Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-23

met council was held to-day, beginning
at ~: 80 D. m. A large crowd assem-
bled about Downing street early in the
day. The cabinet ministers were loud
ly cheered, the secretary of state for
the colonies, Mr.. Chamberlain, receiv-
ing the lions share of the applause
Previous to the meeting OF the cab
met, Baron .Rothschild visited the first
lord of the treasury, Mr.. Balfour. The
circumstance is unusual and is said to
be in connection with the money diff
culties the government is encountering
regarding the prospective military
campaign.
When the cabinet went into session
no new developments in the Transvaal
situation had TRANSFERRED The dis
patches from the Cape continued OF
very war-like tone, and voiced the in
dignation of the British contingent
against the Orange Free State and Afri-
kander attitudes.
The impression current here, though
not based on anything tangible, was
that publicly the cabinet would only
take steps tending to protect the nego-
tiations. while secretly it would pre-
pare the details of an aggressive cam
pakgn, perhaps deciding to convoke
Parliament, though it was scarcely be-
lieved the latter determination would
be announced Immediately.
News from South Africa is eagerly
awaited, as many think the cabinet
council will be Immediately followed
by a Boer raid.
The cabinet meeting ended at 2:4O p.
m. The ministers were cheered as
they came out of the foreign Office
Nothing transpired regarding the
action taken, though the general i'm
preston spread that a vigorous line
had been adopted.
The secretary of state for war, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, and the first
lord of the admiralty, Mr.. George j..
Goschen, Immediately proceeded to the
war office.
Immediately after the cabinet coun-
ell the German ambassador, Count Won
Hatfield Wildenburg, visited the prem
ier Lord Salisbury, and had long con-
ference with him. The fact that sim
liar visit Immediately followed the
previous cabinet council leads some
persons to attach significance to it and
to infer that Emperor William of Ger
many is taking an active part in Trans
wall affairs. The official German press,
however. has been so outspoken in tell
iEg President Kruger that he need not
expect German aid, that it is scarcely
possible to attach credence to that in
ference. 1t is much more probable
that the question of Delagoa Bay was
discussed, if the dispatch printed to-
day by the Pioneer, of Allahabad say
ing negotiations had been concluded by
Great Britain for taking possession of
Delagoa Bay November l, is correct.
Many rumors are current regarding the
result of the cabinet council, all pro
Tossing to be based on good sources,
but these are vague and contradictory.
One news agency announces that imme-
date and decisive action has not been
decided upon.
Later in the day various rumors were
still current regarding the cabinet
meeting, but the following, which the
Pail Mall Gazette publishes, is believed
to be correct: The comparatively
short duration of the council warrants
the conclusion that nothing of supreme
importance was decided at it. and such
we believe to be the fact. Information
in our possession is to the effect that it
was an interim cabinet summoned to
consider an interim dispatch. 1t is be-
lieved that this paper, which met with
the unanimous approval of Mr. Cham
berlain's colleagues, will be published
as soon as received by the Boer gov
eminent on Monday, or at the latest
on Tuesday"
According to the Pail Mall Gazette
the despatch opens with an expression
of regret at the unfavorable character
of Secretary Reitz's last reply, and
proceeds with a very firm insistenee up
On the reputation of the claim of the
Transvaal TO the claim of a sovereign
state, that on pointing out that British
readiness to settle at once the nature
of proposed arbitration tribunal, pro-
vided the other British conditions are
promptly and unreservedly accepted,
and concluding with the intimation that
the imperial government is now engag-
ed in drawing up its own terms and
that the Transvaal may expect to hear
from them very shortly.
The Pail Mall Gazette says that an
other meeting of the cabinet will take
place next Thursday or Friday. when