The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-10-03
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6oroo gxodus from Johannes bvvs
~ espso,s,soo That Martial Law
viii be Proclaimed.

- Specifically the same condition to-
~ - was the United States few
Wssks before the opening Of the war
With Spain. Beneath the crust Of dip
1aoatic reserve the military officials
are working night and day preparing
for the signal to begin hostillties,
whether that comes or not
Eagland is not going to be caught
napUiag any more than the Transvaal.
Whise Lord Salisbury Is quietly at
home in Hatfield House. Mr.. Chamber
hahn IL buried In work at the Colonial
O0ce. and double forces at the Royal
Arsenal and dockyards are straining
every nerve to equip and transport
troops to the Cape.
II may be set down for certain that
Great Britain will do nothing to pre-
cipitate matters, and the Colonial Of
1ce II far from admitting that the case
n hopeless.
The report that Great Britain had
demanded the dismantlement of the
fort at Johannesburg. together with a
material reduction In the armament of
tho burghers. the Colonial Once today
would neither confirm nor deny, al
though It is much doubted.
Meanwhile the Marquis OF Lans-
dOwne. Secretary Of State for War,
Who returned this morning from Dub
lin. has held long conferences with
General Lord Garnet Wolseley, field
marshal, and General Sir Evelyn
Wood. adjutant general OF the forces,
and the activity at headquarters is re-
Aocted in the contract, supply and
transport departments.
The departure of the British trans
port Jeliunge for the Mediterranean to-
day with LOO troops was witnessed
By large and enthusiastic crowd.
At Woolwich activity increases dai-
II. and especially in the ordnance de-
partment. where Maxim guns. lyodite
shells. balloon equipments. gas reser-
voirs. wagons for limelight apparatus,
water carts, ambulances, army wagons
and other paraphernalia OF modern
warfare are being hurried forward.
While rumors OF the reassembling OF
Parliament are current, the fact Is re-
called that in the Afghan war in 1873
Great Britain declared war first and
then assembled Parliament.
This evening the Marquis OF Lans-
d0wne issued strict order to the staff
Of the War Office warning all subOrdi-
mates to refrain from giving the press
any Information whatever without the
authority OF their superiors, and call
ing attention to previous breaches OF
duty In this respect, which, the order
says. will be no longer tolerated"
Advices from Cape Town are to the
effect that the Afrikanders declare that
the Transvaal will not yield further
and that II the Imperial Government
does not recede from its present posi-
tion war is inevitable. The South
African News supports the contention
Of the Transvaal that the convention
Of 1854 abolished the suzerainty.
According to other advices the burg
hors are rapidly going into laager,
while the exodus from Johannesburg
reached 1000 persons yesterday. The
Sock Exchange at Johannesburg has
resolved to close the moment martial
law II proclaimed, but all current con-
tracts will be carried out until the
proclamation suspending all business
In the meantime the merchants are
erecting barricades in front of their
shop windows.
At Pretoria the interest seems to be
centsred In the meeting OF the Orange
Free STATE VOlksraad tomorrow, which
Il II hoped may suggest q modus vi
vendi that would save the situation.
On the other hand, advices from
BlOemfontein announce the arrival
there OF large number of members of
the Raad, adding that the result of to-
mOrrow's sitting Is already agreed on,
n the Orange Free State will throw In
its lot with the Transvaal, all the Free
State burghers being fully armed and
ready to start at moments notice.
A special dispatch from Johannes
burg says that $50 persons left by one
train today.
Right Hon. Sir William Vernon Har-
court, Liberal member OF Parliament
TOR West Monmouthshire and former
leader OF the Liberal opposition In the
House OF Commons, In the course of
IN address to his constituents this
evening In New Tredgar, said he could
not read the persistent attempts OF the
war press to aggravate the Transvaal
situation without Indignation.
Great Britain" said the speaker,
cannot claim general sovereignty In
the Transyaal when she has only par
tial suzerainty, and President Kruger
cannot claim for the Transvaal the p0-
soti0n Of an international sovereign
state. Both sides. therefore, have
made allegations which cannot be
maintained by either"
6ir William declared that there wal
no casus belli. and expressed the hope
that q shameful catastrophe might b,
averted.
The Cape Town correspondent OF th,
daily Mail says; President Kruger
has cabled a strong personal appeal t,
the Queen beseeching her 10 interyen,
u prevent bloodshed. II IL about
c0lumn In length and Is intended /,
scsrtfy tbs e0nscienees of ths 'unc,
suId' when published, Sir Alfred MI
nsg has written coarieous mnssag,
~ prsstAspt stsyn, assuring him ths
sks n0vtkward march NJ ihs briiisl
lSaoos v not meant ~ menace 10 th
Q0oaSs vgss State, snd requesting q
~ lslevmsd TsSsrdins tho lst,sr's ~