The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1900, Page 13

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PRI(‘E FIVE RFEPULSE O THE BOERS 111 il Fighting in Attack on Ceesar’'s Camp Said to Have Been Unsuccessful, he Vicinity of Ladysmith Continues—An- other German Vessel Seized by a British Warship—Impor- tant ONDON, Jan. 6.—The War Office this “ Fpom Builer, Frere Camp, January 6. from General White January 6, 9 a. m.: force. a. m. in considecrable continues, Gener and that the fig expect that nothi 1l Buller’s tion of the receipt of additional news. ng further would be issued during the night. events in the South African War Now Imminent. s evening is uecd the following: The following telegram was received ‘The enemy attacked Caesar’s Camp at 2:45 The enemy was everywhere repuised, but the fighting still s telegram that the enemy had attacked Cacsar’s Camp at 2:45 a. m., hting was still in progress, caused many later calls at the War Office in The officials stated at midnight, however, No news has been received irom! other sources, although the dispatches indicate that important events at the front are imminent if not actually progressing at this time. It is stated to-night that the British note in reply to the representations of the United tates Government on the subject of the seizure of American goods by Great Britain will be siven to Embassador Choate on Monday. l)L'RBA'\ January 6.—The German steamer Herzog has been scized by a British war- 1 outer flank, w iso that the Boer I mably on presu cionsz the | of threat-| troops now itnation. ela has river is ford- ts, conse- sume that the| the Boers had Pieters has also that they ~ r communicat- MOST IMPO TANT | TIDINGS OF THE WEEK atch to The Call 7—While during the Jan and brought to this port. CRGORGOEID L0ORING0 )NDON, Jan mberles ng away ORI '1\\1'1d"'1v‘r: uth were tc everybody N was practically f\,"h-r details are yet to —_———— RELEASE WEAKENS GREAT BRITAIN'S CASE Company _relative nd Dut CECIL RflDDES READY TO-ESCAPE IN A BALLOON Special Dispatch to The Call. d an expert aeronaut ually to earth in the enemy’s country. o fall into the hands taken. The pl lack falth in General Wers always considers the worst If, has faced for his personal that the Boers, were he merc balloon at ding with gers would be the Colossus, Of course it would be awk- drive the balloon Pretoria ward, so toin submitted by the Pennsylvania Mill- ing Company was embodied in a formal aint, the first received from soration. The original complaint and 12 upon which the action was taken artment was submitted by of New York, ted in the cargo. Milling Company ur on each of the that it desired the department teps for its release or for paration as might be deemed advisable. Secretary instructed Mr. Choate to esent the information to Lord Salis- ¥ » confirmation has been recelved at department of the release of the steamer Mashona and the holding of the cargo preparatory to further judicial pro- ceedings. The release of the steamer, in the opinion of officlals at the State De- partment, further weakens the case of the British Government. It has been sup- pmu\d here that the vessel would have 1 held for viola 4 also on plies to an enemy a cha of the kingdom, but the prize court Indicates, the court is of the clared provisions war, and as the steamer, it h ided, was not the authorities say that the post nment cannot be con- been offi- ally trade, tion of this Go GCIANTS CASTLE _——{12000 FEET) this | | tage, gaged in illegal | troverted, and they expect the incident to be closed by the payment of an indemn- ity, perhaps within the next few days. BRITONS HANDICAPPED BY ANCIENT ARTILLERY Jan. 6.—Belated storles of g Africa are arriving from London by mail. ‘Among the many criticisms of British artfl Yy none has attracted more attention than that writ- ten on November 12 at Ladysmith by the Standard's war corespondent. There is a frankness in it which doubtless would never have passed the censor, vet Its de- tail and the evident knowledge of the writer upon artillery matters stamp it with undeniable truth, however unpleas- ant reading it makes for the British pub- lc. Summing up this correspondent says: “The disadvantages under which we have labored have been demonstrated re- peatedly, , At Elands Laagte two officers and two men of the First Field Battery | were wounded at a range beyond that at which they could fire shrapnel. Except in reconnolssance our field guns are use- less as long as the siege lasts. The Boer shrapnel is fused for 5200 yards, whereas our fuse ceases to be effective at 4100 yards. “The meaning of this will be clear when T say that for 1100 yards, or nearly three- quarters of a mile, our artillery are ex- posed to the fire of a practically invisible | enemy without being able to fire a really effective shot In self-defense. In : words, our guns would never get within effective range of a French or German fleld battery. We must have a gun that will shoot with much greater accuracy at 000 yards and a fuse that is effective at 0 yards. Our equipment is un vy. Our guns carry much 5000 or 6 hes duly too weight. The double teams that brought the Twenty-first Battery to Elands Laagte, a distance of fifteen or sixteen miles, had not an ounce left in them. This is the first time that the British army has faced modern artillery, be learned will be 1y we have disc red that with the f keless powder and long ranges the enemy may be invisible, and that vt raining shot and shell upon s may pass without dis- closing position of some of his guns and howitzers. The Boer has an advan- if not In his Mausers, which most in our army now declare to be ccurate and trustworthy than the at any rate in the possession sses. There is scarcely a man expe more other | and the lessons to | the greatest value. | ! in the ranks who has | gl I b R fi Neeting of the British Cabi- net Committee of Nationa! Defense. Seated in the large armchair is Lord Salisbury, Prime Ministe = and Secretary of State for Foreign Affajrs. Partly behind him, stand ing, are Mr. Goschen, First I of the Admiralty, on the left, anc 1 d Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War, on the right. Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, is seated with pen .in_hand at the table, The Duke of Devonshire, president of the Coun- cfl, leans against the chair in the foreground. A map of South Africa hangs before them, and they are all intently discussing the situa- tion. not binocular, by the aid of which he is to make good shooting at extraordin distances. .Our equipment in this res; a powerful able hary pect is deficient and should be improved with- out delay SEIZURES CONSIDERED LONDON, Jan. 6.—Lord Salisbury c; '7 ont Aux | _fr"‘ méoumcés‘ /{uano FerT) RICHAON D e kiAw = SEA LEVEL .. *NEWCASTLE Lo GLENCOE View Showing the Elevation Above the Sea Level of the Various Points of Interest in Natal. This includes the several stations on the railroad between Durban and Ladysmith and the camps of the opposing forces. Troops on first landing spent some time in acclimation camps at Durban and then in the more elevated one at Pletermaritsburg. soon as landed. The sudden change makes a great difference in their powers of enduring fatigue. ame Lately, however, they have been rushed on to General Buller as ERRTRTRRAINIAN0N 1 JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Who Brought on the Crisis but Is Not a Mem- ber of the Defense Committee. to London from Hatfleld House - at | noon to-day, somewhat contrary to his | custom, and proceeded direct to the For- | elgn Office, ‘where he spent the greater | part of the afternoon. Salisbury but the entire department man- | |.and the Solicitor General, Not only Lord ifested extraordinary signs of activity. The Attorney General, Sir Richard Webs ster, was summoned from the country, Sir R. B. Fin- The Portu- lay, was also in attendance. guese Minister, Senhor de Soveral, called | dous. at the Forelgn Office during 'the after- noon. While no announcement was mads _re- garding the subject of the meeting it was understood that the ‘subjects discussed included the - International law points ratsed by the stoppage of German steam- ers on their way to Delagoa Bay and the supply of American provisions to the Boers. AMERICA WARNED AGAINST GERMANY LONDON, Jan. 6.—The Spectator to-day publishes an article entitled “Germany and the Monroe Doctrine,” in which it say: ‘America and not England is the rival, in German opinion. It is with America, and not with England, that Germany realizes she must struggle for supremacy. We do not say for a moment that Ger- many regards America as an enemy, but Germany realizes it is America that at the moment lies across Germany's path, and unless she is able to reckon with America on equal terms she will not be- come the world power In the future that she desires to be.” The Spectator then goes on to declare that Germany’s objective is South Amer- ica, but that the Monroe doetrine bars her way. How to get around this is pussling, but the paper declares Emperor i | ‘Willlam counts upon the German vote in the United States to help him when his new navy is ready to carry out his South American expansion idea, especially in Brazil. The Spectator then warns the United States. that if it intends to uphold the Monroe doctrine in the future it must not go to sleep over it now, but prepars to support & navy and army equal to the strain of maintaining a policy so tremen- If not, she is certain to suffer great humiliation at the hands of “the patient efficlent and persistent Germany.” The paper adds: ““When the hour comes Germany won't be bluffed into respect of Monroeism. She will call the American fleet, and if the fleet is no higher than hers, Germany will aet.” OFFERED TO MAKE A LOAN TO PORTUGAL LISBON, Jan. 6—A sem!-offielal note to the press regarding the Anglo-German agreement has just been fssued. It is as follows . “The British and German Governments, having previously reached an agreement between themselves, informed Portugal that in the event of her contracting a large loan for the purpose of reorgania- ing the finances the two Governments were disposed to guarantee the success of the operation. At the same time Governments of Great Britain and G many assured Portugal that the basis of the agreement between them was the rec- ognition of the integrity of the Portu- guese colonfal dominions and the legiti- macy of Portuguese soverelgnty over the Portuguese posse s. They further suggested that in the event of Portugal accepting a proposal concerning a loan the latter should be guaranteed by the colonial and custom receipts. The Portu- uese Government then declared that it ad no need for such a loan, and, accord- ing to our information, has no such need at the present day.”