The Indianapolis journal., 1896-04-26
The venexueIan Dispute, the Beers,
cations, All Sources Of Trouble.
SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
REBELLIOUs BLACKS GRADUALLY
ENURCLING BULUwAYo.
President Kruger Said to BE Prepar-
ing for a Great Struggle with Brit
. ain, and to Have the Advantage.

Copyright, 1896 by the Associated Press)
LONDON, April 3.-with the South Afric-
an, Egyptian, Venezuelan and far Eastern
complications on his mind, to say nothing
of the European entanglements, the Mar
quis of Salisbury can hardly be said to be
free from care, or likely to regularly enjoy
his sleep undisturbed by nightmares.
The Saturday Review, referring TO the
Venezuelan question, says: TT is incumbent
on US to reach an understanding on the
general question OF arbitration before. the
American commission reports and we can
only hope that the Marquis of Salisbury will
not allow the accepted time to slip away un-
used" The Speaker remarks: 'sIt is incred-
ible that the ministers are willing to risk
further difficulties with America, when the
|, difficulties elsewhere show no signs of dimin-
ishing"
The Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, Mr.. George M. Curzon, is to make
a further statement in the House of COM
mons on Monday regarding the progress of
the negotiations with the United States on
the subject of Venezuela. In the meantime
the Times, in its editorials, accurately re-
fleets the government view, since a plan for
general arbitration has been proposed in
England, 1t is considered in Washington that
the proposals for arbitrating the Venezuelan
frontier dispute were merged in it. The
Times says: 1T is assumed that the Marquis
of Salisbury rejected the Washington pro-
posals in regard to Venezuela. The Marquis
of Salisbury certainly did not accept the
proposals as they stood. but it was not
imagined that the action taken in regard
to them should possibly be regarded as a re-
lection. The difficulty was in regard to the
definition of settled districts, and the. Mar
Col:. ..I.
subjects did not promise to be successful.
and accordingly he attempted to solve the
problem of Venezuelan arbitration by solv-
ing the problem of general arbitration" The
Times statement that the Uruan incident
is settled is c;assed as being premature. al
though it is added there is every prospect
of its ultimate satisfactory settlement.
President Krugerss declination Of the invi-
tation of the Secretary OF State for the Col
onies, MIR. Joseph Chamberlain, to visit Eng
land, on the ground5 that his presence in the
Transvaal is required by the Volksraad, has
cast damper over the South African nego-
| tiations, although 1t. is said to-day that the
| Anglo-Transvaal relations will be greatly
benefited by the decision of the Johannes
burg 'reformers 70 plead guilty. 1t is de-
clared here that this determination was
| reached on advice from high quarters, and
in order not to give the Transvaal any fur
| ther annoyance, and the announcement that
| the other counts against the prisoners have
been abandoned is Interpreted as indicating
oners' plea as an apology. President Kru-
gers refusal, however has caused a great
deal7of Irritation, hnd 1t is felt that the Boer
statesman is simply "fooling' Mr.. Chamber
lain by his dallying answer. The latter is
severely blamed for the passage in his recent
speech which described the Transvaal gov
ernment as being defective and corrupt. This
is classed as unnecessarily offensive to the
Transvaal at delicate juncture, and the ex-
planation of the Secretary of State for the
Colonies that 1t was matter OF common
repute is regarded as rather tame.
The English newspapers continue to pub
lish stories of the German-Transvaal
entente, the arming of=the burghers and the
erection of forts; make calculations of the
number of Dutch In South Africa who could
take the field, and estimate how many Brit
ish troops would be required in case of war.
etc. In brief it is hscgeneral opinion that
serious conflict between the British and the
will delay the moment until fully armed, and
Great Britain will delay until the memory of
Jameson's raid is effaced from the minds of
the Afrfkanders and the younger men of the
Transyaal are ready 10 turn against the So
called antiquated clique at the head of af-
fairs.
The news of the sortie from Buluwayo
and the hero.sm of several officers and
troops in risking their lives to COM
rades has aroused much enthusiasm heres
and this feeling will increase when 1t be-
/ comes more generally known that half of
injuries while assisting wounded companions
in arms. An officer was killed after giving
his horse TO a severely wounded friend.
n1rrs Inc news ,o from % Egypt ;y shows that the
active. 1t was thought that they would
have already attacked the lines of commu-
nication, but apparently they are waiting
for the Khalifa's orGers or are planning. a
combined attack on the Anglo-Egyptian
forces There is no let-up in the work of
forwarding ammunition and supplies to the
front, and the most untiring activity is Wit
messed on all slides. A special feet of light
draught steamers will soon be placed on the
upper Nile.
All signs point to revival of the European
war scare with renewed force, after the
fetes attending the coronation of the Car
are over. Another coup d'etat is believed to
be preparing in Bulgaria. and, by general
consent, the intention of taking the initiative
is ascribed to Russia. Hence the undoubted
anxiety in England to get the Venezuelan
question off her hands before the continental