The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-08

England May He Compelled to Fight
Germany and Russia.


Germany and Russia.
NEW YORK, Jan. S.-A dispatch to the
Journal from London says: The govern
ment gag is still on the news from Cape
town. Meantime, the most serious condi-
tion is nearer hc,ne. England and Germany
are on the ragged. edge of war. Your cor
respondent cabled yesterday that it i'm
possible to believe the runla- that Emperor
william had told Leyds, agert of the
Transvaal, that he meant to send q German
minister to johannesburg. Leyds tcld this
to reporter yesterday, and now he has
said TO another news man at Berlin that
the Emperor told him he would recognize
the complete independence of the Trans
vaal. Reiteration has strengthened the
nor less than war between England and
Germany.
Emperor William has not ships enough to
fight England, and will not do so alone. The
case is one either of pure buster or else is
the outcome OF well-arranged plan be-
tween Russia and Germany, in pursuance OF
which Emperor William takes the first slight
excuse for announcing his intentions.
The situation was intense here last night.
because England is not averse to this war,
as she was to a war with the United States.
One could feel the strain in the air. The
editors-in-chief of all the leading London
dailies were sent for by Chamberlain and
cioseted with him for some time. after
which he went tosthe Isle of Wight to see
the Queen. BY her command he had been
sending dispatches by wire and papers by
messengers twice day. so the Queen was
we'll informed before commanding him to
visit her. The whole situation, therefore.
bears an ugly look.
OFFICERS ANXIOUS FOR WAR.
Some sort of word has been sent out to
the army reserves. and at the presentation
of some army medals by the Princess
Louise the regular army general detailed
to the volunteers took occasion to declare
that the volunteers never in better
condition, and that retired officers were
pressing forward from all over the country
to notify the War Office OF their readiness
to rejoin the service.
A glance at the Chronicle revealed the
be close at hand, and also discloses the
fact that the government has decided TO
apprise the English nation that it is facing
a crisis. No such words have been read and
no such tone used in an English newspaper
in many a day England and Germany
Serious Crisis" Such is the bold headline
Then follows Berlin dispatch asserting
that the Transvaal is TO throw off English
suzerainty and declare her independence
Also" says the correspondent, "the step
already taken, of changing the German con-
will be followed. the Boerson Courier states,
by the appointment OF resident German
minister there
The editor Of the Chronicle, under the in
spiration of the War Office, starts his lead
er, "Warlike Utterances," and starts thus:
1.-THE patience and good sense of the English
people stand to-day in need of reinforce
ment. We observe a hasty, not to say a
panic-stricken cell for the immediate sum-
moning of the defensive forces of the en-
pire. We assume that they will be ready.
that their employment will not be adver-
tised in the spirit of vulgar and timorous
haste. Peace is one of the greatest of Brit
ish interests. and, above all, peace with
America is not merely an interest; it is
a first condition of honorable life for both
peoples
A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY.
The editorial goes on to say that no dis
pute between England and America, how
ever embittered, should be allowed to pro-
eeed to the extremity of war; The leader
is a column long. and all of it directed TO
America. Then comes the statement of the
German situation in second editorial. II
begins: 1.-The tension is so extreme at the
present moment that every man in these
a
heavy responsibility" Continuing, the
writer says: THE American question is far
more important of the two. because the ties
that bind our people are closer than our re-
lations to Germany" The editor quotes the
vital clause of the convention with the
Transvaal of 1884 enforcing suzerainty over
that country. and adds mo language can
be palmer, and we have simply to inform
the German Emperor we abide by that lam
guage as completely as We do by our in
tention to respect the internal liberty and
independence of the South African repub-
lie" In this article Cecil Rhodes is referred
to as turbulent South African Dictator"
phrase showing which way the wind blows