Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-12
Beers Give England 4S Hours
to Withdraw Troops From
South Africa.
AN uNEAvoaABL ! ANSWER

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during the further negotiations. within a
iIpou by the governments; and this gov
,ruonont will On comulianco Herewith. he
l,rcrared to withdraw the arm cd burghers
of this ccpublic from the borders.
Fourth That Her Maicsty's troops
which are now on the high seas shall not
he landed in any part of South Africa"
To these demands is appended the def
milton of the time limit for a reply:
This government presses for an imme-
Giate and affirmative answer to these four
ouestiuns and earnestly request Her Ma
irstv,s government to return an answer
before or upon Wednesday, October II,
1899 not later than o'clock p. IN.
at desires further to add that i'm thc
unoXpectcd event of an answer not salts
factory. being received by it within the
interval 1t will with great regret be COM
uclled TO regard the action of Her Males
tvs government as "A formal declaration
OF war and will not hold itself responsible
for the consequences thereof and that, in
the event of any further movement of
troops occurring within the aboVe-metl-
toned time in nearer direction to our
borders. this government will b,- compelled
to regard that also as a formal declara-
ton OF war
Il have the honor to be,
"Respectfully yours
+. W. REITZ,
State Secretary"
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