Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-05
OVER 10000 MEN
To Comprise British Force
in South Africa.
Nothing Very Tangible in Wednesdays
Adyices from the TransvaaI.
Gen. White Finds Situation Along Natal Border
Graye-Boers Increase Force.

| chancellor OF the exchequer, Rt. Hon
| Sir Michael Hicks Beach, has sanction
ed the provisional expenditure OF
| c3,009 900 and the government will not
exceed that limit without authority
| from Parliament. which will be asked
| % vote n sum not exceeding $4,000, 900.
y meeting of the war board. today,
| discussed and drew up arrangements
| to ensure the safety of the route from
Durham to Laings Mex 50 that large
! bodies Of troops may. on embarka ton,
be rapidly forwarded up the country to
the front without confusion or crowd
| ing at the base.
| 1t is stated. today that the war of
Zee has decided that the army corps
for service in South Africa shall be
much larger than originally estimated
and that IT now consists Of over 40 000
men. The preparations for the dis
patch Of this force. including the char
tcring Of big ocean liners, is steadily
and safely proceeding.
The Press Associa ton learns that
the dispatch drawn up by the cabinet
Friday. was still unsent up to this
evening. ON tine other hand tele-
gram from Brussels gives from a well
H.
Leyds. the representative in Europe OF
the South African Republic, has re-
ceiVed confirmation of the report that
President Kruger had addressed an ul-
timatum 10 Great Britain demanding
the withdrawal OF the British forces
from the frontier within rs hours and
that it was delivered. Monday. This
report. however. still lacks official con-
firmation.
The confidence Of the military author-
ties at The Cape is shown by a dispatch
received. tonight. from Cape Town. whicn
stated that conference between the mil
itary authorities there and Gen. Sir
George Stewart White. V. C.. who Will
command the British forces in Natal ana
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Frederick Walker, held to
consider the situation. Gen. White ex.
pressed himself rs confident that the
British would be able to present force
sufficient Up repcl any attack. Gen
White who intended 70 go to Durham on
board a warship in order to save tima.
has now abandoned the idea ana wilHg1
by train. tonight.
\ line steamer left Lcurenzo Marquee.
De!agoa Day, today. with 121y Raad retu
gees. Large numbers We're left behind
and all trains are crowded with those
taking part in the exodus from thu
TransvaAl. \ dispatch from Volksrust |
says the Boer camp on the Natal border |
nOw comprises $3.50 men ana is daily |
growing. The camp breathes a religious |
fervor. The commissariat arrangements. |
the dispatch SAYS. are defective. One Of |
the largest corps lay in the Neldt wi,hout |
shelter during a heavy thunder storm |
Commandant General Joubert is momen- |
tarily expected 10 assume command OF |
the Boer forces
4 special dispatch from Newcastle.
Natal. dated. Wednesday. SAYS: The
Beers have left the Lager at Volks-
rust and are moving toward the from
tier The situation is most critical The
and municipal officers have
assembled in the Town hall to concert
measures for the defence of the town
against an expected attack. All the
women and children have been ordered
to leave for the frontier Of Natal"
The Daily Nails correspondent at
LourenZo. Marques reports that H. NJ
5. Prilomel has gone to Durham for the
purpose of landing 1G0 men and a gun
The Daily Mail says it considers that
he action reported indicates grave
LANCER and it thinks it probable that
)ther British warships are converging
silently upon the theatre Of action.
special dispatch from Pretoria SAYS |
hat the Transvaal government has
'eized gold to the value of cS00. 900
which is now lodged in the state mint.
The government. the dispatch adds, !.
,ill indemnify the banks to which the
,old is consigned.
Other kilograms represent that a
Soer attack upon Natal is expected at
ny moment but assert that COM
nandant Gen. Joubert has threatened
D shoot any man who moves without
riders. The London morning papers ;,
re inclined to regard the seiZue of gold ~
y the Transvaal government as an act
f war. No absolute confirmation is
btainable of the report that a Boer !,
ltimatum has been presented, but the -
ews comes from unusually good Boer :
Durces.
There is nothing very tangible in
,days war news The situation re
iains as strained as ever. Some
ope may he derived from the apparent
lct that the forces on the frontier are
,garded by both sides as wholly defen
We for the present and from the state.
ent that Mr.. j. Fl. Hofmeyer the Afri-
lnder leader in Cape Colony, is still pre-
ired 10 endeavor to secure the adhesion
the Transvaal government to the 'irrc-
lcible minimum" proposed AT the Bio
nfontein conference to President Kru-
II by Sir Alfred Miner. the British high
if the imperial government
Ill stand by the high commissioner
ignal proposition.
Advices from Cape Town announce that r.,
IN. Sir George Stewart White, v S.
no will command the British forces in IN
ital, proceeded to Durham, today On of
: arrival at Cape Town he found the n
uaton on the Natal border so grave =
at he wired for immediate transporta-
N for himself and staff to Durham. ana
e British second class cruiser Forte
IS placed at his disposal
he Stock Exchange was influenced
ring the opening hours. today, by
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