Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-27
NEAR breaking POINT.
Believed That Diplomatic Relations
Between Transvaal and Great
Britain Can Not Continue.
The Beers Firmly Of the Opinion
That England Has Determined
on War.
Every Indication Now Points to
Early Conflict Rood in
Secret Session.

London, Sept. 27.-The Transvaal's re-
ply to the British dispatch will be
drafted today and submitted to the raad
in secret session. The members appear
convinced that the British have deter
mined on war. A Johannesburg dis
patch says an American named Blake
is enlisting 900 Americans to assist the
Beers. The war office has given orders
Indicating an early dispatch OF the
army corps to the cape.
London. Sept. 27.-The Capetown cor
respondent of the Daily News says:
THE Beers have begun looting on the
western border of the Transvaal. A
house at Lichtenburg. belonging to a
British subject, was looted in his abb
sence, everything portable being car
fried off,
The Transvaal government was in
constant telegraphic communication
with Bloemfontein yesterday on the re-
ply to Mr.. Chamberlains dispatch. 1t
is believed that the reply will protest
against the continued dispatch of Brit
ish troops as menace to the Trans
vaal.
London, Sept. 27.-The indications at
the agency of the Transvaal govern
ment in this city point to the belief that
war is inevitable. Preparations are be-
ing made for removing the furniture
from the headquarters and the gloom
;ne, ;v,,v~ L
come OF the crisis appears to prevail.
The general feeling, as indicated by
articles in the afternoon newspapers, is
that the published dispatches of Mr.
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, to Sir Alfred Miner. the Brit
ish high commissioner in South Africa,
clears the way for peace if the Beers
desire it, In any event, it is pointed
out, 1t affords further delay, which in
the case of Great Britain is certainly
advantageous, as it gives time for the
reinforcement OF the garrisons at the
Icape.
| The Times has q dispatch from Jo-
lhannesburg which asserts that reports
are heard on all sides Of the eagerness
of the Beers to start hostilities, and
their postponement is said to be solely
due to the restraining influence of Gen.
Joubert 1t is added that 1t is believed
that his influence cannot be exercised
much longer. There is a circumstan-
tial rumor that Gen. Joubert has re-
ceived imperative orders from the
armed burgers that unless he is pre-
pared to take the Initiative within a
brief period he must relinquish his com
mand of the army.
The secretary of state for the home
department, Sir Matthey White Ridley,
speaking last evening at Blackpool, in
dicated that the question of suzerainty
would not be used to force an issue in
the Transvaal. He said, however that
the British government would insist
upon redress of the grievances of the
uitlanders under the convention of 1881
and 1884. If these conventions had been
adhered to. he declared, the present
quarrel would never have been heard of
Cape Town. Sept. 27.-Piet Kruger.
grandson of the president of the Trans
vaal, in a letter to the volkstein asks
whether or not it is the governments
duty to inform the imperial government
that any further landing of troops will
be considered casus belli.
A Johannesburg dispatch says man
|ifesto has been issued there by num-
ber of Irishmen urging the Irish to
Strike good blow at England, which
has held the Irish people in bondage"
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