The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-17
TRANSYAAL SITUATION.

England Keeping her Eye on Kruger.
Uncertainty OF AGairS Pervades
omcihl Circles.
Copyright. lsps. The Associated Press.l
LONDON. July 1s.-Another week Of
pickering. Of heated Invectiye and Vi
tuperatlon. accusations Of tyranny on
one hand and treason on the other. Of
Increasing distress among the ouitland-
ers of the Rand, owing to the disl0ca-
tion Of business. OF military prepara-
tion. and throughout all the apparent
maintenance by the Beers of their stol-
Id attitude Of Indifference. An the rep
reservations made have only served to
add to the perils of the Transvaal stu
alton, and everything tends to con-
arm the opinion that the imperial gov
eminent means to obtain reforms.
The ministers have practically
pledged themselves to enforce them
peae0ably. otherwise forcibly The eIn-
pire appears absolutely united on this
subject. On top OF Queensland's Of
fer OF troops to serve in South Africa,
should an emergency arise. the reports
Of the debate in the Canadian parlla-
meflt and the tone Of Sir Wilfrld Laur-
ier's and Sir Charles Tupper's re-
marks have caused the greatest salts
faction.
The startling telegram published by
the Boer organ here, the Digger News,
Friday, showing apparently that the
Transvaal was giving in and that COR
dial relations had been resumed. which
was promptly denied by the secretary
OF state. Joseph Chamberlain, though
evidently tlnged to suit the suceptihlll-
ties Of the Doppers, was so clrcumstan-
tial and apparently authoritative that
momentarlly the hope was aroused that
the end OF the quarrel was In sight,
but the only foundation for the dispatch
was found in the fact that Mr.. Cham
berlaln on Wednesday. before the new
franchise bill was introduced In the
volksraad, requested that the text be
communicated to him, and suggested
that the debate be postponed pending
such friendly representations In re-
gard to alterations therein as the Inn
perial government might desire to
make in the interests OF peace.
The refusal OF President Kruger to
accede to the request Is regarded as q
fresh affront, and only served to
clinch the belief that the president is
still dominated by Dr.. Leids. the Eur
opean representative Of the TransVaal,
who has heretofore. II Is claimed,
proved the evil genius Of the Trans
wal, and continues to delude the
Transvaalers with the dangerous the
DRY that II they can only gain time by
simulated concessions no real reform
win be necessary, as a new grouping
OF the powers will shortly occur, where's
by Great Britain will no longer have
a free hand In South Africa.
In the meantime the British forces In
South Africa are being increased by
every steamer, and the avoidance Of
harsh measures. the end Of which ID
dIfficult to foresee, and which threaten
to spread far beyond the confines. OF
the country giving rise to them, Is be-
coming daily more difficult:
There Is a "Reminiscences Of anxiety
regarding the Alaska dispute in politl-
cal circles, although the general public
does not attach much Importance to
the matter. lingo newspapers, like
the Saturday Review, grasped the OPP
portunlty to re-air their ntl-Ameriean
procllvltles. The Review thinks that
as the time for the presidential NOM
lnatIon approaches President Mckinley
may "hnd the Cleveland precedent
over tempting. and launch an arrogant
Alaskan message against England, the
reception of which would be very DIFF
ferent to the success attending the
Venezuelan question
After asserting that the Canadians
desire to finally decide the matter by
Impartial arbitration, while the Uni
ted States demands tribunal, which
will be either farce or unlikely TO
settle anything. the Review says: We
cannot concede more to the United
States without Canadian acquiescence,
and our own experience In that dlrec-
ton does not give much hope Of the
efficiency OF concesslonc, even II we
do. II the Anglo-Saxon entente does
nothing to modify the American atti-
tude toward Alaska, 1t will have proved
more useless and evanescent than the
bubbles OF the champagne on which
1t fioated into existence"