Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-31
CONSIDER WAR INEVITABLE.
Boer OmciaIs of This Mind, 10 is
SQid.

said.
LONDON, August SO.--The Pretoria cor
respondent OF the Morning Post says;
The Boer officials, afte~ reading the ca
bed reports of Mr. Shamberlain's Bir-
mingham speech, 1nsider that war Is In
evltable"
The speech mas undoubtedly Unframed
tho war spit here. The Beers are all
| alarmed, xcept those in johannesburg.
| Their conlmissariat is fairly good
The johannesburg fort has been
strengthened by the addition of several
| quick-aring guns.
| President Kruger does not hesitate 10
express the view that war Is almost In
evitable. He has stocked the presidency
with ample supplies of provisions, 10 Sc
cure his own person from privation. and
he is often heard repeating the Eighty
| third Psalm"
BRITAIN'S PATIENCE ENDING.
| LONDON, August 31.-The Times says
editorially this morning.
There is the best reason 10 believe that
the recent note Of Mr.. Chamberlain will
be almost the last occasion on which
| Great Britain will ask President Kruger
whether he is in earnest In his promise
] Of concessions. The note undoubtedly
| called for an immediate answer, and
| when a reasonable time for answer has
| elapsed Great Britain will no longer pay
much attention 10 President Kruger =
word, but will form her judgment by his
actions.
WARNING FROM GERMANY
"The Beers should bear IN mind that
throughout the whole controversy the
Cologne Gazette has warned the Trans
vaal that it was placing itself In an un-
favorable position, and that In the event
OF war nobody would lift a finger to pre-
vent the destruction Of the republic"
BOER POLICEMEN ARRESTED.
LoURENZO MARQUES, DELAGoA
BAY, August SO-Two Transvaal police
officers were arrested to-day upon their
arrival here.
NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE WAR
SEATTLE WASH, August 30-David
l.. Wilson who claims 10 be an agent OF
the British Government, and TO have Inn
portant papers for the Home Office, has
arrived here en- route for London from
the Transvaal MIR. Wilson says he has
no doubt that there will be a war.
Il have been three years In the Trans
vaal. and know the leaders OF the Boer
Government we'll" he continues. "Presi-
dent Kruger does not want war. lie Is
now an old man. AS such he has not the
control Of the Cabinet that he once had.
| The Cabinet is composed Of young bloods
who want independence, and who. | may
say, will never give UP until they have
either attained II or been wiped out oil
! existence BY the English forces.
"When the blow Is struck II will be a
fatal one for the Transvaal. The British
for months have been massng troops,
and are practically ready at this time, II
necessity demands immediate action"
| POSSIBLY ANOTHER CONFERENCE.
! PRETORIA. August 30.-The British d.
piomatic agent here, Mr.. Conyngham
/ Greene, has HANDED 10 the Secretary OF
{ State, D. w. Reitz, the reply Of the
British secretary Of State for the Colo
MES. AIr. Chamberlain, to the Transvaar
| alternative proposals 10 the joint commits
sion suggested by Great Britain, TO IN
| quire into the effect which the proposed
! franchise reform measures Will have upon
the Uitlanders.
Mr.. Greene afterwards had long audi
| ence with the state officials.
The nature of the dispatch Is not dis
| closed, but il was the subject of consid-
Grafton on the part Of the Executive this
dliEHnOuns
1t Is understood that another confer
| ence may occur at Cape Town. The result
is anxiously awaited.
sCANDINAvIANs AGAINST YoLUN-
TEERING
CAPE TOWN, August 5o.-At meeting
OF the ScandinaWans of Johannesburg
| lust held. only two OF them voted In
favor Of forming a volunteer corps In
case Of war.
VIOLENT SCENE IN CAPE HOUSE.
CAPE TOWN, August 3O.-There was a
violent scene in the Cape House OF AS
sembly. when Mr.. Cecil Rhodes repeated
his conviction that the Transyaal secret
service fund was largely used during the
last Cape Colony elections for the eN-
penses of the Afrikander candidates lie
said ne hoped that, in the forthcoming
rransvaal settlement, the secret service
payment list would be destroyed, as other
wise many Cape families would feel
uncomfortable Several Alinisterialists
were afterward reproved from the chair
for fercely retorting against tn state
ment.
The government hae refused 20 provide
facilities FOR women and children to leaye
Johannesburg.
There IS great activity at the Smons-
town dock-yard IN drilling men on shore
and overhauling vessels.