The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-16
THE BLUE BOOK

Issued by the British Government on
TrnnsvauI AfFairs Reveals few I'm
portant Matters That Were Not
Known.
LONDON, Sept. ia blue book con-
talning the last Trnnsvaal dispatch Of
the secretary of state for the colonies,
Mr.. Chamberlain, relating to the mat
ters whfcfieads up to the dispatch being
sent was issued to-day. The text of
Mr.. Chamberlain's note is identical
with the dispatch as cabled to The
Associated Press September 49, The
only important feature revealed Is a
telegram from the British high commits
sloner, Sir Alfred Miner, dated August
81, referring to the commercial distress
and saying:
'I am receiving representations from
many quarters to urge the imperial
government to terminate the suspense.
British South Africa is prepared for
extreme measures and is ready to sut-
| fer much more In order to see the vim
dication of British authority. 1t is the
prolongation of the negotiations, end
less and indeclsiYe, that Is dreaded. j
fear seriously that there will be g
strong reaction OF feeling against the
policy OF the imperial government II
matters drag, Please understand that
Invariably preach confidence and pa-
tience, and not without effect But II
did not inform you of the increasing
difficulty Of doing this and Of the un-
f,,N N,N. - n hnnf
the present situation and OF the desire
should be failing In my duty"
Other lengthy dispatches from the
British high commissioner are publish
ed, but they only relterate the outlnnd-
or claims regarding the franchises and
the commissioners ideas regarding the
propositions already made.
The blue book throws no new light
on the situation as It is to-day, except
to show the commissioners patience
has reached the ebbing point.
A published interview with President
Kruger, said to have taken place Mt
Pretoria yesterday, Is far more import
ant. He Is quoted as saying: 81 have
tried all along to place the aliens In the
TrnnsvHal on the same footing polltlc-
ally rs the burghers. Mr. Chamberlain
says ! have not kept my promises.
This" thundercd President Kruger, II
deny"
KruEer's Reported Words.
Continuing President Kruger Is re-
ported to have added: "The aliens of
the Transvaal have the same CONNER
clal rights as the burghers and have al
ways enjoyed them without interior
ence. wanted to let them have the
same political rights. but they would
not avail themselves Of this. Roughly
there are more than fifty thousand
aliens who have been here more thnn
seven yenrs and have registered, thus
being eligible to the franchise. Yet OF
the British subjects who have avniled
themselves OF It the chief part have
been Afrik0nders and not English
born. This shows that the British In
tho TrnnsVaal do not want the fran
chfse. In my opinion there Is no cause
whatever for war; everything could be
settled by arbitration"
Mr.. Conyngham Greene, the British
agent at Pretoria, In n letter to the
TranHVaal government, said the imper-
Iai government did not desire to hurt
the Boer susceptlbilltlcs by publicly re-
Inserting suZerainty, so long as no rea-
son to do so was given by the Trans
yaal.
The Globe, commenting on this letter.
expresses tho greatest regret at such
Language ana trusts Mr.. GreencB
words do not represent the attitude OF
the colonial oHlcc. The Globe adds:
'The blue book gives little cncour-
ngement to the belief that the Beers
viii show themselves reasonable"
4 second edition of the London Times
to-day prints n special dispatch from
New Castle. Natal. dated September
Is, which bears out the British high
commissioners statement, as II says
the OutlnnderE' council hns transmitted
to the Imperial government whnt prnc-
tlcnlly amounts TO protest against
further delay. The correspondent says:
"They cannot contemplate without
grave misglvings the possibility that
the Pretoria government will be per-
mItted to further delay matters on
the plea of consulting the burBhers."
No Confirmation,
The Times correspondent adds;
'There is nothing to confirm the reports