The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-23

Public, but London Financiers
President Kruger Admits Gravity
of Situation, but Hopes for Peace
full Solution.
LONDON, Sept. 23.-The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle
says:
Il have the best Of authority for stat
ing that the Orange Free State raed has
unanimously resolved to assist the
Transvaal against British aggression"
CAPE TOWN, Sept. 22.-The Berkshire
battalion, 1t is rumored, will be moved
tomorrow from King Williams rcwn to
the Orange Free State border, appar-
emily in response to President Steyns
speech at the opening of the raad yes-
terday.
Writing to an intimate friend here Pres
tdent Kruger says:
Things are serious ana will become
graver, but peaceful settlement will be
attained"
In the Cape house of assembly today,
| discussing the question of volunteers, Mr.
| w. P. Schreiner, the premier, said he
| hoped some day to see q force established
| in which English and Dutch would unite
| for the defense of the colony and render
it independent of imperial troups.
| INSTRUCTIONS TO MINER
| LONDON, Sept. 23.-The government, it
| IS understood, cabled Sir Alfred Milner,
| British high commissioner for South Af-
/ rica, yesterday afternoon tFriGay) a mes
! sage in accordance With the cabinets
decision. 1t is said hat the message p1o-
| tests strongly against the accusation Of
| bad faith on the part of Air. Conyngham
| Green. In the meantime no active steps
will be taken to send an "rmy corps TO
| South Africa, but preparations of g. GEN
eral kind will continue quietly for the
| dispatch of a large army under Gen. Sir
| Redvers Butler. should President Kruger
| decline to avail himself of the further
| opportunity now given for a compromise.
! The Standard says t believes the gov
| ernruent has decided ID convene parlia-
ment next month.
The Johannesburg &C correspondent of the
Morning Post says:
'It is asserted here that an under
standing exists in Pretoria that the Cape
Colony government will, at the last mo-
ment, declare in favor Of the Transvaal.'
1t is reported that fresh arrests of
Journalists ana outlander leaders are I'M
| Ininent ir Johannesburg.
CABINET COUNCIL
A cabinet council was held today be-
ginning at 1890 p. m. 4 large crowd as
sembled about Downing street early in
the day The cabinet ministers were
loudly cheered, the secretary of state. for
the colonies Mir. Chamberlain, receiving
the lions share OF the applause.
Previous to the meeting oil the cab
met Baron Rothschild visited the first
lcrd of the treasury, Mr.. Nalfour. The
circumstance is unusual and it is said TO
be ir connection with the money diff
cuities the government is encountering
regarding the prospective military cam
| paign.
! When the cabinet went into session no
new developments in the Transvaal situ-
| alton had transpired. The dispatches
! from the Cape continued of warlike
tone and voiced the indignation of the
British contingent against the Orange
| Free State and Afrikander attitudes.
The impression Is current here, though
not based on anything tangible, that the
cabinet would only take steps tending to
| protect the negotiations, while secretly It
| would prepare the details Of an aggressive
| campaign, perhaps deciding to convoke
parliament, though it was scarcely be-
lieved the latter determination would be
| announced Immediately.
GERMANY'S ACTIVE INTEREST
The Pail Mall Gazette says that another
meeting of the cabinet will take place
next Thursday Friday. when the is
sues will be presented In more serious
! shape.
Immediately after the cabinet council
the German ambassador, Count Won
Hatzfelder- Wildenburg, visited the pre-
mier, Lord Salisbury, and had a long
conference with him. The fact that a
similar visit Immediately followed the
previous cabinet council leads some per-
| sons to attach significance to it, and to
infer that Emperor William, of Germany,
Is taking an active part in Transvaal af-
fairs The official German press, how
| ever has been so outspoken in telling
President Kruger that he need not ex-
pect German aid that it is scarcely pos
sible to attach credence to that inference.
1t is much more probable that the ques-
| ton of Delagoa bay was discussed, If the
| dispatch printed today by the Pioneer
| of Alahabad, saying negotiations had
| been concluded by Great Britain for TAX
| ing possession of Delagoa bay, Nov. A.
| is correct.
| Leading fnanciers in this city are con-
| WINGED that war is inevitable, since
neither President Kruger nor Mr.. Cham
| ber!ain can retreat with honor, and there
is no other way out of it. That is the
ccmmonest expression heard in Lombard
street that each side has gone too far
to turn back and hence there is nothing
to do but fight 1t out
POINTS AT ISSUE.
PRETORIA, Sept PA green book has
been issued containing the report of State
Attorney Smutz to the government on the
pour parlers between himself and the
British diplomatic agent Mr.. Conyngham
i Green leading to the five years fran
chise proposal. Mr.. Smutz said that the
prcposal was the result of a private dis
cussion, and an arrangement that both
| sides should informally decide about the
offer and its acceptance, but the offer was
formally submitted. He also contends
that the exact draft of the offer was wiz
ed to the British high commissioner, Sir
Alfred Miner and that the imperial gov
| ernment sent a dispatch to Mr. Green,
| which the latter interpreted as an ac-
| certance of the offer.
Mr. Smutz says that had the Transvaal
known any difficulty would be made about
bic pnyerD1OnDt WOuld never