The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19
ENGLAND WILL AHsI
ohm MOIley's Predic-
ton as to War
AMERICAS POSITION

ueid up asa Warning TO the Br.sisb.
The Beers Framing Their Reply TO
Mr.. ChamberlaIn's Last Demand.
Courteous, but Firm-Roers Prepar-
ing for Immediate War-Kruger In>
tervIewed-Milner Fears Consequen.
ses OF Delay.
London, September ia blue book
obtaining the last Transvaal dispatch
q h secretary of state for the colo
pes, Mr.. Chamberlain, relating 10 the
patters which led up to the dispatch
b"ug sent, was issued today. The
txt of Mr.. Chamberlain's note is iden-
teal with the dispatch as cabled to the
associated Press September 18th. The
only important feature revealed is a
t'-gram from the British high COM
. sioner, Sir Alfred Miner, dated Au-
& st 31st. referring to the commercial
distress and saying:
L am receiving representations from
many quarters to urge the imperial
| government to terminate the suspense.
British South Africa is prepared for
extreme measures and is ready to suf-
| fer much more in order to see the vim
| dcatiOn of British authority. 1t is the
prolongation of the negotiations, end
| less and indecisive, that is dreaded I
| fea seriously that there will be a
srong reaction of feeling against the
| policy of the imperial government il
| matters drag"
The blue book throws no new light
Il - n tho itr +inn n- / r &c npnnDf
to show what the commissioners pa
tience has reached the ebbing point.
WHAT KRUGER SAYS.
A published interview with President
Kruger, said to have taken place at
Pretoria yesterday, is far more i'm
portant. He is quoted as saying:
81 have tried all along to place the
aliens in the TranSvaal on the same
footing politically as the burghers. Mr..
Chamberlain says 1 have not kept my
promises. This" Numbered President
Kruger, Il deny.
1.-THE aliens of the Transvaal have
the same commercial rights as the
burghers and nave always enjoyed
them, without interference. I wanted
to let them hav the same political
rights, but they would not avail them
selves of this. Roughly, there are more
than $4,000 aliens who been more
IHI11 SCNCl ytoIS dIlo HdNc
thus being eligible to the franchise.
Yet of the British subjects who have
availed themselves of it the chief part
have been A~frikanders and not Eng
lish born. This shows that the Brit
ishers in the Transvaal do not want
the franchise.
I'm my opinion there is no cause
whatever for war. Everything could
be settled by arbitration"
DDOnncT - Nv
A second edition of the London
Times today prints a special dispatch
from New Castle, Natal, dated Sep
TENDER 18th, which bears out the Brit
ish high commissioners statements
as it says the Uitlanders' council has
transmitted to the imperial govern
ment what practically amounts to a
protest against further delay. The
Times correspondent adds:
There is nothing to confirm the re.
ports that the Beers will concede Mr.
Chamberlain's demands. On the con.
trary, it is stated that 5000 men viii
be dispatched to the border immediate.
ly after the Transvaal reply is sent
Everything points to the prospect of al
early conflict"
The advices from Cape Town TO-DAY
tend to confirm the pessimistic view o
The Times correspondent at New Cas-
tie. The news that a strong force o
Beers has been stationed one hou from
Ra~mathlabama, commanding the Pre-
toria and johannesburg roads, ha
created great Indignation at Cap
. Town.
FIRST TROOPS TO LAND.
. The first battalion of the Mancheste
; regiment arrived at Cape Town toda,
disembarked and marched through tn
D., streets. The soldiers were Wild,
!. cheered. After they had been reviewe
!. by Lieutenant General Sir Frederic
: Walker, commander of the Births
. troops in South Africa, the battalio
: !, r~e-embarked and proceeded to Nata
!. These troops, forming the first install
ment Of the reinforcements were sen
!, from Gibraltar to Cape Town.
j The colonial office has not yet re
!, ceived the formal reply of the Trans
. vaal and the consul general of tn
I Transvaal here, Mr.. Montague White
does not expect it tonight.
Il FRAMING THE REPLY
5 Pretoria, September 15.-The execu
= tive is still considering the final repl
= to Great Britain.
q All the commandments have bee
asked to send immediate returns Of a
q h burghers available for militar
duty.
! At the close Of the discussion bot
a raads me- in secret session to discus
r the final draft Of the Transvaal repl,
s which will be handed to Mr.. Conyine
q ham Greene, the British agent her
Y IN the morning. 1t is understood tn
reply is courteous, urges the accept
$ ance of the joint conference and MAR
a tains the convention of 1884.
$ UNITED STATES AN APT ILLUS
v TRATION.
Manchester. September 18th
Right Hon. John Morley, liberal men
Der of parliament for Montroseburi
while addressing a peace meeting
. this city this evening. at which a so
OF the late John Bright, the distir
d guished British statesman and frien
q OF peace, presided, was frequently il
8 terrupted by cries of "Majuba Hill
n and other anti-Boer demonstration
n In retorting to the Interruptions, NJ
o Morley said:
"A year or two ago the United Stat
Il saw only one aspect of war; and whi
are they doing today? They are r
penting. They have their yellow pre-
S and we have our yellow press. If / a
d asked to speak in this hall a year
| two LATER T will find those who No