Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-16

"A y al 1hL<A>l VI liz ~ va AS-N
BY DOM PAUL-PATIENCE Or
THE BRITISH COMMISSIONERS
ABOUT GONE-BOEt..' WITHIN
AN HOUR MAkCH OF THE
FRONTIER ENGLISH TROOPS
ARRIVE-TTtE LATEST PHASES.
LONDON, september 10 A blue
book containing the last lransyaal
dispatch CT the Secretary OF State Tor
the Colonies, Mr.. Chamberlain, relat
ing to che matters which led Up to the
dispatch being sent, was issued to-day.
The text of MIR. ChamOerlain'S note Is
identical with the dispatch as caDied to
the Associated Press September 18TH.
The only important feature revealed is
d telegram from the British high COM
missioner, Sir Alfred Miner, dated Au
gust 31st, referring to the commercial
distress, and saying:
Il am receiving representation from
many quarters to urge the imperial
government 10 terminate the suspense.
British South Africa is prepared for
extreme measures, and is ready to suf-
fer much more in order to see the vim
dication Of British authority. 1t is the
prolongation of the negotiations, end
less and indecisive, that is dreaded.
fear seriously that there will be a
strong reaction of feeling against the
policy of the imperial government If
matters drag. Please understand that
l invariably preach
CONFIDENCE AND PATIENCE,
and not without effect. But if l did
not inform you Of the increasing diff
Guilty of doing this and of the unmis-
taxable growth OF uneasiness about the
present situation and of the desire 10
see it terminated at any cost l should
be falling in my duty"
Other lengthy dispatches from the
British high commissioner are publish
ed, but they only reiterate the Out
lander claims regarding the franchise
and the commissioners ideas regarding
tho propositions already made.
The blue book throws no new light
on the situation as it is to-day except
to show the commissioners patience has
reached the ebbing point.
Mr.. Conyngham Greene, the British
agent at Pretoria, in letter to the
Transyaal government, said the imper-
ial government did not desire to hurt
the Boer susceptibilities by publicly re-
asserting suzerainty SO long as no rea-
son to do so was given by the Trans
wal
The Globe, commenting on this letter,
expresses the greatest regret at such
language, and trusts Mr.. Greene's words
do not represent the attitude of the col
onial Office The Globe adds:
The blue book gives little encour--
agement 10 the belief that the Beers
will show themselves reasonable"
A published interview with Presi-
dent Kruger, said to have taken place
at Preoria yesterday, is
FAR MORE IMPORTANT.
He is quoted as saying:
81 have tried all along to place the
aliens in the Transvaal on the same
footing politically as the Burghers.
Mr. Chamberlain says l have not kept
my promises. This" Numbered Kru-
ger, Il deny"
Continuing, President Kruger is re-
ported to have said;
1.-THE aliens of the Transvaal have
the same commercial rights as the Bur-
ghers, and have always enjoyed them
without interference. | wanted to let
them have the same political rights,
but they would not avail themselves of
this. Roughly, there are more than
f1ty thousand aliens who have been
here more than seven years and
have registered this being eligible to
tine franchise. Yet of the British sub
jects VINO have availed themselves of
it the chief part have been the Afrik-
anders and not the English-born. This
shows that the British in Transvaal do
not want the franchise In my opin-
ion there is
NO CAUSE WHATEVER
for war Everything could be settled
by arbitration"
A second edition of the London
Times to-day prints special dispatch
from New Castle, Natal, dated Sep
TENDER 18th, which bears out the Brit
ish High Commissioners statement, as
it says the Outlanders' council has
transmitted to the imperial govern
ment what practically amounts to
protest against further delay. The
correspondent says:
They cannot contemplate without
grave misgivings the possibility that
the Pretoria government will be per-
mitted to further delay matters on the
plea Of consulting Burghers."
The Times correspondent adds:
There is nothing to confirm the re.
ports that the Beers will concede Mr..
Chamberlain demands. On the con-