Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-24
War in Transyaal a Question OF
a Few Days.
KAISER WILL NOT INTERFERE
Press and People Disapprove of Il. sort TO
Arms and Blame Grcat Britain for
I:adEeriug the Beers Be
You'd Endurance.
ll.nns,iylil 1870.

Copyright 1880. jhe Associated proes.)
BERLIN, sept eau outbre1l1 ii
w,i' il the rraEsvaal is regarded hare
as 4 question Of 1 few days. r. at tn.
NEST Of weeks. Tho whole press de
Votes considerable space TO the matter.
Neither the attitude Of the peui.!s Or
press has changed materially. With
out exception they diSarnrtve Of such
Var and b!am" Great Britain fn.' Dad
S.rinS :hc Trlnsvaal beyond cndur-
ance. The liberal press also blames tho
,IraEsvaal for its. illogical stand in first
Sanctinnn@ Great Brtain's attempts
al Interference in its Internal affairs
and then rejecting such attempts and
making thereof Il rasus beli. Thus ar
cues the Nossische Zeiiung. Cologne Ga
Zette, ragcblatt and others. The whole
conservative, lingo. anti-Semta. NJ
srarian Ultramontane and Centre
press sides With the Beers.
AN OFFICIAL TALKS.
\ foreign official said 10 the cores
I tndCnt here of the Associated Press:
OF course. it is III no sense 10 our IN
terest to have England ana the Trans
Naal SO 20 Wa:. This little i;ntr ma
ton will finally Succunsb and. prooa Aly
Will De wiped out OF existence. it $
only too likely that this Will diminish
our prestige in South Africa ard iniurc
our NOT inconsderabe material inter
states is increasing and is only next -
that OF England. Other interests will
also be ieopardiZed or injured in such
4 struggle. Still, there is no occasion
ard no political or moral right FOR rs
ln interfere So long as cur undouote.l
rignts are respected by the beliiSerents
we snail not interfere.'
The informant of the correspondent
refused 70 say whether il was 4 lis
,inct. formal understanding With Great
Britain, o. whether the agreement Of
4 year ago. on the subject Of South NJ
event OF war With the Transvaal.
EXPERTS FIGURING.
Experts are beginning TO speculate on
the probable outcome Of lhe NAL ans:
the losses on both sides.
IN the Frankfort I.eilung. Gan.,i.s,,
Non RnGustawskN 4 military writer ut
n9te. predicts that the British viii SIS
tain enormous losses in the Transv&al.
owing mainly, to the interiority Of their
Officers ana their Inability To UNDER
stand or apply modern tactics.
the Dreytus excitement has largely
slhsided here since the pardon though
many Papers express the belief that lh,.
mystery surrounding the case vii! be
nnc daS removed. Others say the end
is Wholly Unsatisfactory. III lniit NY
ard diplomatic circles the opinion
seems - prevail that Drcyfus Was in
decd 4 SPY. but for Russia This has
iculG ulter:tncc in many papers.
in INT!3RESTIN6; OUTCOME.
Nm Interesting outcoEe Of the case
i; ne fact that the emperor, who ;!Hs
i,ern deeply stirred BY the revelations
MADE NJ Rennes Of the espionage Sys-
lem between France ANA Germany, OF
Til" extent ana "Iabnra,cncsS uf Whicil
he has hitherto been ignorant. has In
stiuctcd Gen. Won Hanckr chief Of MS
private military cabinet, 70 th5ruugn!y
investigate 'hoW and u What extent the
system can be abolished Or reduced 10
y minimum.
The correspondent Of The Associated
Press learns reliably Mat His Majesty
above al. VAS startled by the fact that
the military attaches OF both countrics
White personally men of the incest sense
0i honor. had been SO dacply Involved
IN the scandal, and he instructed Gen
cral Won HsEcle to ascertain If 1t We're
possible fol' Germany 70 take the initi-
ative in ;lboishiES extra territuriality
lcr attaches and other members ii the
embassies, thus abolishing the most
age
The correspondent of the Associated
Frsss understands that General Non
iIarcke has reported that it is u1pus-
siblc for one state ana especially Il
military one. to do This alone II. gave
many potent reasons for this view.
OPPOSED TO THE BOYCOTT
The government this week exertnl
strong pressure to induce German in
duSty and commerce to abantlol I'LL
movement against the Paris exposition
Chief Commissioner Richter sent {, note
TO all the leaders OF the movement Civ
ing strong reasons Why il would be I'M
wise for Germany, and injurious 70 ;,er
interests not to appear as strong rs
possible at Paris in 1900. This and otte1
facts have had effect and it may be
said that the anti-eNposition movenan,
in Germany is entirely dead. \ curl
Gus feature is that the note dwclt or the
fact that the exposition is not Il Doli:-
zeal but merely an economic enterprise.
and that the mistake Of 1889. which Sc
fious:y injured German CONNIE rcil&
Ii Get icrIa alil.. ,,..t ~.