The times., 1899-10-02
Waiting FOR War NEWS
LOndon Reports an 0mineus Silence
i'm the TransTaal.
Fears That fhe Conflict with the
Beers Has Already Been Precipi-
tated-The Criticnl Position OF
British Troops-open Treason in
Cape CoIony-IitInnders Suffering.

LONDON. Oct. 2.-Gl:30 p. m-l-No news
has yet been received from the Transyaal.
Il is believed. however. that the Beer COM
mandant. General Joubert. is in camp eight
miles from the Natal border. with 1000
armed men.
The wires to the Cape and Natal are
both working but there is no news from
the border districts where the Beers have
massed their forces.
In government circles it is thought pos
sible that a fight has occurred.
The "Pan Mall Gazette prints des-
patch from johannesburg dated last Fri
day. which was sent by way OF Cape Town,
stating that the position of the British
troops is critical The mismanagement Of
the war Office is obvious and unless strong
re-enforcements are sent reverses are cer-
tain.
There is open treason in Cape Colony,
where there are only two battalions Of
British troops. The plight of the poorer
class Of UItlanders is pitiable.
Patrick J. P. lyman has arrived in the
Transvaal. lyman is the alleged dyna-
because Of his connection with the assassi-
nation Of Lord cayendish and Under Sec
retary Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
He was arrested at Boulogne-Sur- Mer.
France. at the request of the British au-
thorities, but was released after short
detention on condition that he leave the
country. Tynan's family resided al Au-
1nTlr a.
him on his return TO New York in October.
1896, but not a representative of an irish
society was on the pier TO greet him. As q
matter of fact. Irishmen regarded Kim as
man who was posing as the notorious
Invincible No. /, and was really wearing
the laurels of another. He has had q
rather strange career, and before the Phoe-
nix Park assassinations he went to South
America His brother had died in one OF
the South American republics. and lyman
went there to get some $4,000 which had
been bequeathed him. The next heard OF
him was his arrest in France in connection
with the Phoenix Park murder.
An Englishman who has lately arrived
here from South Africa says Dr. jameson
was recently in Matabeleland trying TO
raise an army corps for the purpose Of op-
Grating on the Transvaal frontier.
Major Giles, who commanded Lord Ran
dolph Churchill's expedition to Rhodesia
in 1891 is organizing q corps of German
Rough Riders modelled on the plan of Gov
ernor Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the
Spanish-American war. Each member Of
the corps is to pay his own expenses. which
Major Giles estimates viii be about $500.
Gen. Sir Redvers Butler. who is to CON-
mand the British troops in South Africa,
VIII sail FOR Cape Town on October c.
CAPE TOWN. Oct 2.-The South Afri-
can News the organ Of Prime Minister
schreiner, o. Cape Colony, declares that
a special train left last night to bring Mr.
cOnyngham Greene. the British agent and
his staff from Pretoria
The formality Of hauling down the Brit
ish flag on the legation building, the pa
per says. is imminent
Sir alfred Miner, the British High Com
missioner. denies the report that MT
conyngham Greene. the British agent al
Pretoria, has been recalled.
PARIS. Oct 2.-The Figaro says that
Queen Wilhelminia, of Holland. is going
to Potsdam. for the purpose Of interview
ing Emperor William, and trying to in
duce him to initiate a movement for me-
diation between Great Britain and the
Transvaal