The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1900. LONDON YET WITHOUT NEWS OF THE ADVANCE OF BULLER Report That His Army Had Recrossed Tugela River Remains Unconfirmed—Interest Centers in Roberts’ Plan to Invade Orangg‘ree State. Epecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1800, by the New York Herald Company. / [[REPULSE oF THE HICHAAND BRIGADE [IAT MAGERSFONTEIN It i~ il LE mMoNDE +LLUSTRE emy forming his present objective, his force will be available for other opera- tions.” Detailing possible operations of Gen- erals French, Gatacre and Kelly-Keuny, | Mr. Wilkinson sa “There {s now & prospect that in two or | three weeks the British forces will be holding the passes of the Orange River, repairing the bridges and collecting ali | the requisites for the advance northward, to begin as soon as Lord Roberts sees his way to order the movement, “There are now more than enough troops between the coast and Orange | River to form three infantry divisions and a cavalry division, without counting | either the colonial mounted troops or five | militia battallons, which can be used to | relieve regular battalions on the lines of | communication. Lord Methuen’s three | brigades make a further addition that | might ultimately be utilized.” | r. Wilkinson then proceeds to urge the Government to make every prepara- | tion against emergencies at home, and| particufarly to put the volunteers and all | avalilable forces in the most complete con- dition for service if needed. He recom- | mends rearming the volunteers, supply'ng batteries of position with the bast modern guns and, in short. the organization and equipment of the available forces, rather than hasty endeavors to recruit untraincd men. MACRUM SILENT AS TO HIS MOTIVES WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Mr. Macrum | has come and gone and the reason for his | leaving Pretoria when duty seemed to de- | mand his pr n it the capital remains | as deep stery as ever and must so remain, probably for another week. The ex-Consul's appearance was awaited at | the State Department with interest. Just | before noon Representative Taylor, of whose Congressional district Mr. Macrum | is a resident, called at the department and spent some time in conference with Assistant Secretary Hill and was fol- | lowed about half-past 3 o'clock by Mr. Macrum, who came alone. Secretary Hay, who had had an exhautsing day. had gone, S0 the ex-Consul was obliged to pay his respects to Dr. Hill. His stay was | short—about _twenty minutes, perhaps— | and he left Dr. Hill as much mn_the dark as he had been before as to Mr. Macrum's | motlve for leaving Pretorla. Nor did it | develop whether or not Mr. Macrum wasf the bearer of any message from Kruger. | passive manner received much bad At no time h ntrol 1 tie good news t their self. such ed cond ach anything 1 B s busy, and a h. The poss is already would not caus t now directed toward Lord Rob- hener now are looked upon as » will be used to di- e Boers, both ree State. My n in hi cution of the the sins) inal State, througt Free independent of ! a strong force of in- S _upen_owe jasee Norvals Pont. According ot one begins to realize it, e British forces are con- e gl - eady taken Verging on that p ace from the Hanover 4 aauwpoort line from Rensburg on 1 and from N: the line from Colest th auwpoo D 1 consequences, your case in uller’s pol- nding that he eir paying too | rather thaa to- | at plan of campaign | | 1y shut out the correspondents at | ish people has been the calm, im- | thousands of wagons, Sir William Green peints out that his advance would neces- be clow It is from the western ficld the most inite statcments come, Large opera- tions are apparently about to begin. Gen- eral French, who has now returned to Rensburg from his conference with Lord Roberts, has sent what Is described as an seize That is where the railway, destroyed ed the Or- ne at vals Pont is ninetee; miles from General ters at Rensburg. The Boers at Colesberg have been in_danger of being surrounded by the largely rein- forced and extending lines of the British. An occupation of Norvals Pont in force Id presumably render Colesberg un- Boers are showing great activity in aauwpoort and Colesberg districts k speech in the Hou of the guns hitherto facing Lord of Commons yesterday confirmed this | M rhu‘»n ?I’P bEIlO}'Qd to have gone to ted that Lord Roberts would rvals Pont. The British, therefore, ls enough o begin the exe- | May find formidable bodles of Boers there. The War Office announces that fifteen | transports will be dlugntched between to- | day and Monday, wit s already in motion and | 13,000 troops. Sir Alfred Milner, in a letter written three weeks ago to the former Lord Mayor of Belfast, said the war would last three or four months longer. The censorship seems to have complete- pear- man’'s Camp. No dispatch from that point appears in this morning's papers and nothing has been allowed to issue since | Hill. General Gatacre ; ev ched Sunday evening ko< iteelf | OUEDL 10 be making a conforming mc A dispatch to the Times from Queens- (fig. 1), | ment toward B rsdorp nd town, Cape Colony, dated Monday, says: slight ex- | Bethulle bridge. Gener: Kenny. 