Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-26

CAPE Town, Sept. 26.-It Is reported
from PretoriI that Comman6ant Gen
er,I Pict JoIbert rec6ous on $4,000
TTimsvaal troops, 5000 from the
Orange Free State, S,O09 from Cape
C1ony, 2,G00 from Natal and 5000 Hol-
iauacr, German and other volunteers.
LONDON, Sept. a6.-The Brussels cor
respondent OF Tne Standard says that
DR.. Leyds, European representative OF
the south African republic, now recog-
nizes the hopelessness OF any atrempr to
obtain European Intervention.
LJSpOS, Sept. 26.-Ihe officials OF
tie loreign Office gave out the text of
Fhe letter Of the secretary of state for
the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, 70 the
British high commissioner III South
Africa, Sir Alfred Miner, dated Sept.
%. The British reply expresses regret
that her ni;;jesty's offer, No. 3, of
SEPT. 8 had been refused and said:
"The oblec5 ner majesty S government
had Ill view IL the recent negotiations
has been stated i'll Z manner which can
not admit u misrepresentation, viz, to
representation for the Olitlauders as
viii enable them to secure for them
selves that fair and Just treatment
which was formally promised them in
1881 and which her majesty intended to
secure Tor them when she granted privi-
leges of government to the Trans
vaal. No conditions less comprehensive
than those contained in the telegram of
4 +x,.N oh
ject.
''The re ussll OF the South African
government 70 entertain the offer thus
made, coming as it does after four
months OF prOtracted negotiation :,
themselves the climax OF five years of
eXteGt.ed agitation, makes 1t useless TO
further pursue the discussion on the
lines hitherto followed, and the im-
perial government is now compelled to
consider the situation afreSh and Ior.nu-
late new proposals for a tnal Settle-
ment OF the issues which have been Gre
ated i'll South Africa by the policy con-
stantiy followed for many years by the
government ui south Africa. They will
communicate the result of their deliber-
atinns i'll Il later Dispatch
The imperial government takes up
tlfe charge Of breach OF faith insinuated
by Secretary Of State ReitZ, Sept. 10,
(which we c:innot pass over i'll silence"
Nj. Chalnb berlaln refutes this charge.
Al another point the communication
said.
The imperial government sees no
ground for mlsapprebension on the
part of the South African republic as
to Its answer regarding non-interfur-
euce and sU1erdlnty, Us the Imperial
government had already stated that it
would nos press tor the appointment OF
q loiut c1Ii iISslon OF inquiry, i'll view
OF the Id ti..st Sach ;tn inquiry would,
III tiiv upIu.sn OF the government of
the South African republic, prejudice
the right OF independence repeatedly
by t;ie imperial government.
LAS 10 the USE of the English Ian
guage III the voiksriad, the imperial
government regards this as reasonable
aiItt Is aslonisiled that the government
Of the South African republic should |
deem 1t unnecessary and make point |
OF denying tl,aJ the government OF the |
South African reppDilc ever proposed |
the S;li;le TO the Lrltish agent"
DURHAM, Natal, Sept. 26.-Seven hun |
dred and fifty men of the Leicestershire |
$50 OF the Royal Dublin fusil- |
lers, go mounted lnlanGry and the |
huzzars arrived at Dundee |
from Ladygn:i5E.
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 26.-Von Welt |
helm, the iOrmer trooper i'll the Cape |
police, who sI-Ct and killed WOolf Joel, |
nephew, par5ner and executor of the
late Barney 4-arDato, i'll Johannesburg |
IL A:sy: h 0i i4st year, after failing IL an |
attempt 20 bi:,chuIail, has been arrested
pllle ccUsslug The frontier.
IL IS .,,tt taaL he was returning with
he oJs 81 Of giving the government ill.,
cr2i:,i "a.