The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
BLACK WAR
Lifts It's Threatening Head in
Gold Land.
South Africa on the Verge of
an Explosion.
The Dutch Beers and the For
eigners in Arms.
NON COMBATANTS FLEE
Trains Leaving johannesburg
Crowded with People.
Barney BarnatO's Wonderful
Gold Mines Close.
LONDON is EXCITED
Over the News From the Worlds
Greatest Gold Field.
Foreigners Want the Rights of
Citizenship.

JOHANNESBURG, South African Re-
public. Dec 30-The political crisis here
brought about by the efforts of the for
eign population TO obtain equal political
rights with the Beers has reached an
acute stage.
The exodus of women and children is
increasing. All trains leaving this place
are crowded and the price of food stutfs
has risen greatly. All kinds of loose
rumors are current and the government
has notified the burghers to be ready for
active service in case of an emergency.
The mercantile association has formed
itself into town body guard, for the
purpose of preserving order and protect
ing life and properly. They will not
take part in revolution, or riot of any
kind, and have asked the government to
supply them with arms and ammuni-
ton.
Several of the leading mines are ex :
pected to close today. President Kruger
in an interview with q representative of
the Associated Press expressed regret at
the present agitation and said: IF the
position is aggravated many disastrous
consequences are to be apprehended
especially in mining and commercial en-
terprlses.
The present attitude of the Uitlanders
does not conduce to calm consideration
of their alleged grievances. The gov
ernment will give them an oportunity
for free speech on their grievances, such
as does not .incite to rebellion, but the
government is fully prepared to stop any
move aiming at disturbance of law and
order"
General Joubert, commander-in-c chief
of the Transvaal forces. has been sum
moned to Pretoria from Natal.
LONDON, Dec. 30-Ihe Times this
morning publishes long dispatches from
Cape Town, Paris and Berlin, bearing on
the Transvaal question.
The Paris dispatch quotes the Debats
as saying: "The London Times seems tc
be avenging itself on the Beers for the
moderate tone it was obliged to adopt to-
ward Uncle Sam" The Debats then pro-
ceeds to argue upon the danger to French
| interests of allowing England to seize the
| Transvaal.
dispatch to the Times from the
Hague says that Hollands attitude or
the question is apparently one of indif.
ference.
The Berlin dispatch says: "The &C
ton of the Uitlanders in the Transvaa
has given rise to an unusually violen
anti English feeling in the German
| press" The National Zeitung is quoted
as follows: "Germany, Portugal anC
possibly France cannot allow the Boel
republic to become the exclusive prey o
England, especially of such dangerous
parsonage as Mr.. Cecil Rhodes" Th'
dispatch then continues: "The Koen
iche Zeitung. the Kreus ZeitunG
and other papers express similar senti
ments. 1t cannot be denied that, while
the relations between the English ant
German governments are in no way cor
dial. wide spread feeling of animosit!
against England exists in Germany"
The Times has a column article, ex
planatory of the Transvaal trouble
which says: Equity of representation
with taxation, language, law, responsi
bility of the administration to the legis
Iature and the removal of religious disa
bilities are among the chief of the Uit
Iander's demands, while they desire t.
maintain Republican Institutions"