13| “General Brabanf, while addressing one of the regiments of the colonial divisfon uttering ‘a brigade, between them with at least Rosmead Juncticn enters the Orange Free "' | State, and this route is the one that the Boers at Colesherg must follow if thay should be able to retreat. LARGE FORCE SENT TO SEIZE NORVALS PONT LONDON, Feb. 6—Military opinion in London continues to assume from very slender materials that General Buller is | again throwing his army against the Boer | forces. A retired general, Sir William Consuit free the‘ Henry Green, whose distinguished career gives welght to his opinion, thinks that Hudyan DoFlors. General Buller, with 2,000 men, is making Call or Write to|a wide detour to the west and north in or- der to avoid the roughest parts of the & them. country. As General Buller must have has certainly reduced the fatal- ri disease to a great extent. ase, if allowed to proceed in | urse, 00n ends in sudden death seople_ who_experience the above | ms HUDYAN i a blessing indeed. | AN is for sale by all druggis does not keep HUD- | to the HUDYAN REM- | cor. Stockton, Ellis and ket streets, San Franeisco, Cal. CONSULT FREE. akness of | and may : ade, | G parade yesterday, said they were leay- O oo atzmy | And may cut in at the back of the Boer | jng'the next morning for the front, not ta hortness of | Position to help French's division to se- | return, he hoped, until the task entrusted and irregular | cure Norvals Pont. It is at Norvals Pont | to him by Lord Roberts had been success- that the railway from Naauwpoort and | fully accomplished. He could not discloge the plan of operations, but if his inten- tions were carried out the greatest glut- ton for fighting among them would have his fill.”" The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says: “The South African League has passed a resolution declaring that it regards with regret, and almost with despair, the prob- ability of the authorities trying colonial rebels before a jury. The resclution urges a court-martial. Mr. Sehreiner, the Pre- mier, replying to a letter inclosing a copy of the resolutions, says the Government has taken steps to present the cases to Juries in order to prevent undue detention of persons charged with sedition.” Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post, says: ““The tide is beginning to turn. In the western theater of war it looks as though General French had been reinforced, per- haps by General Chermside’s brizade. This would be the beginning of a coc tematic direction of the campaign. Whe: General French has disposed of the en- t | free, ‘and that no amount of brute force ity |{ connoissance, is being retired to recoup BRABANTS HORSE. SCOUTING ON 2 GEN GATACERES FRONT ey on the subject to Dr. He said he was tired, very tired; he had been five weeks on the sea and road, traveling constantly, and begged for time to prepare himself to report, He said nothing as to the reasons for appearing in Washington, but asked that he be permitted to go to his home in East He did not men Liverpool, Ohio, for a few days to attend | to matters of business which were press- ing and to rest. Dr. Hill had no objection. Mr. Macrum promised soon, perhaps before the end of the pres- ent week, and said he would then make | a formal report to the State Department. Leaving Dr. Hill Mr. Macrum went to the Consular Bureau and secured the assent of acting Chief Carr to a postponement of the settiement of his accounts until his | To Mr. Carr | next visit to Washington. also Mr. Macrum s=aid nothing to throw light on his motives. As he left the State Department he as- sured the newspaper men who stopped him that if he had any statement at all to make to the press (and he was not sure that he should have) he probably | would make it _public upon his return to ‘Washington. Some of the parsons here who were familiar with his appearance when first went out to the Transvaal sald that he looked very much broken and lacked the vim that formerly character- ized him. At 7:30 to-night he left here for his home in Ohio. CHAMBERLAIN ADMITS MISTAKES WERE MADE LONDON, Feb. 5.