The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-19
AN ARMY FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
GREAT BRITAIN TO SEND A LARGE
FORCE To FACE THE BOERS.


The Decision Directly in Opposition
TO the Advice OF Gov. Hercules
RObinsOn-I1ruger Gives Warming
That Negotiations VIII he Hope
less IL the Troops Are Sent-AngIO-
Russian Relations Declared Satis-
factory.
London, April 1S.-No session Of parlia-
ment that has been held since prior to the
passage OF the reform bill in 1899 has been
50 perfectly gratifying 10 the cravings Of
tho tories for class jobbery. sectarian
education and war excltenents. The state
ment made yesterday by the Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary Of state
for the colonies, that the government had
decided to Immediately replace the troops
who We're going into the interior Of Africa
from Cape Town by a battalion of infan-
try and a body of mounted men only skirt
ed the truth. A much greater movement Of
troops has been decided upon than was in
dieated in the statement of the colonial
secretary. At a conference held Thursday
between the Marquis of Lansdowne, sec
retary of state for war Mr. Chamberlain,
Commander-in-Chief Lord Wolseley and
Gen Sir Redvers Butler it was arranged
TO gradually pour English troops into
/
taken in direct opposition to Sir hercu-
les Robinson. governor of Cape Colony,
and British High Commissioner in South
Africa, who has advised the government
that Reinforcement of the British troops
now in South Africa Will excite the Beers
and hinder the prospect Of peace with the
GOV. Robinson states that President
| Kruger has sent a communication 10 MIN
| declaring that the negotiations between
/ the TransVaal and the United Kingdom
will hal q
Cape Colony.
The Globe and other unionist papers
| and also many liberal organs, assert that
I the government ought not TO snow tlm-
| idty before the Beers and submit, while
the Transvaal is arming itself 10 the
| teeth, TO keeping the british forces on
/ the dismissal of Gov. Robinson for be-
/ ing too subservient to the government
/ of the Transvaal, and in this II certainly
| voices conservative feeling.
| President Kruger has sent Jonkherr
| Won Boschorten, a state Official, 10 Eng
/ land on a mission connected with the
/ provision of the convention OF 1854 Tor
/ bidding the Transvaal TO grant prefer
| entail rates to any power against BrlIlsh
/ Imports. President Kruger, as was point
| ed out in this correspondents some une
| ago, lodges this provision by allowing a
1 large rebate in the duties collected ON
| goods imported from Germany by low
| ering the railway rates on shipments IOr
/ the Transvaal by way OF DelaSoa BAY,
/
| roads, and by other methods, all OF Wnlch
| result in benefit to imports from Ter
| many and disastrously affect British trade
| with the Transvaal.
The war Office has been instructed to
| hold two regiments OF guards ana Ihres
| line regiments IN readiness for actlVe ser
| vice abroad in June. The destination OF
these troops is not officially announced
| but il is unofficially known that they are
destined for Egypt, where It is under- i,il-
| stood they will land in July. BY the end
| of August the British reintorcements VIII
| number $500, and probably an Indian con-
| tngent will raise the NUMBER. Accoru-
! ing to the Army and Navy Gazette tne
| earliest advantage viii be taken or the
| rise of the Nile, at the end OF July, 70
| transport the troops, supplies, etc, 70
| Dongol9. Until the river Is nigh enough
| to allow stern Wheeiers to pass safely
| over the cataracts native crafts Will be
use for transportation purposes. Ihey
! Will, however, only be used TO transport
stores to places near the present base or
| operations.
The English papers make much of the
| statements that large capitalists in Egypt
| oppose the action of the French syndicate
| of Egyptian bondholders against the
| Egyptian debt commission to prevent the
| commission from paying FUNDS held by II
| for the expenses of the Soudan eXpedi-
| ton. The truth is that the capitalists
! consist of English, Austrian and Jewish
| firms holding Egyptian contracts. The
| head Of these firms, Baron Menasce Of
Alexandria, has practical business In
| tefeSL IN widening the area OIL the eXpe-
| dition. He provides railway and other
| materials for the advance
| While there is every sign that formid-
| able operations are designed in the Sou
| dan in the autumn the question that is
| exciting interest here is Will the govern
| ment venture to simultaneously challenge
| the Transvaal. Some difference of opinion
| as to the policy 10 be pursued clearly ex-
| lists in the cabinet Mr.. Chamberlain has
| in the meantime obtained the assent of
his colleagues to add /, 500 more troops to
] nfa ToaTTTFqflpnt
| Lord Salisbury means to deal with the
| Soudan matter first. 1t depends upon the
| Beers whether they win allow the British
70 wait for an opportunity to deal with
| them.
Senior Canovas de Castillo. the Spanish
! prime minister, has sent an emisSary to
| England to place large orders for steel
| ornaments connected with the strength
| ening of the defenseS of the Spanish At
| lantic and Mediterranean coasts. Judg-
| ing from the reported size of the orders
| the work projected IS colossal. 1t is sup
| posed that Spain is making these prepar-
| growing out of the attitude of the United
States on the Cuban question.
| The developments in the case of Mrs
| Dyer who was arrested at Reading in con-
| nection with the discovery of the bodies of
| a number of infants in the Thames is hor-
that since Christmas twenty children
| were entrusted to Mrs. Dyer s
keeping and that only four are living. The
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| many other children who had been placed
| in her charge, disappeared. The woman
has for long time practiced a wholesale
| system of infant murder. over one hum
| dred missing infants are now connected
| with Mrs. Dyer. The police have con-
| suited the higher legal authorities regard
| ing the prominent persons who have been
| found to be involved by giving Mrs. Dyer
| charge of children. Sensational develop
| ments are probable when the case comes
| on for trial She lived in Reading, where
! she had a reputation for piety. Above the
| door of her home was figure Of Christ,
beneath which was the inscription: "suf-
| fer little children TO come unto Me and for
| bid them not. for Of such is the kingdom of
! heaven" The police are tracking her ac-
| complice.
The United Press IS in a position to state
| on the authority of a foreign Office Off
cial that the relations between Russia and
| Great Britain concerning Corea are sat
| isfactory. Lord Salisbury has received
assurances that Russia does not aim to
| interfere in that country.
Experts in Irish land legislation are ex-
plOring the mazes Of the text of the Irish
| land bill which was issued to the men,