Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
DON Paul Is SCORED
Secretary Chamberlain Declares the
Transvaal's Presidents Replies
Are Very Unsatisfactory.
Great Britain Has Been Patient in.
the Face Of Constant
Evasion.
British Statesman Says the Crisis
is Not Over Gen. Joubert's
View.

/ v4OWs
Birmingham, Eng, Aug. 2s.-1n
| throwing open his gardens here Satur-
day afternoon to the members of the
ST. Bartholomew ward liberal union
lists, Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of
state for he colonies, was drawn into
| the most important speech on the
Transvaal situation he has made since
| the adjournment of parliament. He
said, in part:
II wish that could tell you today
that the difficulties existing for so many
years between her majestys govern
ment and the oligarchy in Pretoria,
which has assumed such an acute form
during the last few years, were happi-
| ly settled.
But, unfortunately. that is not yet in
my power. AS you know, for three
months we have been negotiating. Pres
| idenJ Kruger has made. perhaps. some
little progress. but 1 can not truly say
that the crisis is passed.
President Kruger procrastinates in
his reply. He dribbles each reply like
water from a squeezed sponge His
offers are accompanied with conditions
which he knows to be impossible. or
| he refuses to allow us to make a salts
factory investigation of their nature
/ do not think it will be denied that
we have exhibited unparalleled patience
in the rela tons between a paramount
| and subordinate state. The situation
is too fraught with danger. it is too
| strained for indefinite postponement.
| The knot must be loosened, to use Mr.
Balfour's words, or else we shall have
TO find other ways of untying it,
If we are forced to make further
preparations, if the delay continues
much longer. we shall not hold our
selves limited by what we have already
offered, but having taking this matter
in hand, we will not let go until we
have secured conditions which, once for
all, will establish US as the paramount
| power in South Africa and secure for
our subjects there those equal rights
and privileges promised by President
Kruger when the Transvaal,s independ-
| ence was granted
If it comes TO this if the rupture
which we have done everything in our
| power to avoid, is forced upon us. 1 am
9confident we shall have the support not
only of the vast majority of Britons,
but Of the whole empire
\ London, Aug. 2S.-Though no actual
Developments have apparently taken
Il place recently in the Transvaal situa-
4 ton, the public interest in the crisis has
been wonderfully quickened. This is
due TO the dawning realization that
Great Britain is making the most meth
lodical preparations for war. The utter
lack of official news on the serious out
Hook have made the week one of ten
Ision. Contradictory reports from al
/ home and abroad have flourished and
on the strength of these the newspa-
4 pers have sawed from peace 10 war
and vics-versa and are now hopeessly
4 at sea.
An endless superstition has been in
/ dulged in regarding President Kruger's
counter propositions, but from a broad
4 point of view such details are not inn
lportant as compared with the fact that
4 President Kruger has refused-some
say. evaded-the irreducible minimum
l.of Sir Alfred Miner, the governor of
A Cape Colony, and the British high com
4 missioner in South Africa. 1t is now
nearly a week since the British govern
nent has been in possession of kruger's
reply. Whether in the interests of peace
4 the powers higher than Chamberlain
the secretary of state for the colonies
q are still temporizing or whether or not
a decisive ultimatum is already on its
way to the president of the Transvaal
is a pure conjecture. The most con
sentative opinion is that the Beers viii
ultimately back down. but there are M
signs. judging from the military activ
) ity at the British war office, and tht
lsame activity in the South African re
public that such is likely TO be the ca Sc
} Though both sides may be using tn
movements of troops as bluff. Tha
J, Chamberlain is not in a pacific moot
is evidenced by the publication of tn
, correspondence between the Beers an,
D Sir Alfred Miner. According to tn
( speaker this action has immeasurabl,
) increased the difficulty of keeping
peace.
5 Definite representation as to tn
loutcome of the Transvaal crisis hedge
in as it is with the usual secrecy an
5 the countless loopholes through whic
; either side might crawl are thus de
Z barred. All that can be said Is that i
a very short period, probably less tina
a week, the world will know definitel
: whether President Kruger finally &C
knowledges British suzerainty and it
= personalities or whether he really in
tends to resort to arms in order to de
fend his contention.
1t is palpable that the British wi
now refuse to accept any evasion {
their suzerainty claims whatever othe
concessions President Kruger Nigh
make.
The Transvaal correspondent of tn
Manchester Guardian, we'll know
, writer on economics, says he finds
widespread willingness among the JIG
hannesburg uitlanders to take the frar
chise insisted upon by Chamberlain. BIT
no eagerness. He says the uitlander
. grievances are genuine, but are great
exaggerated and not keenly felt excel
by the hotheaded politicians.
A BOER GENERALS VIEWS.
Joubert Writes a Letter About til
Trnnsvaal situation.
New York, Aug. 2S.-George w. Va
sicklen, a lawyer of this city, has RI
ceived an interesting letter from Ge
p. j. Joubert, commander in chief