NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TT is difficult from the vague and conflicting telegrams to 1. determine what amount of progress has been made in South Africa during the past week, but it seems probable that the power of the enemy for mischief is decreasing in the Colony. Some of the reports declare that the surrenders due to Lord Kitchener's proclamation are disappointing, but Mr. Bennet Burleigh, telegraphing to Friday's Daily Telegraph (his telegram is dated Pretoria, Thursday, Sep- tember 5th), declares :—" One effect of Lord Kitchener's proclamation is that . the weekly surrenders have more than trebled since it was issued, and indications are not wanting that they may still further increase before the 15th inst." At the moment of our going to press a tele- gram from Lord Kitchener announces the capture, south of Petrusberg, by Colonel Scobell of Lotter's entire commando, —viz., Commandants Lotter and Breedt, Field - Comets Kruger and W. Kruger, fifty-two wounded and sixty- two unwounded Boers, with all their belongings. The Boers lost nineteen killed, and the British ten killed and eight wounded. Along with the war news we may note the arrest on Tuesday of Dr. Krause, a well - known Boer barrister, and Commandant of Johannesburg when Lord Roberts took the city, who was charged at Bow Street with the crime of high treason. We can only i:hronicle the fact as the case was remanded for a week, and till then nothing can be known as to the exact charge. Dr. Krause left the Transvaal last summer and has since then been living in England, studying law at the aiidtlle Temple.
