Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
England Seems to BE Rusl,ing
Preparations for AcriY1
Hostilftles.
Flying Squadron Ready for Sea
and Land Forces Get
Warning.
BanIshment Of Rhodes and
Jameson Demanded BY
Kruger. VI.

demands Punishment Of Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes; ex-premier Of Cape Colony, and
Dr.. Jameson from Africa, and that an
enormous fine is also demanded from
the British Chartered company.
1t 10 supposed here that this may re-.
fer to the q, 500. 900 indemnity which,
according to . dispatch from Berlin,
the Transvaal government will demand
Of Great Britain.
A dispatch from Berlin said that
Prince Won Radolin, the German am
bassador to st. Petersburg, who has
been ut the German capital, has Re.
turned to st. Petersburg bearing Alet-
ter from Emperor William to the cxar,
dealing with the Transvaal question
+ Gstting Ready for was. 81
The gravity Of the political crisis
In, England is increasing instead u ID
diminishing. The attitude of Em-
peror William towards Great Britain in
the matter Of DIR. Jameson's free
booting expedition into the Transvaal,
upon closer study seems to have hssD
deliberate. and long and carefully
planned. The TransvaA incident,nit
would appear, was only the pretsxt
seized upon by the emperor, in orderstO
enter the field as an active opponants.of
Great Britain's policy Of aggranlize-
ment in Africa, and her little misun-
derstanding with King Prempeh Of
Ashanti, together with her support Of
1taly's warfare against Abyssinia are
believed to have been the irritating fea-
lures which finally induced his majesty
to show his hand. OF course this is
only q sample of the rumors in circula-
ton here; but it shows the drift Of the
wind, and has served to incense the
British to a degree not witnessed since
war with Russia was threatened some
years ago. r.e
Tho Kaiser Backing the TransvsaLS
To make matters worse, it is now re.
ported that the Transvaal republic will
demand an indemnity Of 81, 100000
from Great Britain as one of the results
of DR.. Jameson's invasion of the little
Dutch republic. If this turns out to8be
the case, no doubt will be entertained
that Emperor William in his recent m
terviews with DR.. w. J, Leyds, the sec
rotary Of state Of the Transvaal,
prompted this demand, and may also
have announced his intention Of sup,
porting it. ~ ...,s,s Is,
Under these circumstances, and IN
view Of the war preparations by Land
and sea now being vigorously pushed
by Great Britain, it il not astonishing
that there was an ominous drop in con-,
soils, which, q much as anything, Il s
clear indication that the gravity Of the
political situation Is not newspaper ex-
aggeration. IF
i! Dispetchss from Berlin announce that
Emperor Wt11asm has had IN important
conference with p. Kaysef, chief Of
the German colonial onlce, and that
further dispatches have been exchanged
between Berlin and Pretoria. a,l*
r.. llliltssy Authorities Active. y, Z
The military authorities no longer
attenpt to conceal the fact that they.
are actively preparing for the possibility
OF war. An the regiments Of h the
British army (army reserve, volun.,
teers, militis, etc. j. have bean ordersd
to make immediate returns Of their
strength for mobilization; but, - yet,
no further steps IN this direction have
been deemed necessary. cfS
Among the volunteers and militia
there u 8 strong feeling in favor Of
enrolment Tor sctivs service and on all
sides the greatest enthusiasm i dis
played. There seems 70 be . feeling
here that Great Britain has about stood
Ill she can stand In tho way Of studied
opposition upon the part Of Germany,
even il the latter il backed by France
and Russia, which II not considered to
be by any means certain. #