Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-09
DANGEROUSLY NEAR TO WAR.
London Newspapers Admit the Stun
tton IN CrfticnE.

London Admit the Stun
ton IN CrfticnH.
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-
ton is nearer horne. England and Germany
are on the ragged edge of war. The corre-
| spondent cabled yesterday that 1t was i'm
possible to believe that Emperor William
had told Leyds, agent of the Transvaal, that
he meant to send a German minister to
johannesburg. Leyds told this to a reporter
yesterday and now he has said to another
news man at Berlin that the emperor told
him he would recognize the complete indie
pendence of the Transvaal. Reiteration has
strengthened the story, which if true, means
neither more 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 either one of pure buster or else is
the outcome of a well arranged plan between
Russia and Germany in pursuance of which
Emperor William takes the first slight ex-
cuse for announcing his intentions. The stu
alton was tense here last night. but Eng
land Is not so 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 large dailies
were sent for by Chamberlain and closetsd
with him for some time, after which he
"She " Nv isit - I5Hl W ~ lit uuGpn.
BY her command he had been sending mes
sages by wire and papers by messengers
twice a day, so the queen was we'll informed
before commanding him to visit her. This
whole situation therefore bears an ugly
expression. Some sort of word has been
sent out to the. army reserves, and at the
presentation of some army medals by Prin-
cess Louise the regular army generals de-
tailed to the volunteers took occasion to
declare that the volunteers we're never in
hotter condition and fha rapp1n III ,,r, ,ro.S
pressing forward from all over the country
to notify the war Office of their Willingness
to join the force.
BELIEVE WAR AT HAND.
A glance at the Chronicle reveals the fact
that war with Germany is believed to be
close at hand and discloses the fact that the
government has decided to apprise the Eng
fish nation that it is facing a crisis. No
such words have been read, and no such
ones used in English papers in many a day.
England and Germany, Serious Crisis, such
is the bold headline. Then follows the Ber-
lin dispatches asserting that the Transvaal is
to throw off English suzerainty and declare
herself independent.
Also says the correspondent, "the step
already taken of changing the German con-
sulate at Pretoria to a consulate general will
be followed" the Boersen Courier states, by
the appointment Of a resident German min
lister there"
The editor of the Chronicle. under the in
spiIatlon or the colonial office, starts his
leader thus: "Warlike Utterances." "The
patience and good sense of the English people
s.ahd TO-DAY In need of enforcement. We
observe a haste, not to say a panic-stricken |
call for the immediate summoning of the de-
tenave forces of the empire. We assume
that they will be ready. We expect they /
viii be adequate. We hcpe their employment
will not be advertised in the spirit of a vul-
gar and timorous haste. Peace is one of
the greatest OF British interests, and above
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terest, it is a first condition of honorable
life for both peoples" !
The editorial goes on to say that no dispute
between England and America, however en-
Filtered, should be allowed to proceed to the
extremity of war. The leader is a column
long and all Of 1t is directed to America.
Then comes the treatment of the German
In a second editorial. 1t begins:
The tension is so extreme at the present
moment that every man in these islands
should feel resting on him a heavy response
bility." Continuing, the writer says: "The
American question is the more important of
tho two, because the ties that bind our peo-
PIE are closer than our relations to Ger
many"
STAND ON THE TREATY.
The editor quotes the vital clause of the
convention with the Transvaal Of 1884, en-
forcing suZerainty over that country, and
adds: mo language can be palmer, and we
have SIMPLY to inform the German emperor
We dDue ny tHat language as completely as
do by our intention to respect the internal
liberty and Independence of the South African
In this article Cecil Rhodes is
referred to as a turbulent South African
dictator" q phrase showing which way the
wind blows In Africa and that the wires from
Africa have been gagged.
The Daily Telegraph publishes the new
that the Royal Lancaster regiment, which
has started from India, will disembark at
Cape; Another regiment of equal
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Cape. A considerable force will shortly
leave England for the same poilt. These
regiments are to be selected in the First
corps. A first class cruiser has been
the German ship Adler is already. Further
yet, a second cruiser 10 on its way to Delagoa
bay, but both are third class cruisers and
likely to be cleverly handled by the British.
Sir Edwin Arnold begins his leader in these
characteristic words: 1T il not enough in
these days to have merely a just cause. JUS
tice, EnSlishmen are painfully discovering,
must wear the panoply of strength. and we
are therefore glad to announce that her
government Is confident In the
of its action in the matter of
the Transyaal. Resolute TO maintain the
Of the queen, 1t has directed naval
and military measures TO be taken which
Will put anything like a surprise or a de-
Nance in South Africa as altogether out OF
The question"
He makes no reference to Germany or It's !
or TO the fact that the German am
,assador called on Lord Salisbury today.
which | cannot help but think must have been .
or the purpose OF announcing that Ger
many intends to send a minister to the Trans ]
and recognize her Independence.
KAISER MADE A MISTAKE. !
The Standard. supposed to be closer to the
than even the Times, begins its
eader with a discussion OF the position OF
he German emperor. II says that he has
a mistake in counting en- France. 'Es-
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