Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-02
Fear that the Beers Will Swoop
Down Upon Them
ERE ASSISTANCE CONES.
rtomentary Anticipation OF HOSTILE
ties-Iioers Pressing Forward
to the Iiorder.

LONDON OCT G-Thn announced IN
tcntion Of the British cabinet to meet
tomorrow has apparently been recon
Hidcrcd. II IL now said the meeting de-
ponds largely upon the developments
In the Tranavaai. Tho date for sum
moning parliament has not been def
nltcly settled although II In thought to
be on Oct 10.
The queen viii hold n privy council
nj Balmorul Mt an early date. when tho
necessary proclamation viii BE- signed.
The remarkable absence OF news from
South Africa this morning leads to the
belief that there has been a widespread
cutting N telegraph wires or that cx-
ira censorship has been established.
There n no Tranayanl news yet today
Ho there Ia nothing TO soften the cx-
element and bclllcoaity N yoatcrdny's
dispatches. neither 10 there anything
90 Indicate the authorities al Pretoria
have the slightest desirv 20 come To-
terms peacefully with Great britain.
hnd the HuUrH not determined To light
u out OF " they were not prepared Tor
hnHtilitlcs. they would. d De- thought.
nave sent some tempurIAlng reply 10
trcnt Hfitniu'n dispatch. The hanging
back Hocma Co be- ON Great Ufitain'a
side. where. IN spite OF tho Newspaper
ana war uiiicU talk OF the mobilization
" an army corps, the work o. tppar-
entity proceeding In a curia Isly leisure
~ manner.
The departure Of Gen. sir Redyers
Butler, thu commander OF tho British
forces IN South Africa. has bcon post
puucd from week to week, and when
the mcmbarH u the cabinet talk in pub.
llc, their assurances ~ Great nritnln's
good VIII toward the TranHvnnl arr tc.
CARRIED ~ almost HmackinE Of pathetic
appeals for peace
The Duke OF Dcvonshire. lord prcai-
dent OF the council IA his reply to "a
toast To ne health at a public luncheon
Of the Manchester Technical school
SATURDAY afternoon, was careful In re-
fofring 10 the Ttttnavuni situation to
announce that tho cabinets new pro-
posula were moderate. and his whole
speech seemed TO Indicate that the Brit.
iHh government WIS framing ltr dis
patch 20 80 10 invite q continuance OF
the negotiations
II now appears that the ALLEGED cali
lug out ~ the nm class. army lssarv,,
was q hoax. The circulars were Issued
on official paper and many members of
the reserve presented themselves al tho
barracks only 90 ma that the order was
matter IN their hands.
An advertisement appeared this
morning announcing the flrma.
uou OF a CORPS uf gentle.
men rough riders patterned after
l'opsovelta rough riders FOR service IN
Advlcce from Ladysmlth. Natal. to-
day, eay that COO burghcrs have assem-
blod a. Albcrtinn, In the orni ~ Free
state, with tho object 81 proceeding In
the direction ~ the border. and that IL
j. feared q raid ON Labyrinth IL medl.
tatcd.
a prominent Euglishman. Dr. Wat
con, hae been commnuiecr-d no Hur-
rlsmlth by tho orange Free State.
The Natal neld artillery. carbIrasrs
0rr oncnmped Ht Show Ground. ON the
road leading Co the Orange Free state.
Con, Sir william symonds. the second
lu command under Major Gen. sir
George Stewart White. commanding ths
Natal forces, H. expected 90 arrive al
l.gdyemith shortly
Reports from tlrgtown declare that
an immediate rupture of the diplomatic
relations between Great Britain ana the
Trnnsvnnl ~ expected
The South African NcwH. semi
Official newspaper. announce that "A
special train has left 20 fetch Clnyng-
ham Greene, the British diplomatic
agent at Pretoria, and his stan II
adds that tho formal hauling down OF
az Pretoria Il imminent
Tho correspondent Of the Associated
Prcfs nt Capetuwn has secured an otii-
cial dental OF the statement Of the
South African News that n train has
been dispatched to fetch Conyngham
Greene from Pretoria. No Instructions
nave yet been Issued 20 Mr.. Greene. All
" quiet at Pretoria.
quiet provalle at Capctown, where II
IL reported the Beers have occupied
Laniug~ Mex. The British at Cape
town express great satisfaction at the
fact that matters have reached a state
when a definite settlement Of the dliii-
cultles II inevitable.
The general drift Of noNa Indicates
that the position Of the British trsups
In South Africa IL critical. owing TO the
delay IN ecndlng endorsements. and
In the event OF hostllltios early re-
verses arr regarded ms probable
A special dispatch from Johannes
burg dated September 20. gives the
rup0rt ~ the arrival Of the Notorious
lyman"
The iatcst advlces show that the
Trnnsyaal mobilization has been rapid
and comprehensive, Many Beers. Il L.
said, did not wait 20 bo Communicated
hut proceeded % the border spontane-
ouHly
Il is calculated that the Orange FREQ
state already mas seven thousand men
nu the border. Gable company officials
90 the Cape say Il IL impossible 10 reach
Pretoria over the Durham line. The
Capotown 20 Pretoria line b. stlll work.
ing but Il Ia glutted with official mes
sngca,
n ia announced that Gen. Butler viii
sail Tor the Cape either Friday or sat
urdny next
Advloes from Cnpotown say @ dis
patch received there today from
Chlrlostown Natal announces TINT
eighty mcmbor NJ the Orange Free
state artillery, with six guns. have .U.
rived nc NolksruFt o point in the Tn
vunl, close 90 tho Natal border ana tl..
O. marquee hos been erected by the hos
ultll authorities,
Tho officials NO ChnrlcytOwn have Pee
ceIvcd % telovrum from tho colonial
secretary iu answer 90 an inquiry In
STRUGGLING them 60 remain absolutely
Htlll and offer nn resistance. The
Wumon have been leaving Nolllsruat and
The nntIvo1 are leaving Chnrlestown,
The officials stlll remain but are ready
90 leave nt moments notice, Gen.
Joubett, the Vice president NJ the South
African republic and commnnder-ln-
chief OF the Tranayaal forces, has ar