New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-19
UTL N NEGOTIATIONS.
LITTLE CHANGE SHOWN N THE TRANS
VAAL SITUATION.

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VAAL SITUATION.
London. Sept iS-ThN Transvaal situation re-
mains practically unchanged The general ap-
r-ehension IN regard 70 the outcome was 70
e..-ad bv the decline in consols and stocks on
tha stock Exchange. whore. although all STOCKS
continued depressed. there vae not the slightest
aprroach 70 excitement
The tevr - President K-agers reply was Is
sued bv The Secretary Of State for the Colonies
.r,sanb Chamberlain. this afternoon. but IT adds
l-tIe N the Importance u the summary given
ont Yesterday evening The language in many
places Is taken 70 indicate A firm unyieldins
r0eition. The reply. however. concludes:
~ Her Naiestv's Government is willing and
fools able 70 make this decision "a Joint COM
mission. as AZ fret proposed by NJ. Chamber
lain, f. would put an end 70 the present state
r., -arsion Race hatred would decrease and
die OUT and the prosperity and welfare of the
South African reuubuc AMI the whole o.,
South Africa would ~ developed and flrthered,
and rraternizat1n n between the different na-
tlonailt.es would Increase"
PREPARATIONS OF BOERs
The second edition of The Times contains
dispatch from Johannesburg which says
There is I am informed. some early coup in
contemplation. The quantities u compressed
forage forwarded in the direction Of the Natal
border indicate some move on the part Of the
troops in that quarter. The Government IS buy
Ing horses freely to-day"
The evening papers all indicate the serious
nees ~ the crisis. but The St. James Gazette"
says:
II need not ne imagined that anything Will
he done on our side in hurry. The Cabinet
has first 20 consider and secondly % formulate
fresh PROPOSALS Therefore these commentators
on he crisis who assume that fghting VIII I'm
rnadiatelv commence are obviously litte pre-
vious Of course il is quite possible the Beers
NAV begin hostilites. in which case our troops
VIII have 70 defend British territory. But un-
less the Roers take the offensive The negota-
lions Will be prolonged until the reinforcements
now on their way 70 South Africa reach their
Destination
\ CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS.
Olive Schreiner NIrs. Cronwrghu contributes
2 letter on the situation 10 The Manchester
Guardian" She says.
Let England clearly understand what war in
South Africa means The largest empire the
world has ever seen will hurl IT'S full force
against a small state and about 10000 men in
Guiding lads of sixteen and old men OF sixty.
vrt+hout standing army or organized com
rrfssariat The entire little people will have %
resolve itself into an army ~ their wives and
daughters who VIII prepare the bread and meat
The farmers will put In their saddle bags when
tbav 20 70 meet the enemy. To-day the women
Of the Transyaal are demanding guns. that they
may take their part In the last stand. We may
crush the uttI- people with the aid Of Au-
stralians and Canadians since the British Isles
seem unable 10 crush them alone. We may take
their land and lower the litte flag of his inde-
pcndence. so dear 10 the Boer, but We shall
have placed a stain upon our own that centuries
Will not wash out. only the International sqecu-
lator who. through persistent misrepresenta-
tons and by means of the press. has wrought
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