The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
WAR NOW SEEMS INEVITABLE.
ENGIAND'S DEMANDS ARE GREAT
EH THAN EVER BEFORE.

II hru&er could Not Accept Them
HefOrc, Tie Cannot Possibly Do So
Now-Thc Probable Plans of Cams
paign-Boers May Make Raids and
Capture PrIsoncrs-British Want to
Suppress what They Believe Is a
Dutch Conspiracy.
Copyright, 1899. by the Associated Press.
London, Sept 8o.-War now seems cers
tain. The extraordinary delay of ths
Beers In taking a hostile initiative, as
pointed ont in the dispatch 10 the Asso-
ciatcd Press. Sept %, is sun pacific cir
cumstance, but il has doubtful signihcancs
when compared with the genuine and far~
reaching preparations they are making for
hosulities.
As frequently mentioned In these dis.
patches, the attitude OF the British gov~
ernment In always insisting upon sover-
eign power has practically undergone no
change throughout the entire negotiations.
Every stage has depended upon President
Kruger. If he would not back down wheu
the British mands were less sweeplngly
expressed, he can scarcely do so now,
when they are formulated with almost
brutal frankness.
The negotiations according to President
Kruger's own statements, and Judging
from oil the available information seem
10 have reached an impossible barrier.
Rumors of the Interference Of a foreign
power continue TO crop up, but the most
sanguine scarcely believe this would turn
the British from their determination, evi-
dent from the FIRST to attempt to compel
President Kruger to submit absolutely to
their terms, though speculation is rife re-
garding the awkward complications which
might ensue, by German or Russian diver
sion in various parts of the globe.
Most Likely solution.
Bereft Of the countless, confusing
phases. due to secrecy regarding the in
tentions OF the governments involved and
! tho contradictory reports from the trou-
bled territory the most probable solution
| OF the present situation seems this:
The Boors, who must plainly have seen
! the efforts of the British government to
avert hostlies until The arrival OF rein-
| forcements, having, weeks ago. planned "a
campaign, will put IL into action, perhaps
as early as this week. They viii prob-
ably avoid engagements, devoting their
| energies to the destruction of property
and the capture OF prisoners, perhaps, in-
cluding raid on Delagoa bay.
II seems unlikely that they viii attack
~
4 boundary, for The simple reason tnat these
/ points are so openly talked about as their
| probable points OF aggression, keenest OBJ
\ servers believing 1t to be more likely that
/ the Beers will operate through Zululands
/ thus creating a diversion of the 1900 Brit
/ ish troops, now chiefly massed at Lady,
/ smith or In its neighborhood.
! In the meanwhile, or perhaps previous
! to this, a British army corps, consisting
of 2O,o00 men or more, Will be sent out
| Parliament will be summoned and no
doubt the necessary supplies win be grant,
ed, though there viii be some hot debat-
inE.
The Plans of Campaign.
! Regarding the plans Of campaign of the
/ respective armies, there IS no reliable in-
formation, though Il is the general as
/ sumption that the main object of the Brit
/ fish viii be the capture Of Pretoria. The
duration of the conflict Is a matter of
widest surmise, though the continental ana
| British papers do not express the faint-
est doubt that IT win result in the defeat
OF the Beers, and the addition of theln
| country 10 Great Britain's colonies.
Were peace or war dependent merely
upon matters of suzeranty the fran-
| chise there might be some hope that hos-
| Titles may be averted at the last mo-
ment But the Associated Press learns
| that apparently there Is truth in what th@
! peace party papers have often hinted att
that IL Is to say, that the underlying mo-
| tive actuating the British goyernment
throughout the nogiauons has been the
suppression Of what they have reason 10
/ believe was a far-reaching conspiracy for
! the establishment OF a Dutch federation
/ from the Zambesi TO the Cape. The aus
thority for this statement Is Mr.. Chambers
lain himself.
In conversation so a representative OF
the Associated Press was reliably in-
formed, the secretary Of state for the coll
onies said that one great factor of th9
situation, which could not be brought be-
fore the public for fear that the goverB-
ments objects might be misinterpreteds
was the cabinets well defined understands
ing, that for months a carefully fostered
plot has been IN progress to form Dutch
federation. He also referred to the action
OF the Orange Free State and to that oE
The Afrikander members of the Cape Leg
islature, which somewhat confirms Mr-
Chamberlain's view, for Il Is imp0ssible
TO believe that such important steps
would result from mere spontaniety
OF a sentiment In current dispute. II has
long been suspected that the cabinet was
prompted by more vital questions than the
Outlander rights, and II Mr.. Chamberlain
is correctly quoted, il would appear that
Great Britain will not stop until reassured
of the absolute safety of her supremacy
in South Africa.
They Are with Chamberlain.
The Speaker, a peace advocate. admits
regretfully, that the war party Is in thS
ascendant IN Great Britain. and every
London daily, except the Chronicle, sup
ports Mr. Chamberlain. with every after
noon paper except the Westminster Ga
zette, the Star and the Echo. Among this
country papers, however some Of the most
influential bitterly oppose a war. Their
feelings are well voiced by the Speaker,
saying:
'sWe seem fated to be plunged into a
war for which the historian will be unable
to find adequate justification, or even a
plausible excuse"
Next 70 the Transvaal, Admiral Dewey's
reception at New York captures public
interest here. Lengthy comments on the
festivities continue to appear. The event
Is taken by the British press as an occa-
sion to express opinions and give advice
to the United States regarding expansion.
The only discordant note is struck, as
usual, by the Saturday Review, which rid-