The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03
Salisbury Has No Desire for Annexa-
ton Unless Driven to it.
THE OUTLANDERS ARE SCARED
Believe Declaration Of War Would be
Followed by q Massacre at DO
hanuesburg - Great Activity
Among the Arsenals aud
GarrisOns in Great
Britain.

LONDON. oct. 2.-No confirmation is
obtanabe from any source Of the report
contained in a dispatch 10 the Exchange
telegraph Company. that the Beers have
captured Dundee.
No exceptional activity was shown az
the government offices to-day. Mr.
Chamberlain and the Earl of setoourne
wore absent from the COLONEL Office. but
Lord r,ansdowne. General Lord Woolsely
and General wood were busily engaged at
the War Office
Sir Redyers Butler called at the War
ONCE this evening. ana special board
meeting was held Naturally. nothing oil
the discussion was made public, but 1t Is
understood Sir Redyers Butler VIII not
,r.,ceed for the Cape until next week, eA-
c.,t in case of Unforeseen developments.
Nr,nV members of Parliament are re-
,urninp TO town in anticipation OF an
early summ0ulng of the House OF iar-
lament 10 is the general impression 'hat
although some speakers may express ols-
aDrtotal of The government policy. few
win 20 10 the extreme of voting against
The required credit. IL is considered more
tlcipating in "a division.
sir william Vernon Harcourt, the LID
eral leader having IN speech at lreue
gar said: '"rhe first and last Wora OF
these gold hunters is war, IN order 10
lead TO annexation a correspondent
wrote to Lord Salisbury asking IL IL
were not true that the government woula
make every effort TO avert war ana hau
mo- desire 20 annex the Transraal u a
lao. .Ntf
Lord Salisbury replied, answering ahlrina-
lively. .
letter from an OutiandeT received ln
Birmingham was published to-day. II il
reflects the general feeling OF the British
residents I'm Johannesburg. they must he
m AN awkward funk. The writer says.
"Ir il comes TO a fight / believe tho
Beers Will make a massacre of IT, blow
Johannesburg 10 bits and shoot US on
sight. In fact. 1 have been told so by
one I'm office
RcDorts from various arscnals and gar
risous in Great Britain testify To- the ac-
tive miliIry preparations. Tho reserves
have received preliminary notice to ne
preparcd. and several regiments have been
notified TO hold themselves in readiness
for active service.
The rlmor that fighting had already
commenced seems 10 have originated al
the Wo0lwich arsenal
Matters are at standstill and prac-
ticauv no dispatches from South Africa
have been received this morning
# is understood the Colonial once re-
co,vod an important dispatch from SIT
Alfred Miner. British High Commissioners
tor South Africa, yesterday, the contents
of which have not been made pubic
rho Daily Chronicle says 10 has reason
to believe that the information OF haVai
brigade is contemplated.
ruuor which. however lacks coniF-
nation IS current at the clubs to-hlsht
maj the Duke Of Connaught VIII accom-
many General Sir Redveis BulIer TO Al
rica as imperial Commissioner 70 confer
with President Kruger ard Fres'u'H'
Stein. -,. .....
that General Jan Kock will command the
Boer forces on the Natal border COM
mandant Kronje on the southwest anu
General shalburgcr on the eastern ltoh-
tier while General Maline viii be ih com
mand at Rustonburs. Altogether theIe
viii be nine generals in command oil col
umns 4 complete plan of campaign mas
bCeD arranged Win the Orange ii'' '''iNN'
PRESS CENSORSHIP
4 rigorous censorship is maintained over
ali press teiegrams. President Kruger
addressed the troops which started Tor
the Natal border on Saturday appealing
10 their patriotism and wishing them God
speed Fighting is expected oy Nedhcs-
day
Advicos from cape Town say dispatch
received there to-day from CharlestOWn.
Natal. announced that eighty members OF
the Orange Free State artillery with six
guns have arrived at V0lksrust point IN
the Transvaal close 10 the Natal border
and that "a Marquee has been erected by
the hospital authorities The officials at
Charlestown have received telegram
from the Colonial Secretary i'm answer Co.
an inquiry instructng them 10 remain alb
s0uteiy stil and offer no resistance. No
women have been left I'm Volksrust and
the natives are leaving Chariestown.
A dispatch from Durham. Natal, time
1915 this morning reports that all trains
from the Transvaal are arriving twenty
hours late having been ohaeed TO give
way 10 the Beer military trains. II is re-
ported that two trains which arrived last
evening were packed and the stations was
bos.eged by friends OF the passengers
The latter said they had endured hard
ships and had been subject to insults by
the Beers.
NEW YORK. oct 2.-Charles d. Pierce.
Consul-General OF the orange Free State,
to-day received "a cableeras relative 10
the affairs In the rransvaal Consul
Pierce says that the cable was OF such a
nature that he could not make IL public
but he was at liberty to say that the
President Of the Free state had made
an Intellectual effort 20 request President
Mex nley 20 act with the United States
to request other powerful nations To act
as arbitratOrs between England and the
Transvaai Mr. Pierce says tffat the
warm and close relations between the
United States and Great Britain prevented
Mr. Mckinley from moving in so momen-
tOus a matter.