—In the House of Commons to-day. replying to a question, the Secretary of State for the Colontes, Joseph Chamberlain, admitted that a crit- ical stage of the war had been reached and that the situation was undoubtedly serious, -though he added he did not be- lieve the country was in danger. If the preparation for war had been insufficient, he said, it was wholly due to the fact that the Government was determined to do everything to secure peace and to do nothing to endanger it. Chamberlain fur- ther declared that the war was just, nec- essary and righteous. He regretted the proposed amendment to the address, he- . cause, he said, it would throw doubt upon the unitedness of the kingdom. to be back here | ““We have suffered checks,” sald Cham- berlain, “and have made mistakes. I am not anxious to dispute as to the blame. Let the Government bear the brunt untii the time comes en, under r aus- gcu. we can see how far the blame is be apportioned between this system and those administering it. In the mean- time blame us. ““What is now urgent is to redress those checks and to repair mistakes. You say we have sent too few troops; but we are uring them into South Africa. In a ‘ew weeks we will have 200,000 men there. We will have as many mounted men as there are mounted Boers. ‘“Meanwhile the spirit of the nation is unbroken. There is no rifice which we are unwilling to make. There is.no sacri- fice we are unwilling to ask of the col- onies, if we think it necessary to success. I must go further than this and admit that this war, under new conditions, in a new country, with new arms, against a people whose tenacity and courage are | admirable as the courage and tenacity of our own_ soldiers, has required a larger scheme than any the Government has yet been called upon to meet. “It would be premature,” continued the Colonial Secretary, “to talk of terms of settlement. Speaking for the Govern- ment, there will be no second Majuba Hill. Never again shall the Boers erect in the heart of South Africa a citadel whence to proceed to disaffection and race | animosity. Never again shall they be able to endanger the paramountcy of Great Britain. Never again shall they be able to treat an Englishman as though he belon%evd to an inferior race.” Sir {lljam Vernon Harcourt, Liberal. declared the war was due to a reversal of the. &gllcy laid down by the Government in 1 and 1895. - Reviewing the negotia- | tions, Sir Willlam said the great misfor- tune was that the men consuited in regard to the situation in South Africa were the authors of the raid and the ‘“‘helots of Park Lane.” ere Chamberlain Interjected: ‘‘Does the right honorable gentleman mean to assert that the persons to whom he refers were consulted by the Colonial Office and that no others were consulted?” l'TY'Ae Liberal statesman parried the ques- tion. John Dillon said that the Nationallsts. belleving the war to be an “unjust and iniquitous war of aggression, entirely un- provoked,” were unable to support an amendment declaring that the war should be prosecuted with vigor. Dillon, con- tinuing, said that the military reputation of England was irreparably ruined; that he Boers had established a claim to be could ever diminish their claim. Leonard Courtney, Unionist, said hedid not wonder that Chamberlain displayed such energy and debating power, as he had to vindicate not only the nation and the Government. but himself. ~ Chamberiain’'s war,” said ‘and if anybody else had been olonfal Office there would have sen no_war. t this point Chamberlain interpo: iterating thet since the Jameson raid he had had no communication with Rhodes on political affairs in South Af- rica, either direct or indirect. Courtney explained that he had meant to imply thi After further dis adjourned. o ussion the debate was -— ATTENTION OF POWERS NOW DRAWN TO EGYPT PARIS, Feb. 6—The Matin says this | morning: “We have reason to bel!eve[ that recent dispatches from Cairo have drawn the attention of the powers to Egypt. They are asking themselves if the time has not come to enforce the treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of the Suez canal. If England is incapable of keeping order, they will be obliged to in- tervene.” —_—— BOERS AT COLESBERG VIRTUALLY SURROUNDED | CAPE TOWN, Feb. 5.—A dispatch from Naauwpoort says: There is great activ- here and on the Rensburg-Hanover due to the dispatch of an overwhelming | force of infantry to seize Norvalspont. The cavalry, having compieted the re- losses. The Boers at Colesberg are vir- tually surrounded INSPECTING BOER CAMPS. LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Delagoa Bay., Feb. 5.—Webster Davis, the United States Assistant Secretary of the Interlor, ac- companied by a party of friends, is at the head laager of the Boers at Ladysmith and Is closely inspecting the camps and ' the British officer in question some cases zuilty of carrving on the war in a MONSON'S LIFE IN PARIS UNPLEASANT Why British Embassa- dor Went to Italy. gnmonl around the besieged town. The erman Consul at Pretoria, Herr Ble: mann, is accompanying Mr. Davis on his trip to the Boer head laager. plt s Sesmciti DESTRUCTION OF FARMHOUSES CAPE TOWN, Feb. 5.