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with the demand will be considered tanta-

with the demand will be considered tanta-
mount to a declaration of war.
The British foreign office this after
noon informed the Associated Press that
absolutely nothing was known there of
any Transvaal demand for the with
drawal Of the British troops from the
frontier, as reported.
a meeting Of Liberal members of the
house OF commons was held this morning.
The subject under consideration was the
governors South African policy and the
meeting resolved to support the govern
ment on the reassembling Of parliament.
The military authorities estimate there
are now $4,000 Beers In the field. Late
advices from Cape Town this afternoon
Indicate q widespread apprehension there
that unless the Beers oegin hostilities by
Thursday they will not fight but yield to
the imperial demands when formulated.
SENSATIONAL STORY.
The most sensational news from South
Africa this morning is a reiteration of
Yesterdays report OF the acquisition by
the Transvaal authorities of GSO0,030 in
gold which was on the way to Cape
Town from Johannesburg. The confrma-
tion of the story comes from two sources.
The Cape Argus asserts that the Beers
made the seizure at Vreininging, it being
IL
way from the Rand to Cape Town, and
forwarded 1t TO the treasury at Pretoria.
The report is also confirmed by a cable
gram received today by q mining COM
pany in London from their representa-
tive, which is to the effect that the train
upon which ne was travelling from johann
nesburg to Cape Town was held up and
looted by Beers who secured 9300,000 in
gold the amount being considerably less
than the original estimate.
There is nothing very tangible in to-
days war news; but the situation re-
mains as strained as ever, unless hope
may be derived from the the apparent
fact that the forces on the frontier are
regarded by both sides as wholly defen-
sive for the present, and from the state
ment that J. H. Hofmeyer, the Afrikan-
der leader in Cape Colony, is still pre-
pared to endeavor to secure the adhesion
of the TransvaaI government to the ir-
reducible minimum" proposed at the
Bloemfontein conference to President
Kruger by Sir Alfred Miner, the Brit
ish high commissioner, If the imperial
government will stand by the high COM
missioner's original proposal.
The Daily Chronicles correspondent at
Cape Town, telegraphing under date Of
Tuesday, says:
For the .irst time in several months
]. II. Hofmeier, the AfrikanIer leader
in Cape Colony, and Sir Alfred Miner,
British nigh commissioner for South
Africa and governor of Cape Colony, met
today in conference. An unconf1rmed re-
port is in circulation that Mr.. Hofmeier
has been intrusted with an official mis-
sion to Pretoria.
WARSHIPS CREEPING UP.
The Daily Nails correspondent at Lo-
ronezo Marquee reports that H. M. S.
Philomen has gone to Durham for the
purpose of ianding 100 men and gun.
Commenting editorially on the forego-
ing dispatch the Daily Mail says it con-
siders the action indicated great danger
1.-The admiralty" says the Daily Mail,
would rot ccuntenance such a measure
except in circumstances Of unusual emer-
gency,' and thinks it probable that other
British warships are ccnverging silently
upon the theater of action.
DOM PAUL's QUEER TALK.
PRETORIA, Oct A more extended
account of the speech of President Kru-
ger at the adjournment of the raads yes
terday is obtainable. According to trust
worthy report, he said:
Everything points to war because a
spirit Of falsehOOd has overtaken other
Transvaal wish TO govern themselves. AL
though thousands may come to attack
Us, we have nothing to fear, for the Lord
is the final arbiter, and he will decide
Bullets came by thousands at the time
of the Jemcson raid, but the burgherS
were untouched. Over a hundred were
killed on the other side, showing that
the Lord directs our bullets The Lord
rules the world.
]. M. W. Wolmarans, one Of the two
non-official members of the executive
council, said he hoped that v hen the
raads reassembled they would he with
out a convention and would be a free
people
God, he declared, had often used Eng
rand to bring the bu1ghers back to the
faith of their forefathers. In the course
of his speech he exclaimed:
England has refused everything, even
arbitration"
ULTIMATUM RUMORS.
PARIS, Oct "A number Of papers
say that the Beers have sent an Ultt-
matum to England demanding the with
drawal of the troops from the frontiers
within forty-eight hours. The papers
congratulate President Kruger for COM
ing to this decision.
PRESIDENT ASKED TO INTERCEDE.
NEW YORK, Oct 4-The New York
World last night telegraphed to Presi-
dent Mckinley the first installment of
signatures to petition asking him to
offer the friendly services of the United
States in mediation between Great Brit
ain and the Transvaal.
Among those who have signed the pc
! tition to the president are ex-senator
George F. Edmunds, ex-Secretary J.
Sterling Morton, John Sherman, Arch
bishop ireland, Mai Gen. O. O. Howard,
David Starr Jordan, president of Leland
Stanford university: Donald G. Mitchell,
James D. Phelan, mayor Of San Fran
cisco; William Warren, president of the
Boston university; Booth-Tucker, COM
mander of the Salvation Army; Balling-
| ton and MaUde Booth, of the Volunteers