The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-16
IT MEAN WAR;
GREAT ACTIVITY In THE ENGLISH
NAVY YARDS.
Men Are Working Day and Might IN
Put the Ships to Compose the Flv.
ing Squadron Into Shape-An Im.
Has Been Ordered by the Govern
ment.

London. Jan. Fit is reported thar
a second special squadron of warships
consisting OF fast cruisers. has been
told off and will be held i'm readiness
for commission ut Il moments notice.
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Sec.
rotary of state for the colonies, went
TO Osborne to-day, and will stay there
over night. Right Hon. g. J. GOschen
first lord OF the admiralty. made a spe.
cial visit to Portsmouth today and in.
spected the ships OF the flying SQUAD.
ron and saw the guns of their arma.
ment worked. The workmen AZ
Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth
worked late last night by electric light
for the fitting out Of the ships Of this
squadron. Ii is expected that those az
Portsmouth dock yard will continue
the work of preparation on Sunday. 1t
is announced that the government has (
ordered the stores of small arm cart.
ridges 70 be Increased from 6O,0O0,0O
10 10000, 900. All these preparations,
Of course. mean an enormous outlay OF
treasure.
A dispatch from Johannesburg says.
Twenty-Five members of the reform
committee. including Col. Rhodes. a
brother Of Cecil Rhodes; Sir Drum
m0nd Dunbar, Lionel Phillips and Dr.
Sauer, were arrested ut their club last
evening on the charge Of high treason,
| and conveyed under escort to Pretoria.
Perfect quiet prevails in Johannes.
burg. The populace is Indifferent and
the Uit,anderS are diSarming.
In English Hands.
| London Ian lD-Thp most imnOr.
tant development in the South African
situation today is the fact that, in
| spite Of all denialS. it is now believed
in many quarters that there is some
truth in the rumOrs hat Great Britain
has purchased Delagoa Bay from Por.
tugaI. If this be the case. an entirely
new complexion will be thrown upon
| the political situation. and ii may turn
| out to be the Pxcus" Of the assembling
! Of such a powerful! British fleet az the
one which will be anchored off Port.
land on next tuesday. As 1t Is under.
| stood that the government OF the
| Transvaal has demanded. anon other
things. that Great Britain fOrego her
| right to obtain possession Of DelagOa
Bay, and rs Germany may look upon
! this as q move which will seriously
threaten the future OF the TranSvaal,
the situation. if the report is true, will
become more critical. Efforts are now
being made to obtain a confirmation or
a denial Of the reported purchase OF
Delagoa Bay by Great Britain.
There does not seem to be an
change in the attitude Of Germany to-
ward Great Britain in regard TO the
T~ranSvaal. Great Importance is at
20 tol - No. l. tt- aI,1 Yr nAe III
NaChriChtpn, which is Said TO have
been directly inspired nv Prince Bis
marck, in which it indirectly disap
proves OF the governments attitude,
and adds: The duty OF the govern
mPnt is more to defend the internal
ard external peace OF the country
against disturbances than to promote
foreign enterprise"
The Globe this afternoon raises 40
important question which NAV have
conSiderabl IL bearing on the whole sit
uation. 1t says ii is suspected In well
Informed quarters that a treaty wa
concluded in 1885 between German!
and the Transvaal. and that the pres
ent attitude Of Emperor William to
ward Great Britain is based upon the
provisions of this treaty.
LOOKS "arltke. ~
Berlin, Jan. IA telegram received
form Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay
announces that the German manot
war Condor has arrived there
London. Jan. 11.-Some excitemen
has been caused by a telegram frol
BOer sources in Johannesburg, whG
states that President Kruger will boil
Or. Jameson until the London conyeF
ton is ~abrOgated, which would mea'
the abandoning OF the English suzef
ainty over the Transvaal. The coo
NAL office. however, has heard nOthins
Of such a stipulation. and the govern
ment is not disposed TO believe the
port.
The Times has a dispatch from Pr
toria which says: The disarmins 5
johannesburg has been complete
without mishap. and the Boer pole
now patrol the town. The crisis