—President Steyn and President Kruger have communicated | with Field Marshal Lord Roberts, the | British commander in chief, protesting | agalnst the destruction of farmhouses | and the devastation of property. Lord Roberts, in replying, declared the charges were not sustained, adding that wanton destruction of property was contrary to British practices. - - e — Following is the text of the protest, which is dated Bloemfontein, February 3: | FEELING AGA'NST ENGLAND We learn from many sides that the British troops, contrary to the recognized usages of | —_— war, dally destroy property by burning or dynamiting farmhouses and devastating farms | ANGLOPHOBIA RAGES ALL OVER and the goods therein, by means of which un- protected wemen and children are often d FRANCE. prived of food and cover. This happens not only in places where barbarians are _e: ——— couraged by British officers, but even in Cape Colony end the Free State, whers white brig- ands come out from the theater of war with the evident Intention of carrying on general | de ation, without any reason recognized by | he customs of war d without {n any way urthering the operations. We wish earnestly to protest against such acts, Prd Roberts, replying to-day, said: | 1 beg to acknowledge the honor of your tel gram charging the British troops with the destruction of property, contrary to the recog- Government Truckled to Popular Sentiment in Decorating the Artist Who Caricatured the Queen. s PARIS, Feb. 5.—As a re made in proper quarters, of inquiries is ascertained nized usages of war, and brigandage and d that the stories of the Echo de Paris that Vastation. These charges are made in vague | the British Embassador to France, Sir and general terms. No specific case is me < meon, and the tioned. No evidence is given. I have seen | dmund J. Monson, and ti : such charges made before now in the press, | Dassador to Italy, Sir Phi but in no case which has come under my ferred here recently on It tice have they been substantiated. The most stringent instructions have been issued to the British troops to respect private property. so and that Sir Edmund had gone to Rome to support Sir Philip in represe far as it is compatible with the conduct of | Italy regarding the landing military operations. All wanton destruction to | troops in Africa, are quite peaceful inhabitants is contrary to British What is true is that Sir Edmund Monsen has gone to the Italian Riviera not cause he is unwell or requt because he finds practice and traditions, and will, if necessary, be rigorously repressed by me. 1 regret that your honors have seen fit to repeat this untrue statement that barbarians have been encour- aged by B officers to commit depreda- tions. In the only case fh which s iaid has | pleasant at the present moment, owing to been perpetrated tive subjects the strong feeling against Great Britain was ontrary to the § which in the press and society, er nearest the s r e Brittsh y pot._and is reflected to some extent in the attitude ey e L natives | Of the French Government. A diplomatic official said “The French Government is undoubted- ly friendly to Great Britaln, but it is un- able to make a display of its real senti- were restored to their homes by the ageney of | 1 regret to say that it Is the republican forves which are in use a demonstration manner no in accordance with civilized | ments just now urages. fer especiaily to the expulsion of s to Great Britain would be loyal subjects of h from their mes | an act of suicide. The bestowal of the in the invaded ¢ colony because | cross of the Legion of Honor on the artis: they invader. me pulsion. Men to leave theig homes o by the Leandre, autho catures of Que example of the offending popular f. been promised the he outrageous cart oria, furni Many of those who were £ caricatured Queen Viet X are ernment wo should_inflict the 1 | inhabitants | of its own_coun In view £ he situation, Sir Edmund t | porary absence from th of Paris would Majesty’s ct this war with as little injury ants and private prop ~o cted simil spiri! D! » - lsl;x&'!- nducted 0 a similar spirit on your | ~ERACICS T MRS. POTTER PALMER A ‘ COMMISSIONER TO PARIS| Her Nomination as One of the Ameri- can Representatives at the Fair Decided Upon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—The nomina- tion of Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago to be one of the commissioners of the United States to the Parls Exposition has been decided upon and will be sent would assume in The view of the sc t Venosti Foreign Affairs ful a diplomatist ing his i ROME Rome deny to the Senate at the same time the other | poric ' Sir p commissioners are named. The Presi- | bassador, is dent has selected twelve commissioners LONDON s officially an- under the authority at present granted |nounced here tha mund J. Monson. him, but a proposition is before Con- |ihe British Embasss g T gress to permit him to add six other | (o "#Fn, O ) generaily commissioners to the list, and. as he pre- | ragarded as important. Coming fers the names of the full commission | the known anti-Bri in shall be sent to the Senate in one list, | it is thought the rture of the e has decided, for the present at least. | bassador from his the presen to defer nominating any of the com- | juncture indleat re than appears o missioners until Congress indicates the surface is contained in the final Intention with reference to the size | official of ihe commission. 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