plicated and our relations with both sides are so delicate that to abandon neutrality by so much as a hair's breadth necessar- ily would lead to new and unforeseen complications. “We mean to adhere to neutrality toward both parties. What else can we do? Other powers spoken of as likely to interfere have also concluded to keep quiet. Such rumors as now and again reach the press—for instance, the report about the alleged attempts on the part of the Russian Minister, Count Muravieff, to bring about concerted intervention— are unfortunately only rumors. 1 say un- fortunately, the word showing how our sympathies lie, but politics in these days must be strictly separated from interests on one side and sympathies on the other. It Is true our entire press calls upon the Government to interpose between the brave little republics and big, powerful England and again a crusade against England is being preached to the nations of the continent. But we would be fools to listen to this siren song. On that oc- casion when we blew the alarm horn—I refer to Emperor Williem's telegram to President Kruger in 18%—and tried to as- semble the powers with a view of op- posing Great Britain In her selfish and rude aggressiveness, we had a bad ex- perience. The lesson was not lost upon us. Of course all the other powers would like it only too well if Germany would oppose England seriously in this matter, but we doubtless would again be left to our unaided selves. Therefore we are go- Ing to avoid Intervention and to remain strictly neutral in the coming struggle. Our intention has been communicated | fully to the’ Transvaal and to England. | England would not have gone on as she has if she had not thoroughly understood this. Do not understand me to mean that Germany would not participate In. some concerted action looking toward Inter- vention, but she has no idea of again taking the initiative.” This authoritative declaration tallies with one made by the inspired Berliner Post, in which the policy of neutrality is likewise advanced. However, asids from. the Government press every paper and every person, high or low, condenms Eng- land. Many also seriously blame the Government for Its Inactivity. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung says: “It is unnecessary to say that our best wishes accompany the Boers, for they will fight not only in behalf of their own exist. ence but in behalf of Germany's position in South Atrica, which will be lost if the British win. If, on the other hand, the Boers win Great Britain will not only lose South Africa but perhaps the whoie of her powerful position in the world.” The Kreuse Zeitung and the Hamburger e e S S S SO SN S P NP S O O e e e e W AP $ ® * bS . L 4 + 1 el b4 : * %j 7 ° . ® 3 i ® 1| Nackrichten use similar arguments. The | Deutsche Zeltung, referring to the ulti- | matum, says; “The wrongs inflictea by | Great Britain on the Transvaal are moun- | tain high, and the impression made by the ultimatum upon every impartial- person is irresistible.” The Lokal Anzelger calls England’s pro- cedure “colossally brutal,” and charges Mr. Chamberiain and the war party in | England with “dishonest financial opera- | tions that render war necessary.” | The Frankfurter Zeltung says: ‘“The | fact that Great Britain will not be hin- dered by other powers is due to Ger- | many’s friendly neutrality, but England | war is over.” The Cologne Gazette says: ‘"We hope the Roers will not meet with the fate of Spain and lose thelir own.” ‘The Hamburger correspondent says: ‘he other powers must wish to see Eng- land engagad as long as possible in a fight with the Boers, as that will leave the way free elsewhere for them.” The fact that President Kruger did not recelve birthday congratulations this year Ifrom Emperor William is commented | upon regretfully by a number of papers. There are, moreover, other evidences of | sympathy with the Boers. Subscription | lists are being circulated on the Bourse to raise money for the equipment of am- bulance wagons, and a Transvaal central committee is forming to collect funds for the same purpose. GENERAL JOUBERT’S CHARACTERISTIC LETTER NEW YORK, Oct. 14—General P. J. Joubert, the commander of the Boer forces, has sent the following letter to George Van Biclen under date of Septem- ber 11, 1893: “Your letter of August 5, 1899, came to hand. I thank you for it and for the op- dict a great misunderstanding or wrong impression that 1 am in favor in England and therein differ from President Kru- ger. This is absolutely untrue. If Presi- dent Kruger and I differ then it may be in some of our opinions, but the mainte- nance of our self-government and the de- fense of our independence are equally close to the heart of each of us. “Probably this letter will not reach you before England has begun to fire her cannon upon us. and then we shall have the commencement of the fight, but our God In heaven only knows what the end will be. ““We read in the English papers of all the auxilfary troops which are of- fered to Mr. Chamberlaln from all coun- tries and colonies, and that Canada, Aus- tralia, India and Queensland, etc., all will ald to sweep away from earth the little handful of Boers, so that if there is no more & God in heaven who is able to pro- tect the Boers against this force, then shall the existence and the names of the Boers, or rather of the Afrikander na- tion, be no longer heard of.” | will hardly be grateful for this after the | portunity given me to remove and contra- | GREAT BRITAINS PLANS TO CRUSH " THE WARLIKE BOERS. SASEDASHSFSAIADI S A S A S YIS A A DYISADIIASEDIE D KD RS R XD R DHAD S HHD R DD R DDA 40—+ .m—o—o—&flw@—o—@—v—@*—w View of Ladysmith, Natal, the Headquarters of General Sir George Stewart White, Where * the Main Body of the British Troops Are Stationed. Ladysmith is at the junction of the ratlroads leading from the Transvaal and from the Orange Free State to Port Natal and is a point of great | | g % | % % GEN. BULLER DEPARTS FOR SOLTI AFRICA { Thousands of Britons Cry “Good Luck” and “Re- member Majuba.” Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Oct. 14.—General Sir Redvers Buller, who will have the chief command in South Africa, patriotic demonstration. General Buller great difficulty his carriage forced its way through the crowds that blocked every approach. The people swarmed everywhere and gave the station the ap- pearance of a veritable beehive. Constant and deafening cheers marked the approach of the royal carriages con- taining the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, and when Sir Redvers Buller alighted and appeared In the door- way of the station to receive tie Prince and his former commander in chief en thusiasm knew no bounds. The immeu waliting-room was temporarily conve-ted into a reception-room, where the Secre | tary of State for War, Lord Lansdow: Lord Wolseley; George Wyndham, Parl mentary Under Secretary of State for ‘War; General Sir Evelyn Wood, Colonel Lord Paul Methuf and a host of other to General Buller. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge accompanied him to the train. Meanwhile the people filled every avail- able spot within the station, hanging even from the rafters. Thousands of throats took up the cries, “Good Iuck’ and “Remember Majuba.” Everybody, the royal personages included, uncovered as the train finally moved out of the sta- tion. SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 14.— The arrival and embarkation of General Sir Redvers Buller was the occasion for a scene of frantic enthusiasm. Thousands of townspecple amnd visitors swarmed near the quay, where the Mayor of Sofithampton welcomed General Buller amid deafening cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs, hats and walkng- sticks. Sir Redvers smilingly acknowl- | edged the demonstration and went imme- diately on board the steamer, entering left Waterloo station | this afternoon for Southampton to’ go on board the Dunottar Castle. His de-| parture was the occasion of another arrived at the station at 1:45 p. m. With | celebrities were gathered to bid farewell | *<> % Qmsr@;@*&s*@*@. A AT AIASAIAT AT AT AT AT A SRR DK S ESA A AT AT A, IS A S A AT AT A AT AT ATHA T AT AT AT AR SASAO O R TRTATRTRTY B " ( v S ‘@‘0‘0'0'&0‘"*“*‘@‘0‘00‘@ D B o S S R o S o 2 Y S 4+6+0+0+0@ | the captain’s cabin, where he bade fare- | well to Lady Buller and his daughter. | When the Dunottar Castle sailed with | General Buller and the others standing | on her deck the erowd cheered themselves hoarse and sang “God Save the Queen” as she glided out of the dock. HOW BOER ARTILLERY DESTROYED THE TRAIN LONDON, Oct. 14—Further details are at hand regarding the destruction of the armored train at Kraaipan. They show that Ca in Nesbitt, who was in com- i | | | | mand of the t 1, was warned at Mari- bogo that the Boers held the line. He re- plied that he was bour to proceed. i 1! { Nearing Kraaipan the train dashed into a {cu!\'en that had been blown up by the | Roers, who were lying in wait for the train. The. Boer artillery immediately opened fire and a desperate fight ensued, lasting four hours, with the odds greatly | against the British. The precise details are uncertain. It seems, however, that a police patrol at- tracted by the firing approached within about two thousand yards of Kraaipan, saw the train di with the Boer ar- tillery still pc t it, but noticed no respo seemed afraid to | approach eck was complete, and the po trol feared, as there were | no signs of near the train, that the en- | tire force had perished in a desperate at- | tempt to get the train back to Mafeking, | where they knew it was anxiously awaited | | | ith its load of guns and ammunition. It 1s reported that the Boers lost heavily, but there s no means of verifying this. Two miles of ere torn up. | VRYBURG. , afternoon (delayed in transm rding to the latest reports matt | concerned w artillery beg: o far as the train was re hopeless as soon as the | ar bombarding it. The driver | of the armored train escaped to the veldt {and has turned up at Maribogo, from | which place he telephones that all the { persons on the train except himself wers taken prisoners. ine has been sent to Maribogo to b him here. Besides | removing the the Boers have de- | stroyed several bridges. SECOND ARMORED TRAIN ‘ REPORTED DESTROYED LONDON, Oct. 14.—The Exchange Tele- graph has received a dispatch from Cape Town dated this morning say- | ing that the Boers have blown up another | armored train carrying telegraph opera- tors from Mafeking. The Boers, it is re- ported, have destroyed the railway north of Fourteen Streams, between Vryburg and Kimberley. Fighting is still continu- ing in the neighborhood. According to dispatches from the front the Boers have made several attacks on Mafeking, all of which have been re- pulsed. In connection with the rumored attack upon Mafeking a disquieting report comes on both sides. SHARP ENGAGEMENT AND HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED EW YORK, Oct. 14.—A World special from Cape Town says: A sharp engagement between the Boers and the British forces under Colonei Baden-Powell took place this morning near Mafieking, in Bechuanaland. The losses are reported to be heavy Another armored train has been captured by the Boers and wrecked. It is now lying on its side off the rails.