Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19
rsANsyAAL SITUATION UNCHANGED
Suggestion of Boer "Cour
s.,,c Wishes American Intervention.

LONDON. September 1S-The Trans
vaaI situation remains practically I'M
changed. The general apprehension In
regard to the outcome was reflected ny
the decline In Consols and stocks on the
| Stock Exchange, where, although an
stocks continue depressed. there was not
the slightest approach TO excitement.
The text OF Presidents krugers reply
was issued by the Secretary of state ior
| the colonies. Mr.. Chamberlain, this az
| ternoon. but Il adds nothing OF impor-
| lance TO the summary heretofore caDleu
10 the Associated Press. The language
I'm many places is taken 10 indicate
firm. unyieldng position. The reply,
| however, concludes:
III her Majesty's government is VIII
ing. and feels able. 10 make this decision
a Joint commission, as at first proposed
/ by Mr.. Chamberlain, II would put an end
TO the present state Of tension. Race
hatred would decrease and die out, and
the prosperity and welfare OF the South
African republic, and the whole OF South
Africa, would be developed and furthered,
and determination between the different
nationalities would increase.
The second edition Of the Times con-
tains dispatch from johannesburg
which says:
A BOER "CODG'
There is. / am informed some early
coup in contemplation. The quanuties
of compressed forage forwarded IN the
direction of the Natal border indicate
some move on the part Of the troops In
that quarter. The government IS buying
horses freely to-day"
war risks on consignment 10 the Trans
vaal were quoted at a premium of 90 per
cent Yesterday, and all the markets were
very sensitive and excited.
GREENE FEARS DYNAMITE.
The Cape Town correspondent Of the
Daily Chronicle says: at is reported
here that Conyngham Greene British d.
plomatic agent at Pretoria, fears that
an attempt will be made TO dynamite the
British agency"
The Cape Town correspondent OF the
Daily Mail says: "The United states
Consul in Cape Town has gone to Bloem-
fontein. at the request of the govern
ment Of the Orange Free state, TO con-
fer regarding the crisis The orange
Free state Executive is anxious to Sc
cure American intervention.
''Boer spies infest all the border towns.
Two thousand troops will be dispatched TO
Kimberley within a week. Five hundred
started tonight and others Will go Tor
ward tomorrow"
GERMANY STRICTLY NEUTRAL.
RFRLIN. September 1S.-The Associated
Press learns. authoritatively, that the
German Government has emphoucally
Informed President Kruger 10 expect no
assistance in the event with war with
Great Britain, and the German consuls
IN the Transvaal have been instructed 10
inform Germans who volunteer that they
viii be aiding President Kruger at their
own risk.
POWER TO CONFISCATE MINES.
PRETORIA, September 1s.-The Volks-
raad to-day readopted the mining arti-
Gle Of the gold law, eliminated last year,
empowering the Transvaal 10 confscato
the claims and mines belonging TO people
convicted of treason or conspiracy aginst
the state. and empowering the govern
ment TO order that the mines be worked,
and If these Instructions be disregarded
10 work them through its own agents.
The readopted article comes into force
Immediately. -
BOERS MASSING ARTILLERY.
LONDON, September Especial dis
matches from South Africa confirm the
report telegraphed yesterday that the
Boers are massing artillery in position
commanding Daign's Neck. Small Boer
attachments occupy positions above Bur
falo. river.
The members Of the Afrikander Bund,
I'm Cape Town. intend to convene the
Bund in Congress TO consider the situa-
ton.