Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-21
Boer and British Guns May
Boom Today.
ARMIES ONLY AWAIT SIGNAL
.2nen:h tho Diplomatic Cloak the Mailed
Hand il Concealed. Great Britain
Spnrs for Time; the Transvaal
IS Restless and Anxious.
Ey Tclegraph.)

MIS- the United states q few weeks be
fore TIC opening ii he wan With spain.
beneath the crust Of diplomats. 70
serve. the military officials ar. Work
signal e begin hustililics. Whistler
that comes or not
England is nor going To be cau2ht
nalrpng amy more than the TransEaal.
While Lord Salisbury is quietly at
home in Hatfield house Mr. Chamber
lain is buried in work at the colonial
cliice and double forces ut the Royal
Arsenal ana dock yards are strlinno
| every nerve to equip ana transport
troops to TIL. Cape.
NO UNDUE HASTE.
1t may be set down for certain that
Great Britain Will do nothing TO pre-
cipi'a,e matters and the colonial Office
is far from admitting that the cas-. IS
hopeless IN" report that Great Brit
ain mad demanded the t1ismantlement Of
with material reduction in the arlna-
nlent OF burEhers the colonial office
today would neither confirm nor dcnv
although it is much doubted.
Meanwhile the Marquis of Lans-
downe. secretary Of state for war who
returned this morning from Dublin. has
held long conferences with General
Lord Garnet Wolsley field marshal.
and General Sir Evelyn Wood. adiutant
general 10 the forces. ana the activity
At headquarters is reflected in the con-
tract. supply and transport depa%I
ments.
The departure of the transport Je-
lunsa for the Mediterranean today with
|, 100 troops Was witnessed by a large
and enthusiastic crowd
PREPARING FOR WAR.
At WcofWich, activity increases dali
~ especially in the ordnance depart
ment where Maxim guns. Lytdite
shells, balloon equipments, gas rescr-
voirs, wagons for lime-light apparatus.
water carts, ambulances. army wagons
ana other paraphernalia Of modern
warfare are being hurried forward
While rumors Of the rcassembling Of
Parliament are current. the fact is re-
called that in the Afghan war III 1878,
Great Britain declared war first ana
then assembled Parliament
This evening the MARQUIS Of Lai,s-
GoWne issued !, strict order to the staff
OF the war office, warning all sllbprll-
mates 10 refrain from giving the pres,
any Information without the authority
"f their supcriols. and calling alton
tien 70 previous breaches Of duty IN
his respect which. the order saws viii
be no longer tolerated.
BOERS WILL NOT YIELD
AdVlces from Cape Town this evening
are to the effect that tho .>frkan,lcls
t:eclare that the Ti'ansvaal will not
Yield further. and thar If The impcrj;l
present position, Var is Inevitable Til
Suuth African News supports the con-
tentlnn OF IN" Transvaal that the con-
Tention q 1854 abolished suzerainty.
According TO other aavces The bu:Sh-
Hrs are rapidly going into Laa,er
while the exodus from Johannesburg
Yesterday reached 1000 persons Th.
stock exchange at Johannesburg has Re
solved 10 close the moment martial law
: programmed. but all current contracts
VII y" carried on. until the prucslma-
ton suspending all business In tie
meantime the merchants ara erecting
barbados in front of their shop MIN
toWs.
~ Pretoria the interest seems u b.
c"iitered in the meeting Of the Orange
FREE State Eolksraal tomorrow. which
II Is honed may someh3w suggest q
modus rveNdi that would save the si1
uatic,-
MEMBERS ASSEMBLE.
on the other hand. advices from
f;i"emfnntein announce the arrival
here Of a large number OF members of
he ieaad. adding that the result of to-
norrow's sitting is already agreed upon,
as the Orange Free State Will throw
IN It's lot with the Transvaal. all The
Free State Burghers being fully armed
ana ready to start a q moments notice
special despatch from Johannes
bur. says that four hundred ana ;ifty
persons left by one train today.
hight Hon. Sir William Vernon Har-
| court Liberal member of Parliament
for West MonmouthShire. and former
leader Of the Liberal opposition in me
House Of Commons, in the course Of an
acdress TO his constituents this even
ing in New Tredcgar, said he could not
read the persistent attempts Of the war
press TO aSSraNate the TranSyaal stu
alton without Indignation.
NO CASUS BELLI.
Great Britain said the speaker.
cannot claim general sovereignty in
the Transvaal when she has onlv par
tlal suZc1dinty. and President Kruger
cannot claim for the Transvaal the DO
sltlon OF an international sovereign
state. B3th sides, therefore, have made
allegations which cannot be maintai,-
ed by either
Sir William declared that there was
no casus bell and expressed the hope
| that shameful catastrophe might be
aNcrteu.
WOMEN FOR PEACE.
| CAPE TOWN, Sept. 20--'rhe lrr st
Of Hoer officials by the Portuguese, is
regarded as likely to create serious
complications.
| The Band Of Women is preparing a
peace appeal to Queen Victoria
| AN APPEAL TO THE QUEEN.
| LONDON. Sept. 2l.-Thc Cape Town
CORRESPONDENT Of the Daily Mail says
| PRESIDENT Kruger has cable,l a strong
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