Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-22
KRUGER'S REPLY
MAY BRING WAR
HE IS CALLED A HYPOCRITE
ENGLAND would Have Preferred n
curt Answcr-Wouid lave FUR
nishod "a PretcNt tor WAR

London. Aug. 2i--Thcrc e. mo longer
an, doubt that President Kruger has
refused 10 submit 20 tho demand Of Mr.
chamberlain for the appointment Of q
court % Inquiry. lie may have done go
automatically or hedgIngly but that
hlr answer IL regarded by the British
r,gsrnmout aa tnntnmnuut 90 positive
rmril ls now an established fact The
colonial Office ia non-committnl, but
thrre arc other evidences which amply
wsiIfy this statement All the officials
Uu tay ln regard to the matter is.
The reply ls not "a complete accept
one. or the proposal Of Mr.. Chamber
hIh. secretary uf the colonies"
Ih. report that President Kruger has
proposed new terms o. somewhat vurl-
ftd hy the guarded comment VI the
colonial Office officials aud the irrltu-
tlty displayed there There D. not the
sufhtoHt doubt thut they now believe
war ls the only way to settle the con-
troypray
They would FAR rather have had a
curt. defiant answer than tho tCmpuriz-
ne answer which the Boor president
hIa sent with the former Great Brit
ain would have plain grounds for "a
quick commencement Of hustllltlcs. I'M
der the circumstances which u ls be-
lIuytd now exist, aggressive action
needs considerable explanation 10 Jus.
ufy % in the eyes OF the world and
the English minority who ntill declare
war would be- an outrage.
However n Mt Chamberlain has his
way. Il ~ believed President KruEcrH
counter. proposals viii meet with Hcnnt
attention and. unless the Bucu cum-
ulHtuiy hnrk down. which ID not likely,
iho crisis win quickly develop into war
10 has developed that the war office
hHs been aware of the nature m the
Tunavunl governments answer Tor
several days. and that u wnH cummun-
lUutUl Co the war uiiico. hence Il To
probable that Great britain VIII delay
announcement us little uH possible.
a high official expressed 10 r. repre-
sentative uf the Associated Press his
disgust at what he formed "krugcr.a
cupidity ana hypogrlEy' lio Hald'
The Kind VI game which Kruger ~
playing must hc clear 10 Americans.
The proloatntions of the lgrr, mat
they wish To- live u quiet, agricultural
llfc may b. the tune of SOME Of the
Ncldt. but the gang in Pretoria h slim
ply after money. Though President
Kruger says many harsh things 90 the
uitlnudCru he never hrHltntcd 60 make
money out of them. either by fair or
foul means. This Tmnsvuul question
cannot be- judged by recent occurrences.
You must ~ back nfiy years, n has
been hanging nro an that time. and the
sooner 10 o. settled now the better"
Though the official did not actually
cay pa. 10 was clear that he believed
war was the only method Of settlement
N la learned that the government ~
ruWcwhnt annoyed al tho publlc'H
f|IHht interest In the TrnuHvnni The
official above quoted said 20 the Assoc
cIatgd Press representative: "prsyfua
seems the only thing that our people
think about though England ~ IN
most serious crisis. This Indifference
% perhaps typical
A special dispatch from Capctown
says there d. great danger Of an out
break uf violence on the frontier and
that the scum NJ South Africa Is en-
listing throughout tho colony and being
lout 90 pltsanin and Jameson. on the
border.