The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-09-06
WOMEN OPPOSE WAR.
Situation In The TransvaaI threatening ng--chiI.
dren Leaving johannesburg -kruser's
Estimated Armed Force.

Information received from Pretoria
and Durham shows that the Uitlanders
are suffering greatly from the strain
involved In the political crisis Many
ladies' are leaving Pietermaritzburg,
capital of Natal. The women are pre-
pairing n petition to Queen Victoria In
favor of peace, which will be sent to all
parts of the colony for signatures.
owing to the continued tension and
warlike conditions, trade in many plac-
es Is practically at a standstill and
great Ill stress prevails among the poorer
classes both at Johannesburg and here.
The members Of the progressive party
In the Cape house of assembly freely
declare their dissatisfaction with the
speech of the premier, w. r. Schreiner,
tuesday evening in the debate prec pi-
tated by Ht. Hon. Sir John Gordon
Spriggs' motion TO adjourn as censure
TO the policy of the government with re-
spect to the transit of arms intended
for the Orange Free State. They an
nounce their intention of organizing
public meetings to protest against Mr..
Schreiner's course In the matter.
Dispatches from London say the
British public Is taking lntense interest
III the preparations Of their own forces
already i'm South Africa. Indignation
against Hon. w. =. Schreiner, premier
of Cape Co!onys who. In the Cape house
Of assembly declared that. under the
customs convention the Orange Free
state was justified in importing arms
through Cape Colony Is fairly general,
though that section which believes that
Boer war would be crime are max,
ing, by editorials, petitions. etc, wha
they appear TO think is the last effort
to avert hostilities.
Commenting on the declaration
President Kruger Of the Transva,
government to the effect that the Soutl
African republic adhered to its latest\
offer and would not make any further
concessions. the London p3pers unani-
mously draw attention TO increased
seriousness Of the r ansvaal situation,
but at the same time they express I'M
certainty regarding the nature OF the
concessions beyond which President
Kruger says he will not go. No official
announcement has been made of these
though they are generally understood
to be a five-years franchise and in
creased Uitlander representation.
To whatever dispatch or conditions
President Krug RS defiant remark re-
ferred, IL has brought home sharply the
keen possibility of an impending war
against no weak -kneed adversary. II
is said that with recruits from over the
borders the Transvaal would have
about 10000 men at its disposal, whereas
the most the British now could throw
on the frontier would be 10000, though.
of course. this number would be mater
ially increased within a month.
The Cane Town correspondent Of the
London Daily Mail says: "a pitiabie
scene was witnessed at the railway
station to-day on the arrival from Jo-
hannesburg of $50 children. whose par
ents are too poor to come themselves
II Is estimated that 15CO0 people have
left the Transvaal since the crisis be-
gan. In the house of ass mb'y the gov
ernment announced that IL was consid-
ering a proposal to afford greater IA
cillties Cor women ard children to leave
Johannesburg.
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knots an hour