The age-herald., 1899-10-01
TRANSvAAL WAR
 |S INEVITABLE Negotiations Are Said to Have
 Reached a Crisis. ALL DEPENDS UPON KRUGER RumOrS Of Interference Of Foreign Pow
 CTS Crop Out. IS BUT ONE PROBABLE SOLUTION Speculation Rife Regarding Complica- tions Which Might Ensue by Rus sian or German Diversion in
 Various Parts of World
RumOrS Of Interference Of Foreign Pow
 CTS Crop Out.
IS BUT ONE PROBABLE SOLUTION

London, September 3O.-War now seems certain. The extraordinary delay of the Boers in taking hostile initiative, as was pointed out in the dispatch to the Associ- ated Press September 23, is still a pacific circumstance; but 1t has ssignif- canoe when compared with the genuine and far-reaching preparations they are making for hostilties. As frequently mentioned in these dispatches, the attitude of the Brit 1sh government in always insisting upon sovereign power has practically undergone no change throughout the entire negotia- tions. Every stage has depended upon Pres ident Kruger. If he would not back down when the British demands were less sweep ingly expressed he can scarcely do so now, when they are formulated with almost bru- tai frankness. The negotiations, according to President Kruger's own statements, and judging from all the available information, seem to have reached an impasse.
 Rumors of the interference of a foreign power continue to crop up, but the san- guine scarcely believe this would turn the British from their determined effort of the first to allow President Kruger to submit absolutely to their lterms though specula- ton is rife regarding the awkward compli- cations which might ensue by German or Russian diversion in various parts of the globe.
 4 Probable Solution
 Bereft of the countless confusing phases due to secrecy regarding the intentions of the governments involved and the contTa- dctory reports from the troubled territory, the most probable solution of the present situation seems this: The Boers who must hp pi n bp afTOrts of thp British government to avert hostilities until the arrival of endorsements having weeks ago planned campaign, will put 1t in action perhaps as early this week. They will probably avoid engagements, devoting their energies to the destruction of property and the capture of prisoners, perhaps including raid on Delagoa bay It seems unlikely that they will attack via Laingsnek and other passes of that boundary, for the sim ple reason that these points are so openly talked about as their probable points of aggression.
 Keenest observers believe it to be more likely that the Boers will operate through Zululand, thus creating diversion or the 5OO0 British troops now chiefly massed at Lady Smith or in it's neighborhood. In the meanwhile or perhaps previous to this British army corps consisting of 2O,ooo men or more will be sent out. Parliament Will be summoned and no doubt the necessary supplies will be granted, though there Will be some hot debating.
 No Information Concerning Plans
 Regarding the plans of campaign of the respective armies there is no reliable h- formation, though it is the general as sumption that the main object of the Brit isb will be the capture of Pretoria. The duration of the conflict is a matter Of the widest surmise though the Contlneh.dl and British papers do not express the faintest doubt that it will result In the de-
 o,,1 ha addition their country to the colonies. Were peace ana war dependent merely upon matters or ~euzerainty or the franchise there might De some hope that hostilites may be aVerteo at the last moment But the Assoeiateu Press learns that apparently there IS truth in what the peace party papers nave olteh hinted at that is to say that the underlying motive actuating the British government throughout the negotiations mas peeh tne Suppression of what they have reason 10 beiieve was a far-reaching conspiracy TOT the establishment Of a Dutch ieoei a'ioiA from the Zambesi to the Cape
 The authority for this statement IS NIT. Chamberlain himself. In conVersation' so a representative of the Associated Ffess was reliably informed, the secretary or .ato for the colonies said that one great Saotor of the situation which could not pc brought before the public for fear that tue governments object might De misiu.erplee cd was the cabinets well denneo uiiue. etandinQ that for months ct Soi i"A.' - tered plot had been in progress 10 10TH d Dutch federation oro,,a. Tt has referred to the action of the oranse Free State and to that of the Afrlhanoel members of the Cape legislature, when eomewhat confirms MT. Chamberlalh view, for it is impossible to believe tnat such important steps would result from mere spontaneous sentiment of current 6isnute. It has long been suspected that the cabinet was prompted by more vital questions that the Uitlander rights, and II Mir Chamberlain Is quoted correctly It would appear that Great Britain will not ston until reassured of the absolute safety of her supremacy in South Africa.
 War Party in Ascendency
 The Speaker peace advocate, admits repretfully that the war party is in the ascendant in Great Britain, and every london daily except the Chronicle supports Mr Chamberlain with every afternoon naper except the Westminster Gazette, the Star and the Echo.
 Among the country, however some of fine most influential bitterly oppose war. Their feelings are well voiced by the Sneaker saying: We seem to be fated to he plunged into a war for which the his- forian will be unable to find adequate justi- 1cation or even plausible excuse"
 Next to the Trapsvaal, Admiral Deweys reception calls for the most interest. The only discordant note is struck, as usual,