Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1899 — WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

There arc no Boers nearer Esteourt than Colenso. A report declares that the Boers are marching into Zuluiand. Foreign interference, is now regarded as out of the question. • _ Gen. Butler did not expect to begin the campaign before Christmas. f - * ' > A complete wireless telegraphic apparatus has been seized on a vessel at Cape "Town. St. Petersburg reports cite the Uuaalans as marching toward the Afghan frontier. The troops arrived ot Cape Town now bring the total number thus far landed up to 120,000. The strict censorship of the British authorities prevents authentic reports in many instances. < The Portuguese Government has determined not to send troops to Delagoa bay before the end of December. Both Britons and Boers are accused of inhumanity, but these stories are not to be accepted without consideration of the source. ■ i i It is reported that the Belgian Government has warned Dr. Loyds, whose headquarters is at Brussels, that Belgium is a neutral country. The Basutos have expressed their sympathy for the British by quitting work on the Boers* fnrrns, and as a result the crops arc rotting. Durban advices report that a big force of the Boers was driven back from Ladysmith and that they suffered severely. Capt. Lambton’s arrival from Durban with 500 men and heavy gnus waa extremely fortunate for the British. The British have abandoned AHwalnorth, an important town on the Orange Free State border, and the Boers are now occupying the place. The humanity displayed by Jouhert ■Tid commented on by Gen. White has created a favorable impression, and will mitigate in favor of clemency If England goaqnera.