The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-05
ENGLAND TO SEND MORE MEN.
SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY CORPs WILL
BE INCREASED.

Nht hbENtF-hbtEN are
Their Forces ON Natal Border.
Seizure of Gold.
London. oct. 1.-The most interesting an
nouncement in connection with The Trans
yaal crisis to-day is that the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Sir Michael
Hicks Beach, has already sanctioned the
provisional expenditure Of 100000 and
that the government will not exceed that
limit without authority from Parliament,
which will be asked to vote a sum not
exceeding fS,OoOO00.
A meeting of the war board to-day dis
cussed and drew up arrangements to in
sure the safety of the route from Dur
ban to Laings Mex so that large bodies
of troops may, on Discrimination. he rap
idly forwarded up the country TO the front
without confusion or crowdlng at the base.
1t is stated tonight that the war office
has decided that the army corps for SER
vice in South Africa shall be much larger
than originally estimated and that it now
consists of over 1000 men. The prepara-
tions for the dispatch of this force, in
Guiding the cherterlng of big ocean liners.
is steadily and satisfactorily proceeding.
The Press Association learns that the
dispatch drawn up by the cabinet on Fri
day was still unsent up to this evening.
Alleged DOer UItimntum.
On the other hand a telegram from Brus-
sels gives from a "well informed source"
the news that DR.. Leyds, the representa-
tive in Europe OF the South African Re-
public, has received confirmation of the
that Draotfapt aJ1
ed an uldmatum TO Great Britain, de-
manding the withdrawal of the British
forces from The frontier within forty-eight
hours. ana that IL was delivered on Mon
day This report, however. still lacks Of
hcial confirmation.
The confidence of the military authorl-
ties at the Cape is shown by n dispatch
received tonight from Cape Town. which
stated that at conference between the
military authorities there and Gen. Sir
George Stewart White, Y. c.. who Will
command the British forces in Natal, and
Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick Walker, held %
consider the situation, Gen. White eX-
pressed himself as confident that Che Brit
ish would be able to present force sufii-
cient to repel any attack.
Gen. White, who intended to go to Dur
ban on board warship, has now, In Or
der TO save time, abandoned the idea and
VIII so by train tonight
a line steamer left Lourenzo Marquee
Delagoa bay, to-day with 1900 Rand refu-
gees. Large numbers were left behind,
and all trains are crowded with those
taking part in the exodus from the Trans
yaal.
DOer Camp Is Growing.
A dispatch from Voksrust says the Boer
camp on The Natal border now comprises
5000 men, and is growing daily. The camp
breathes a religious fervor. The commits
sariat arrangements the dispatch says,
are defective. One Of the largest corps
lay in the veldt without shelter during a
heavy thunderstorm.
Commandant General Joubert is momen-
tarily expected to assume command Of the
Boer forces. Confirmation of yesferday's
report of the acquisition by The Trausvaal
authorities of fj00,00O IN gold, which was
on the way to Cape Town from Johannes
burg. was received to-day.
The Cape Argus asserts that the Beers
made the seizure at Vereeniging, the
amount being the weeks shipment of gold
on the way from the Rand to Cape Town.
ard forwarded by the treasurer TO Preto-
ria.
A London news agency publishes dis
patch from Paris saying il is rumored
that a semi-ofiicial exchange of views is
proceeding between Russia, France and
Germany with reference to the Transvaal
crisis.
A special from Pretoria says that the
Transvaal government has seized god to
rne amount OF fSO0000, which is now
lodged in the state mint. The government,
the dispatch adds, viii indemnify the
banks to which The gold is consigned.
Martial Law Delayed.
London, oct. 5.-A telegram from Jo-
hannesburg says that State Secretary Reltz
of the Tranvaal informed a correspondent
Of the Standard and Diggers News that
81, ton f4r In l.4ff
delayed.
In Cape Town the opinion prevails that
the delay of the Beers i'm assuming the
offensive points to willingness on the part
of the Tranvaal government to allow pO-
Htical counsel 20 override military ardor
and that there is therefore still hope that
the Afrikanders' efforts for peace will pre-
vail.
Lord James of Hereford, writing to
correspondent, expresses a fear that the
maintenance Of peace is now impossible.
Sir Edward Vincent speaking a Exeter
yesterday evening. said ne understood
that Gen. Sir RelVers Butler did not ex-
pect the war to be a short one. The peace
party is making the most OF the interval
of the anticipated reassembllng of Parlia-
ment.
stiII Hope for Peace.
1t is understood that Sir Alfred Milner
has not yet abandoned hope that the
powerful influence now at work in Pre-
toria and Bloemfontein may lead to the
arrest of the mobilization of troops on both
sides and open the door to pacific solu-
ton.
other kilograms report that a Boer at
tack upon Natal Is expected at any mo-
ment, bat assert that commandant Gen.
Joubert has threatened to shoot any man
who moves without orders.
The London morning papers are inclined
to regard the seizure OF gold by the Trans
vaal government as an act Of war.
No absolute confirmation Is obtainabie
OF the report that a Boer ultimatum has
been presented, but the news comes from
what Is usually good Boer source,
HOfmeyer Met MiIner.
London, Oct. 5-The Daily Chronicles
correspondent at Cape Town, telegraph
ing undef date Of Tuesday, says:
For the first time in severa months J.
H. Hofmeyer, the Afrikander leader in
Cape Colony, and Sir Alfred Miner Brit
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