Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-26
General Joubert Not Able to Hold
Them Back Much Longer.
ARE ANGRY AT ENGLAND.
English Papers Say the Way Il Now
open for Peace, ~ Prcst Kru.
ger WIN Have IT,

London. Sept 2s--'rhe general feel
lng including that OF the pro-Boers as
Indicated by articles In tho afternoon
papers today. II that the published dis
patch Of the secretary Of state for the
colonies. Mr.. Chamberlain. 70 the Brit
ish high commissioner In South Afri-
ca. Sir Alfred Milnep clears the way
Tor pcaco. u the Beers desire H. In any
event. q 10 pointed out. II anorda fur
thor delay. which In the case cf Great
Britain. II certainly advantageous. as
Il gives time for the reinforcement Of
the garrisons at the Cape. The papers
generally. however. express the hope
that President Kruger will now see hia
way to meet Great Brltalu'a Views, and
the Wsstmlnstor Gazette. which n not
an anu-Boer paper says.
president Kruger and his advisers
stiu have n chance of securing peace
with independence In the meanwhile
the dispatch " troops 10 South africa
proceeds unintcrruptcdiy, Three field
batteries arrived at Birkenhnnd today
and Will embark FOR Durham, Natal,
A cablegram from Capctown Hayai
Quantities OF stores and ammunition
are leaving here daily, The movement
~ the troops TO Natal II merely n pre-
cautionary measure TO secure the coal
mines and IL ~ noNise IN me NATURE
~ q menace, There are no Imperial
troops on the immediate border. Rumors
~ collisions should be received with
caution"
a dispatch from Pretoria says that
Mnusor rifle In the hands OF a burTher
who was .practicinE. win IL burst re-
Gently and nearly killed him, with the
result that a great number u burghera
nrp graveiy concerned az tho apparent
insecurity of the new weapon. They as
fcd that tho cartridges are worthless
and ate appealing 10 the government
TO revert 10 the Martin or Investigate
and remedy the grievances.
the Times has a dispatch from Io-
htnnesburF which asserts that the de-
lay is creating tho worst possible I'M
preston IN the minds Of the hurHhcra,
who tauntlngiy boast that while Great
lfltulu deprecatca delay upon the part
of the Beers she Intentionally and un-
necessarily prolonga the controversy
because she ~ afraid 10 follow up her
own game Of blum with the arguments
l,opotts are heard on all sides Of the
eaFeruoaa OF tho liocrs 20 start hoatll-
tiles. ana their p0atponcment IL said 70
be- wholly due To the restraining innu-
sncc of General Joubert II N added
that II 10 believed this influence cannot
ho exercised much longer. There u a
circumstantlhi ruinor that General Jou-
bert has received imperative orders
from the armed burEhera that unless
he II prepared 10 take the Initiative
within n brief period he must rclin-
qulah his command Of the army. THIS
" looked upon ~ An Instructive indi-
cation Of noer feeling.
FEvBRGsH ACTIVITY.
Capctown. Sept. 20.-rhc south Afri-
can News today prints a dispatch from
Pretoria saying the alleged change In
| British public opinion and the alarm
/ lng reports subsequent 10 the meeting
OF the cabinet are considered hopeful
There IL no official news from
| Bloenfonteln. There ~ not the slight
est doubt. though, about the attitude
/ uf the orange Free State. At a meeting
| ~ Scandinavian there Il was unani-
| mously decided 20 support the govern
| mont only twenty members OF the
| itHad are IN town ana Il II expected the
/ legislature will dissolve at any moment.
| The Jews az a meeting have resolved
/ 90 support the government and have
/ offered TO equip and provision a police
/ corps Of 200 men. piet Kruger, grand
| son OF the president m the Irnnsvlnl,
| in a letter 20 the Nolltatcln. asks wheih-
or or not 10 IL the governments duty
! 90 inform tho imperial government that
any further landing Of troops Will be
/ considered "a CaHuH belll,
There D. fOycrish activity IN alt Tho
] departments and tho dispatch OF rldorl
| carrying Instructions 10 towns removed
from the telegraph lines, II contlnu-