The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-10

Likely to Be another Unpleasantness
Between Them
what che cabinet Has Resoived-k
Coed word for the Boers-The
E'ranco-Chine&e War
News Notes.

LONDON, Oct. Ia-The Ri Hon. W E.
Foster presided at a conference held at West
minister hall Thursday On the alarming state
Of affairs in BachuanalaEd, and the action Of
. strong party If marauding Beers, who re-
Gently invaded Steialand, and, in The inter
est Q. humanity hauled down the British
flag and drove the British representa-
tiyes from Eryburg' II N. Stan
leg, the African explorer. was pres
emit. All the speakers made bellicoSe
addresses Mr.. Foster asserted that England
had humored the Roers and had given IN o
them i'll almost every way IN order to avoid
war tut that the limit to concession had
now teen reached, and that the policy 81
on-irtorvention pursued by The government
most come to an end, ana British supremacy
in South Africa upheld. At the conclusion
ot the speeches resolutions were passed lie
maudiIg that the government protect Mont
siol and other British allies in South Africa
from cneroachments Of the Beers, ana COM
pei the Beers to keeY, TO the terms If the new
rransvaal convention.
NEW YORK, Oct "a Lon'3n cable -
The sun says: 1t seams quite certain AZ "
that England will soon have another African
var Gpon her hands. This time The trouble
comes from the south Of the continent, ami
the English base nt npara G.s viii he Capa
Colony instead of Egypt Tt" continual
PnQroachmentS ri the Beers GpOn the
natives and settlers in Bechu1naland and
Iululand are held Ia be sufficient cause
Tor England to way war upon the Trans
vaal. The treaties between England ard the
countries named make it imperative upon
England to forcibly Interfere in certain cases,
and many politicians bore insist that case
demanding Interference has now arisea
This is the tone Of several leading London
papers, and about one half the ministers arc
said to entertain a siuiar opinion. The tory
papers say that the whole excitement about
the Doors and the Transyaal is tric!, 20
withdraw attention from the governments
hlundcr in Egypt.
While Fresi lent Kruger and n rest oI She
delegation from the Bner republic were here
,ast spring trying TO Get justice from Earl
u rHy, th2 Len Ion paHors. instead Of giving
ln',!h ,,oir accounts of their GRIEVANCES and
Ir,iras, cnutnHtel themselves with dert ling
those ilutcIrnon FROM itcia, criticisiliy
the cut Of tucir coats, AMI uoGg- that they
! .r,u!, tc1 :.Ihi remained n h2m, with th.iy
wives during the evening. instead 70. !r5aSiHE
,aGmpa4't and going elsewhere.
| i coiresp,ndcnt called Thurs lay evening
! i2,n Er. Clarke, an eminent praeliriou2r in
! london, vi, spent SOM wears Of lis lie III
utaera Africa, ami t. whom til, voltraGt
ii Ei,- T.ansyaal republic recently sent y
! f-Tat:! va,cot thanks 70" having rhamp.oHaI
| the cause Of the Beers against the shipirr5
| If iHt,ras;ci English ii shouil lie known, -
-ail pr Clarke, "that H." Trau>vaaI 70
| raj D.. has discla mod responsibility lor
! tie rtaTluding in Bee uanq:aua anl
! IHEnand Some OF the laarauicrs ar
Go.5~ bat they ara beyond the control o. the
| Irarsydal liberties The Tranyaal is an
laaaa,at region. and if its frontiers hetw, n
ErrisuaialAnd on Che west and Zulula,l
IN the east were strictly guarded ii
you'd require a large standing array tn,
| rraEsvaal people respect the convention en-
fara3 into with England They are gratefu
10 England Tor the justice done them in tn,
matter OF boundaries, tardy though it was
| But there is another thing which Bingham
ought to know by this time: they
will resist to the death any attempts a
English dictation." On the other hand, it j:
asserted that the Beers instead of annexing
Zululand to the Transvaal, winch they were
forbidden to do by the London convention
established a republic in that country unde1
the presidency of Joubort, vice president o
the Transvaal republic, and have tried t,
circumvcnt the convention 1t is also as
serted 10y the Cape Colony authorities tina
President Kruger himself authorized the in
yasion of Be"huanaland.