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DAIuL EXAMSNEn,

CHARLUTTETO@WN, MARCH 2,

1900,

WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Interesting Particulars of the Struggle Between Great Britain and the Boers.

MAN.

INES MILITARY GEN’ S WITH

LITICAL TACI,

lord Roberts’ masterly transfor- tion of th is nothing less than a marvel Without interfering

campaign of the distrib-

of mil with Gen. Bullers if forces, conditions as he found them, and or- 1 success out of failure. By his nforcements at the point s army could be crushed the entire Dutch plan of campaign east, west and south was upset and the prestige of British arms and general- ; restored. |.crd Roberts has also displayed the h t qualities of conservative states- mansh p; he has rallied the colonial forces by removing causes of jealousy, nulate| loyalty by fair treat- me f the Cape Dutch, has reassured the burghers of the Free State by a rly tactful proclamation, has eda comprehensive spirit of Im- periatism by lis messages to Canada and Australia, and has even found time for the gracious compliment to Germany on te excellence of the am- bulance work at Jacobsdal.

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While the great field marshal has renewed the British campaign with

terrible energy, as the fifty guns raking th: river bottom at Koodoosberg bear ness, he has shown himself to be a

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champion of pacification and recon- yn in South Africa, and has nade himself almost a necessary can-

didate for the office of High Commis- the war. Lord services to the Un- certainly ent

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glect of <olonial assistance incspactty in arming the troops with guns of defective range. There is no hatter abc ut the reconstruction of nistiy aad the recall of Lord \tosebery to publiclife as Prime Min- ister under a new coalition. Even the dip rited black press is changing color, s showing signs of cheerful con-

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f the yovernment is restored. toberts’ military genius has

lithe air. The trend of German ion has baen changed, and the

ror now receives credit for his

ness in displaying friendship for

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SHT OUT THE CAMPAI

2 conditions under which the new 1ign was }lanned in South Africa ». Roberts and Gen. Kitchener

on the voyage to whe Cape are 4 ina letter from an officer on ser. Kelly-Kenny’s staff. This officer ad anticipated seeing something of the two famous generals on the ship, disappointed. Gen. Roberts ppeared on the deck at 6 o’clock every rning and walked up and down riskly for two hours. Promptly at 8 k he turned to his chief of staff h an abrupt call. Gen. Kitchener alert in response, “Here, sir,” was al- ys on hand, and the conquerer of <andahar and the conqueror of Om- jurman would disappear from the deck and not be seen again until ‘the next

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norning at the «ame early hour. 7. » cabin had been reserve“ (., . ‘mime « IC Vier. Roberts’ use, and there he re- maineti busy cay after day with his

chief of staff until midnight, with no nterruption except at short intervals for meals, and no visitors, unless members of his staff were summoned. A _ short stroll on deck at midnight capped the day’s work, and the two cénaerals then turned in.

This order ‘vas followed day afte day until the ship anchored at Cap fown, and the campaign, which ha been thoroughl, discussed and thought

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WHAT KIMBERLEY SUFFERED.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF A COR

RESPONDENT IN CAPE TOWN, Extracts from the dairy of the Reuter

correspondent at Kimberley give an in,

- situation in South Africa sight into the trials of the garrison

They are, in brief, as follows:

Jan. 11—Scurvy attacks the natives alarmingly. ‘They are dying fast. The anti-scorbutics are exhausted. Vine cuttings are been tried in lieu of green food.

Jan. 12—Typhoid is very prevalent Neglect to boil the water is the prob- able cause.

Jan. 13—Fifty typhoids in the hos- pital. Jan. 16—The military authorities

have commandeered all the foodstuffs and other stores. Leave has been granted to the _ inhabitants to shoot small birds for food.

Jan. 17—The mules slaughtered are pronounced superior to horseflesh.

Jan. 24—Five hundred shells pour- ed into the town, at hazard, the hospital, scurvy “pound” and residences receiv-- ing the attention properly due the de- fenders of the earthworks.

Jan. 25—A small family shell-proof shelter has been dug in nearly every

garden.

Feb. 11—-Twenty-five hundred wo- men and children were lowered into the mines throughout the night. The

men are also selecting places of safety.

Feb. 15—-All the morning there was a heavy cross fire, the British occupying \lexandersfontein. The hundred- pounder and shrapnel are bursting over Kimberley. Every one is lying low. The shops and banks were clos-

ed at 2 this afternoon. There was a kaleidoscopic change. Helio signals were observed announcing Gen. French’s approach. Clouds of dust from the rapid advance of the cavalry were then seen, and almost simultane- ously the enemy was observed limber- ing up and fleeing eastwards.

The glad tidings spread with marvel- lous rapidity. From all directions mounted and unmounted men hasten- ed to welcome the relief column. Those remaining hoisted flags and there was a universal feeling of joy and thank- fulness.

CRONJE’S TREACHERY AFTER THE BATTLE QF MAJUBA.,

That Cronje should have been re- fused the armistice for which he asked on Monday after the first day’s stand in his hastily-formed laager is not altogether surprising. Irrespective of the military necessity compeling the British commander-in-chief to finish his task completely at the earliest pos- sible moment, General Cronje’s past record in truce negotiations has been such as to render Lord Roberts wary.

{to allow a British force to march vp | from Natal and reocupy Potchefstroom as a formal acknowledgement of Cronje’s treachery.

In the case of the Jameson raiders he laid himself open to mistrust by failing to abide strictly to the terms of the surrender under which Dr lame- | son’s men gave up their arms. Cronje gave a distinct promise to spare the lives of those who surrendered, but this promise was set aside, and the question of spsring the lives ef the prisoners was afterwards used as a lever by President Krugerin the sub- quent negotiations.

RIFLE SHOOTING AT A LOON.

With regard to the effects of gun- shots upon a baloon the following ex-- periments were made. A shot was fir- ed from a Lebel rifle at a baloon at an altitude of soo feet. It only penetrat- ed the fabric below the equator, and no appreciable results ensued. After this, many shots were fired, several penetrating the baloon and passing out near the upper valve. After a lapse | of six hours the baloon descended quietly to the ground, by reason of the loss of gas through the bullet holes But it appeared that, whatever the number of shots, the loss of gas was never sufficient ‘to cause the baloon to fall rapidly. —Pall Mall Gazette.

BAL-

DR. LEYDS OPINION.

The Paris Echo prints an interview with Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic

When in 1881 an armistice had been

actually arranged between Kruger, Joubert, and Sir Evelyn Wood after Majuba, Cronje, in defiance of the us-

agent of the Transvaal, who emphatic- ally asserted that the defeat of Com- mandant Cronje will not affect the issue of the war. Dr. Leyds is still full

ages of civilized warfare, withheld the news from the garrison of Potchef- stroom and continued the siege until Colonel Winslow was obliged to sur- render in order to save the lives of the wounded and the women and children refugees. When thc incident became known after the terms of peace had been settled, the Transvaal Govern- ment was required by Sir Evelyn Wood '

of confidence in the justice of the Boer

cause, and in the valour of the soldiers

of the Republics.

He declared that the seat of war

would be changed, in view of the ar- | rival of British reinforcements, and ad-

ded that he was convinced that the

British were not yet at the end of their

astonishment.

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