Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-04


count VI tho speech ~ President KIN.
scr at the adjournment of tho Rad.
Yesterday ia obtainablc. According "a
Trustworthy reports he eall:
Everything points 20 war. bccnuse
spirit N falschool has overtakon
other countrlcs ana because the people
OF the Trnn"vuni wish 60 govern them.
solves Although thousands may cono
10 attack us We have nothing Ia fear.
Tor the Lord Is the anal arbltcr and lie
viii decide.
"bullots came by thousands az the
tlmc u the Jameson raid. but the
burghers were untouched. over a
hundred were killed on tho other side.
showing that tho Lord directed our
bullets The Lord rulce the world"
Mr.. J. NJ. a. Wolmarans. one OF the
tw" not official mcmbcrs OF tho cxrcu-
i've council, said he hoped that when
the l'aads reassombled they would be
without a convention and would be a
FREQ people. God. he declared. had often
used England 10 bring the burrhers
back 10 the faith Of their forcfnthcra.
In the couue OF his speech he ox-
claimed.
England has refused everything even
arbitration"
London. Oct. i.-rhc most sensational
news rrom South Africa this morning
u reitofailon OF yesterdays report ~
The acquisition by the TnnayaAi au.
thoriiics OF c5O0.O0 In gold. which wa.
on the way to capctown from Johan.
neaburg.
Tho confirmation OF the story comes
from two sourcce Tho Cape ANUS
asserts that the Beers made the aelauro
at VercvnigcnE, the amount being the
weeks shipment OF Eold on the way
from the Rand 10 Capotown. and for.
wardod the treasure to Pretoria. The
IMPORT Il also confirmed BY cable
gram received today. By mining com.
pany In London. from their representa-
tive. which ia 60 the eject that tho
train upon which he was travelling from
Johannesburg 10 Capetown wa. held up
and l"otci by Bocra. who secured $500
600 In gold, the amount being consider
able less than the original oatlmatc.
There IL nothing very tangible ia TO-
day's war news, but thc situation ~.
mains as atainod as ever unless hope
may be derived from the apparent fact
that the forces on the frontier are re-
gurdod by both sidcs as wholly de-
fcnHiyc for the present. and from tho
statement that Mr ]. II. Honmcycr. the
Afrikandcr leader In Cape Colony. H.
siill prepared to cndcavor TO SECURE tho
adhesion Of the Transvaal government
to the "lrreduclblc minimum" proposed
at the Bloemfonteln conference TO Pres
idcnt Kruger by Sir Alfred AIIlncr. the
British high commissioner, lf tho Inn
pcrial government viii stand by the
high commissioners original proposal.
The stock exchange was Influenced |
during the opening hours today by |
vague rumors that queen Victoria had |
cablcd President Kruger and President |
sioyn, holding out the olive branch. |
and by a report that the Boers had
been defeated Ia a small engagement.
Pricco rose. but there was a speedy
relapse when both stories were dis.
credited.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt. the
liberal statesman. NJ. p.
Tor West Monmouthshlrc. has another
'lashlng attack in today's papers upon
ne policy Of the secretary of state for
he colonloe. Mr. jos, Chamberlain He
his original statement that
NJ Chumb-rlain's assertion that tho
rransvaal refused 10 redress the grley-
inccs Of the outlandcrs ia the rcycrec
4 the case. and he luslsts that Great
Britain IL responsible Tor "alammlng the
loor In the face Of President Kruger
lst whom arrangements were approach
ng n settlement"
Aivlcos from Cupctown announce
hat Gen Sir 81, John White. who will |
ommand the British forces IN Natal.
ylll proceed 10 Durham tomorrow. on
Iis arrival at Cnpetown he found tho
ituatlon on the Natal border 80 grave
hat he wired for Immediate transport
attn for himself ana stan "a Durham
nd the British second class cruiser
'ortoN was placed az his disposal.
a London news agency publlshor the
Glowing dispatch from volkarust.
dated oct o.
An uuconnrmed report ls IN cIrcula-
Ion here that the time allowed tho
irluah troops TO withdraw from tho
ransvanl border will expire no 4 o'clock
afternoon, and that failure TO
omply with the demand viii be con.
ldered tantamOunt 10 declaration OF
iar."
The British foreign Office officials In