The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1900, Page 1

NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1900, PRICE ONE CENT. ROBERTSS PLAN: | STARVE OUT BOERS BALE PAMEDE 6 TP DAPAPEMAOLA ABAD, LODE OEDEMA RECSOD ~CRONJE DEFIES ATTACK. | IA AA wer DH | k 4a ; a f NJ a 0h FO hw bw a a hd _ CRONJE SETTLES DOWN <i “e *: TOLONG WAITING GAME. MONEY ASKED 70 BUILD LONDON, Feb. 26.—No further news from — Roberts was given out by the War Office up to 4.30 P. M. to-day, but it was said by the officials that the Situation as far as Cronje is concerned is unchanged. THE UNDERGROUND ROAD. It is generally recognized now that Cronje has settled down to a long siege siinantn san tealaniadil od and Gen. Roberts to a “sit-down fight” which may last many days. Maret Basnates i the Besos of Go that His purpose now will be to.exhaust Cronje's resources. In fact, a high) war official said this afternoon: “Cronje will be starved out!” S04 Military men say that Lord Roberts with the 45,000 or 50,000 men under|_ him could easily take the Boer laager now containing 7,000 men, but the price the British would pay would be “the price that staggers humanity”—a loss of probably 5,000 or 6,000 men. ‘ This also applies to Buller at Ladysmith, who, they say, could reach that town with the loss of 7,:Q00 or 8,000 men. 0 OF FRACTURED SKULL hoped that tt would no: Deu ee i ! ces POOWMAN |LEPER IN = fPALLOON FINDS OUT { [tatm wae net menaced by any naval | press despatches from Paardeberg| annihilation of the gallant band so : se oi adalat _e —_—_—_— BRITAIN NOT [SALISBURY ; WW DANGER, NOT SOR <a Mr. Goschen Tells Com- Did Not Express mons Europe Knows | to Choate for Sabine Her Sea Power. i $36 @emeonciration was advisable, but the Government 414 met think it | the Sabine. Bavicable upon thie cerasion. ‘The Firet Lord of the Admiralty aleo ,, |pewer. Rurepe knew ber otrongth | ‘ture, t | [amd the member of ships she pus Pied « ‘ |eeseed. There were times when a show that Gen. Cronje's forces have | overwhelmingly hemmed in. far more protection from Field Mar-| The War Office has given out ne | Sufferer from the Dread) ene! Lora Roberts's heavy fire than | further official news from Lard Rob- 8 Practise tactics ia addition. Regarding the export of coal, Mr.| Pound in His Room Als * .° most Overcome b; Disease at Barge | ‘he frst despatches indicated. A spe- | erts up to noon. Special despatches, 7 y fa Gespatch published in the second | however, showed that reinforcements Gas. Office. | edition of the Daily Chronicle, dated | for the indomitable Boer leader bad + j Saturday, Feb, 24, cays: mede a fresh attempt to succor the ‘oe colonies. | templating evading the regulations i Metho-| Consternation was created by the ais-| “A balloon has discovered the ene- | beleaguered army, and, like Botha's negotiations wht | forvta: Brien trading tn any way f be sat Of @ well-defined case of leprosy | my Well covered by a system of bur- | ettempt, it had failed, vy a on iadused. butt fina; | the enemy, contraband or net cull gas on] (nt Barge Ofice this akternom. The’ rowing ig the river bank, which re-| This news was contained in an ue- ‘nin RAbeehY Gat Bins poe all subject had not been) band mt ‘wodepe sg STi Gin oktin We Boomane sembles a raboit warren, and affords | dated despatch and may have refer- ROVEN "Deatng with the question of fresh Piss Memcermp tetris sag alk ‘of the shell-proof positions.” ence to a clash on Friday or Setur- Mr, Geschen Tpmarned that sno: Berens | to per the | Kovonpal’ Omuren, ‘is This explains why what is looked| day. It sald: of the “dim ‘past When the | save them from coming under the fe } ue At) upon here as Gen. Cronje's death] “PAARDBRERG, Free State, Un- jested that, peeray the Degen g'5t| letions governing British vessels. | hang meen (be gtruggle ts s0 prolonged. Thue it will| dated, via Modder River, Feb. %— lis gee farther build «of battle-shipa might | der the conditions “be ' so run to tne our Bot be much of a surprise if to-day| Evening.—The Borderere and the ' nb, wha [{tainlne the sentiments’ of the Comber: : overpowering vel- the Buffon reached Quarantine | and to-morrow, which is the anni-| Yorkshires have repulsed a Boor at- $4500 from Great Britain alone ted @ re- | decision, the AGmiralty i¢ not duction of arvaments, bet nothing was adopt !t as a precedent, and in the ik months since the ain the i versary of Majuba Hill, pass without | tack, inflicting heavy loess.” FIERCE FIGHTING DAILY ee AROUND CRONJE’S LAAGER. LONDON, Feb. %~A despatch rent bases a dawn yerterday determined to the from received early inis morning, attempt to break through the British Gated Peardebers, Haturday, oye: | 'ines and ald Gen. Cronye, in| “There wae © meet interesting sories “Ah body of 08) Boers moved toward the | 2¢ Fett the Brition front yester./Britisn left and cantered in the direc eR of & Popje with the object of cagupy- a?t iffy 33 of powers. RA Britain proposed to tn | Foreign Off “ , ; ’ Netter temecind | the question a2 to whether any Saf + £6.00 lees than] lar act ys 7 eo Reporter of the French 3 amounted : om ittee had asanree that deel yess be Goatees, to wag # ver cent. and |. » Ts : higher in France than in wan i a Oe Rip baliting oat ta} (Durban) were git ri | i ial ATED} ? IF i}