The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-01
Cans and Ammunition BEING I'M
ported by Kruger.
NAVAL RESERVE GETS ORDERS
Transyaal Said to Have Demanded Alb
solute Independence for Fran
chiSe Concessions,

LONDON, August 25.-The Cape
Town correspondent Of the Daily Mail
says: Despite the virtual blockade of
war material in Delagoa bay, the Cape
Government is sending enormous con-
signments of munitions of war to
Bloemfontein. During the present
month over 100000 cartridges have
been sent and 500 rifles were dis
patched last night from Port Elizabeth
to Bloemfontein.
In addition to this, the Cape Minis
try, while absolutely declining to arm
the volunteers of the colony, continue
to afford other facilities to the Orange
Free State to arm it's burghers, just
across the border, freely granting the
use of the colonial railways for the dis
tribution of cartridges from the BlOem-
fontein arsenal to the border towns.
The patience of the people is becoming
Government acts quickly and decisive
ly the gravest damage may ensue to
British prestige.
CAPE TOWN, August 24.-The Del
agoa bay incident, coupled with the re-
cent transit of a large amount of am
munition, had directed the attention
of the British officials to the immense
accumuIations of war munitions in the
South African republic and the Trans
vaal.
The Uitlanders being debarred from
carrying arms, the supply of weapons
as shown in Lorenzo Marques Oela-
goa bay) returns for three years, is
greatly in excess of the burgherS' re-
quirements, and consequently there is
growing feeling among the British
community in South Africa that no set
tlement of the existing crisis will in
sure lasting peace, unless it includes a
provision for the reduction of arma-
ments.
From an excellent source of infor-
nation it is ascertained that the sub
stance of the TranSvaals cOmmunica-
ton to the British Government in re-
ply to the latter's demands is a conces-
sion of five years (retroactive) fran
chise, share in the election of the
President and an increase in the rep
resentation of the gold fields-probab-
ly eight additional seats-and stipu-
lation that all other questions are to
be submitted to arbitration, but not to
a foreign power; that Great Britain
shall not use the recent interference
as a precedent, and that the British
Government shall relinquish all suzer-
ainty rights.
The Mafeking Horse Regiment is mo-
rapidly. Several hundred re-
cruits have arrived and been equipped
here and have Joined Vivian's camp.
Every train is bringing fresh recruits. |
1t is rumored that 800 Beers have
formed at laager on the border.
PRETORIA, August 24.-Conyngham
Greene, the British agent and Charge |
d Affaires at Pretoria, has presented |
to the Government a further dispatch |
from the British Secretary of State for |
the Colonies, Mr.. Chamberlain, the ma
ture of which has not yet been di-
vulged.
JOHANNESBURG, August 24-At a
meeting here of 200 Germans, a COM
iulllec "dS dppolittu W EXPRESS 10 the |
Transvaal Government the willingness |
Of the Germans to volunteer for serv-
ice in case of war, but requesting that |
they be enrolled in a separate corps on
account of the hardships endured by
the Germans in the Magato campaign.
DURHAM, Natal, August 24.-The
men belonging to the British first-class
reserve residing here have been Or
larad fn hold in roodiYacc
% Immediately join their regiments.