The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-10-05
FORTY THOUSAND lia
Will Be Sent to South Africa ,
the British Government.
PROVIDING FOR THE BXPEr

London. Oct 5.-The most intcrc
ing announcement in connection with |
the Transyaal crisis is that the cnan- |
cellor of the exchequer, Right Hon. /
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, has already |
sanctioned the provisional expenditure |
of $4,000. 900. and that the government |
will not exceed that limit without au-
thority from parliament, which will |
be asked to vote a sum not exceeding
eS,000, 600.
A meeting Of the war board yester-
day discussed and drew up arrange
ments to ensure the safety Of the
route from Durham to Laings Mex so
that large bodies Of troops may, on dis
embarkation, be rapidly forwarded up
the country to the front without con-
fusion or crowding at the base.
It is stated that the war office has
decided that the army corps for service
I'm South Africa shall be much larger
than originally estimated, and that it
now consists of over 40 700 men The
preparations for the dispatch Of this
force. including the chartering Of big
ocean liners. is steadily and satisfac-
torily proceeding.
The Press association learns that the
dispatch drawn up by the cabinet on
Friday was still unsent up to last
evening.
on the other hand, telegram from
Brussels gives from a well informed
source" the news that DR.. Leyds, the
representative in Europe of the South
African republic, has received con-
frmation of the report that President
Kruger had addressed an ultimatum
to Great Britain demanding the with
drawal of the British forces from the
| frontier within As hours and that it
was delivered on Monday. This re-
port. however, still lacks official con-
/ firmation
The confidence Of the military au
| thoritles at the Cape is shown by
! dispatch received last night from
! Cape Town which stated that at a con-
| ference between the military authori-
| ties there and General Sir George
| Stewart White, V. c., who will COM
mand the British forces in Natal, and
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick
| Walker, held to consider the situation,
General White expressed himself as
confident that the British would be
able to present a force sufficiently to
repel any attack.
General White. who intended to go
TO Durham on board warship, in
order to save time, abandoned the idea
and went by train last night.
A line steamer left Lourenzo Mar
quese, Delagoa bay, yesterday with
200 Rand refugees. Large numbers
were left behind, and all trains are
crowded with those taking part in the
exodus from the Transvaal.
A dispatch from Volksrust says the
Boer camp on the Natal border now
comprises 5000 men and is growing
daily The camp breathes a religious
feryor. The commissariat arrange
ments, the dispatch says, are defect
i've. One of the largest corps lay in
the yeldt without shelter during a
heavy thunder storm.
Commandant General Joubert is
momentarily expected to assume COM
mand of the Boer forces.
The Daily Chronicles correspondent
at Cape Town, telegraphing under date
of Tuesday says For the first time
in several months ]. H. Hofmeyr, the
Afrikander leader in Cape Colony, and
Sir Alfred Miner, British high COM
missioner for South Africa and gov
ernor of Cape Colony met today in
conference. An unconfrmed report is
in circulation that Mr. Hofmeyr has
been entrusted with an imperial mis-
sion to Pretoria.
A special dispatch from Pretoria
says the Transvaal government ha!
seized gold to the value of eS00,00
which is now lodged in the state mint
The government, the dispatch adds
I will indemnify the banks to which thu
gold is consigned.
The Daily Nails correspondent a
Lorenzo Marques reports that H. NJ. S
Philomel has gone to Durham for tn,
purpose of landing 100 men and a gun
Commenting editorially on the fore
going dispatch The Daily Mail says i
considers that the action reported in
dicates grave danger. The admiralty
says The Daily Mail, would not coun
tenance such measure except in cir
cumstances of unusual emergency, ant
it thinks it probable that other Brit
ish warships are cOnverging silentl!
upon the theater of action.
= A special dispatch from Newcastle
:. Natal, says: The Beers have left tn
+ laager at Volksrust and are moving
i toward the frontier. The situation i
most critical The magistrates ant
municipal officers have assembled il
the town hall to concert measures 70
s. the defense of the town against an eX
e pected attack. All the women ant
children have been ordered to leav
for the interior of Natal.
, A telegram from johannesburg say
that State Secretary Reitz, of tn
s. Transvaal, informed a correspondent
of The Standard and Diggers' New
that the proclamation of martial Law
G is being delayed.
In Cape Town the opinion prevail
l. that the delay of the Beers in assum
r ing the offensive points to a willing
n ness on the part of the Transvaal gov
Il ernment to allow political counsel L
override military ardor and that ther
is, therefore, still hope that the Al
rikanders' efforts for peace will prevail
N 1t is understood that Sir Alfred Nil
Is ner has not yet abandoned hope tha
80 the wonderful influences now at wor
M in Pretoria and BloemfOntein ma
50 lead to the arrest of the mobilizatio
Is of troops on both sides and open tn
Of door to a pacific solution.
~ Other kilograms represent that
re Boer attack upon Natal is expecte
re at any moment, but assert that Con
e mandant General Joubert has threat
er ened TO shoot any man who move
IN without orders.
The London morning papers are II
It clined TO regard the seizure Of gold
oe the TransVaal government as an a.
ys of war.