Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09
Country Worked Up, and Expected
to Whip Beers in Six Months,
MONTAGUE WHITES VIEWS.
says There WI be No War, but n
There Were Britain would be- SUR
Priscd ricau siaiIers.

London, Sept. 9.-Cspccill London ct-
bic letter, copyrighted 1899 by thr As
ISOLATED Press. This week Great urit-
ain has rosomblod In every respect the
Tremendously exciting week 100 the Unit.
ed States which Immediately preceded
the outbreak OF the war with spain.
Drcyfus and other topics suuk into OBJ
Hcurity patriotic enthusiasm haa been
at fever heat. and the slightest sign of
preparation FOR war has been seized
on by the press and public ne an Inc
dicauon " the status Of the crisis. The
differences between the state u Affairs
here and the situation IN the United
states TO- April. is9s. Is merely that tho
projected campaign IL military Instead
of naval. According 10 reliable state
mcnts the army IL ready The papers
teen with descriptions Of the troops
who are expected to do the lighting,
with accounts OF their equipment and
method Of transportation. and even the
relative killing properties Of the bullcta
which II waa expected would soon be
lodged under Bocr skins. The par
ocular pct ls now % bullet known us
MARK g." II % claimed that H. lead
cone iH harder and lees furinlU than
any tried heretofore, Largo quantities
are being shipped 10 Cape Town
Though mobilization has mover been a
strong feature OF the British army it IL
now believed TINT "a syutom Az near
perfection us possible has been pro-
pared. Tho commandments Field
MarHnal Lord WoHcloy Sir Evelyn
wood Con. Sir Redyrra Butler
and other generals have been working
Htreuuoufly ON % Tor months, Many
now features have been introduced,
several ui them being based uu the
lessons learned by the American troops
10 tho war with spain. Amuug The
latter ~ the extreme usefulness %
mules in such o country a. the Trans
yanl. The HrluHh officers who have
been IN the United states, spain ana
South America selecting huuCh.H uf
these animals. have now been ordered
10 close thclr purchases nnd ahlp the
mulea a0 quickly lH possible TO the
scene of The probable h1st.l,ucs.
Az there things 10 gay nothing Of
ihe splendid morale an1lqputatlu1 Of
tie regiments rejected 70 the Cupo,
indicate that " war comes d viii be-
waged rcloutlcUly and strongly. ana
that there viii be no ahHtemcul until
South Africa lH flooded with hTluih
troops IN such numbers that organ
ltti ieHiHlAit' ny inc hNNih VIII hN
Impossible. before the main British
body Of troops arrive. 10 b. thought
possible the NuafH may score some de-
cidc1 successes. and even after being
overcome hy the force ~ superior
numbers they may coutlnu1 the war In
guerilla fashion Tor many months. But
conservative uplnlou places six month";
ns the outside limit Tor the capture ~
Johannesburg and Pretoria. n another
Muluhu hill marks the annals AZ thn
possible war, % viii not De due 60 lack
% caution on the part " the British.
The SwuAlH are vNr cited o. give GrDlt
britain considerable aid, and with the
of blacks between cape AgulhlH ava
the XlmhDal. 10 iH claimed, viii TlHt
against the Transvonl
THE Buer plan ~ mobilization o. Efil
60 Do purely defensive, embracing 5000
mon who would occupy stratUrluh
points iu their own country hut this
Do not likely 90 prevent raid upon
poorly def ndpl Natal. The greatest
dangers the British contemplate fic.ns
apart from the RoDn steady hands and
Muuarr rifles, are climate, lack ~ for
ace AMI the scarcity nf ammunition
owing 20 the difficulties ut transport
Precautions have already been taken 10
avoid the two last. but there a. no doubt
TINT n the campaign occurs, many
lirltish lives VIII be sacrificed TO rntcrlc
fever
Sir. Montague white. consul general
NJ the South African Republic IN Lon
don said.
III the burghcrs will not yield to
hyHttria, there ~ no clnuH brlli We
decline responsibility Tor what others
have muddled. Suzerainty ~ not the
question. The franchise II the rock Of
difference on which Mr. Chamberlain
recognizes we shall split, This war N
war must come, IA not going b. Cud
with q flash In the pan. The struggle
will be from Pretoria 20 Capt Town
Even suppoaiuW the existing Boer regi-
mcnts are unuihll1trd, no force can beat
down the Afrlkluder and Dutch
strength uf South Africa, He who de-
clnrcs war on the Trunsvnal lights the
torch u revolution. The Trnnsvuul
Will not prpCpltutc matters. The
hurghcrH viii go out 20 defend their
homes and country when tho note ~
alarm IL sounded That Is no menace
Lord Salisbury has yet TO be reckanod
with lie vim NOT boz driven by personal
feeling or bubble. We believe the
British sense uf fair play VIII prevail"
Former Congressman James n
Lewis arrived hero this week, ana un
Friday presented bis credentials nt the
United States embassy. lie was cor-
daily received Mr Lewis Is here to
press the claims for compensation 90
the American miners who were evlcted
IN the Atlin district ~ the Northwest
Territory BY the Canadian government
The mnttcr of the American mlnors'
claim against Canada has already been
taken up, but no action VIII be taken
until the arrival u Sir Louis Henry
Davies, the Canadian minister of mines
aud Fisheries who II coming here 20
present the other side " the case, by
that time the United states ambasaa-
dor Mr. Joseph n Choatc viii have
the briefs OF Mr. Lewis under
consideration. The lawyer urges that
the claims be included In the genorM
arbitration by the high commission
Minister Davies viii object 10 this,
maintaining that such methods win OBJ
struct the boundary solution. Mr..
Lewis. interviewed by reporter OF the
Associated Press. said;
II hope the claims VIII be nrbitrntcd
through a commission appointed for
that purpose by the Joint high commits
sion. i am anxious that any action con-
corning Alaska be IN part dependent
upon the recognition N these claims of
5000 American citizens ana that tho
United states from whence they come
Will Insist upon fair treatment by Great
Britain. They regard the legislation
which has deprived them Of their prop
eriy as great WRONG and a violation