BRITISH BADLY DEFEATED.
Doers Attack Col. Benson's JRjar Guard In
a Mist-Col. Benson and Many
Olliers Killed.
London, Nov. 2.—The following Is
the text of Lord Kitchener’s dispatch
from Pretoria, November 1:
“I have just heard of a severe at
tack made on the rear guard of Col.
Benson’s column when about twenty
miles northwest of Bethel, near
Brokenlaagte, during a thick mist,
“The strength of the enemy is re
ported to have been a thousand. They
rushed two guns with the rear guard,
but it is uncertain whether they were
able to remove them.
“I fear our casualties were heavy.
Col. Benson was wounded, but not se
riously. A relieving column will reach
him this morning.”
Later Lord Kitchener telegraphed
as follows:
“Col. Barlow, who marched front
the constabulary line yesterday,
reached Benson’s column early this
morning (Friday) unopposed. He re
ports that Col. Benson died of his
wounds.
“The other casualties are as fol
lows;
Killed—Col. E. Guinnes, Maj. F. D.
Murray, Captains M. W. Lindsay and
F. T. Thorold, Lieutenants E. V. I.
Brooks and E. E. Shepherd, and Sec
ond Lieutenant A. J. Corlett.
“Died of his Wounds—Capt. Eyre
Lloyd."
Lord Kitchener then gives the
names of 13 other officers wounded,
most of them severely, and announces
that 54 non-commissioned officers and
men were killed and 160 wounded,
adding that four of the latter have
since died of their wounds.
The dispatch then says:
“I assume that the two guns have
been recovered and the enemy has
withdrawn, but 1 have no further de
tails.
“I deeply regret the loss of Col.Ben
son and the other offleersand men who
fell with him. In Benson the service
loses a most gallant and capable of
ficer, who invariably led his column
with marked success^md judgment.
“The fighting was at very close
quarters and maintained with deter
mination by both sides. The enemy
suffered heavily, but I have not yet
received a reliable estimate.
“The Boers retired east.”
Was it tlie Same Engagement!
London, Nov. 2.—Col. Benson had
been for some time operating in the
vicinity of Bethel, which is nortli'east
of Stanarth. Be surprised a Boer
laager October 22, near Trichard sfon
tein, taking 37 prisoners. Three days
later, according to Lord Kitchener’s
report at the time, after a long night
march, the commandoes under Grobe
laar and Erasmus “Heavily attacked
Benson’s rear guard and flanks at
Yzavontaine, but were easily driven
away.”
ADDRESS BY MINISTER WU.
Some Com pa riso i»*t Betiveen the Old
and the New—Unjust Immi
gration Laws.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 2.—Wu Ting
Fang, Chinese minister at Washing
ton, delivered an address before 1,000
students of the university here last
night on the “Tendencies of the
Times.” He said in part:
“I fully appreciate the excellence of
your political, economical and edu
cational systems. Too much can not
be said in praise of the founders of
this country for their foresight; but
excellent as are the systems they
founded, they are not yet perfectly
suited to all times.
“China lived too much in the past.
I am sorry for it. Her literature and
her government are relics of the past.
They were all right when China was
isolated, but in tliese days of prog
ress are inadequate for present, needs.”
Mr. Wu referred to the strife which
is almost constantly being waged be
tween capital and labor in this coun
try, and said:
“It is said that capital is antagonis
tic to labor. Why is this so? One is
essential to the other. There should
be a better appreciation of the value
of both. Trusts and labor unions
should unite. Why should not dis
putes between capital and labor be
taken into the courts like civil suits
for settlement?”
Referring to the immigration laws
of the United States, Mr. Wu said:
“This country needs restrictive im
migration laws of general scope and
not laws that single out one race.
The special laws against Chinese im
migration are the result of ignorance
of the facts.
“China has 350,000,000 people, and
her immense territory is able to sup
port this population. All Chinamen
love home, and have a horror of trav
eling abroad. All Chinamen except
diplomats who leave China come from
the Province of Quan Tung. The
Chinese barriers in this country
should be removed.”
Mr. Wu said that the treaty of 1888
' was made to stop Chinese labor, but
since laws had been passed keeping
out Chinese merchants and trades
men; consequently the high and
worthy Chinese could not get into this
country. Mr. Wu said the best way
was to go by the golden rule.
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