Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-18
Ronly Of the Beers Is POLITELY
Negative and Defiant"
poER FIGHTING STRENGTH.
a, Enemy britain Has Not stood
Against In Forty Ncars Kruger
Whining for Arbitration.

HufH Dr. N.ANA W NNNNA AANAN AANNNH -
/. ,mlnently OF the negative and In
,,re.uslyc" character which Mr. Cham
i.,Iaiu declared would compel tho TN
,.-tli government 10 consider the sItuu-
"a afresh. 70 practically rcpudmtcs
-4sefaiuiy. rovcrts 10 the seven years
f-rehIac. and declines TO give equality
10 tho dutch and English languages in
ibs voIksraud. In short, it H. politely
.asauvc and defiant The full text
nay not be available FOR day or,two
but % Will not change the aspect Of
affairs The cabinet VIII probably meet
u wednesday or Thursday 10 consider
N. next stop.
All dispatches from South Africa this
morning talk VI the immnonCg Of hos
tuIuga and the preparations Tor them.
iH johannesburg % seems To be taken
f1f granted that tho Orange Free State
has approved President krugcr's note
ard promised active assistance IN the
event ~ war
An official telegram posted at Volka-
rust slyH that the TranHyunl, with the
aaarnt Of the orange Frs state, rcpu-
dates British HuEurnlnty and udhcrcs
90 the aUycu years franchise.
AZ Capetown Il IL rumorvd that Mr..
H1.meycr. the Afrlkundyr leader. sent
o communication 10 President Steyn Of
he orange Free State. cntrcating him
to d1 bis upmuHt 60 preserve pcaCe but
that BE- received Ia answer tho words.
Too late"
An military mon agree that II h out
Of the uuoFtlun 60 begin hostile opera
lions brfprp the middle Of next month.
90 rain having fallen and tn Nc.dt
being still hnrU.
Tie Moruing Post sayn; "Thc BOorl
moan 60 night That IL tho plain Eng
The standard says. "Thc Transvaal
note ~ unsatisfactory and. indeed, q
dangerous composition u might be
SONG too Ear 20 say that the last hope
ui peace has vanished or that dlplo-
macy has said ita final word, but u is
ll'' tp deny that the rulers Of the
TrlnHvttl have brought their country
very close 10 the brink uf "a disaster
which the British government has done
lta best to avert"
The Daily Moll says president Kru-
FDr.H defiance has terminated "a long
period uf unrest and uncertainty In
south Africa Tor, whatever may be
ihe issue of the present situation. one
thing lH certain. that duullHm IN South
Africa viii end forever"
The Daily Chronicle says we re-
gfni that the Beers. hy rejecting "a fair
OGor made In fair language. have taken
a line giving fresh points tu the urgu-
mont Of their enemies, that President
kruger In Hhlfty aud Impractical poll
,ilUlau. ~ only 20 be spoken 10 across
o. line Of bayunntr."
These extracts fairly represent press
opinion ~ London. All the papers char
.DHrlzo the attempt tu represent
tnryrghnm Greene as suggesting IA,
TrnnHvuulH former proposals. az mere
uhifty prcyurlCatlunH,
The Pretoria correspondent Of the
Morning Post IA his summary of the
IN
frpudlntcH Huzcrnlnty ana the right Of
Interference and denies that either
state Attorney Shuts or the govern
mont offered Ave years franchise
Otherwise than on ConynEhum Grcene'a
assurance that the Imperial govern
mcnt would Withdraw ltH claim OF
rFhi 90 Interfere IN the TrlnHvnnl'H
Internal nnulrH The correspondent
adds. 1.-The reply anticipates r. anal
alternative N % british note, by say
inF that further sugrHatlons on the
lIng Indicated are vain"
10 Do supposed that the noNt move
contemplated by tho TunHvunl o. an
appeal tl the powers. begging them 90
recommend arbitration ON the lines uf
iAr conference at The Hague.
A Dispatch from Chnrlostuwn says
We widest ruWurH urc current thorn.
nnl that great alarm ~ felt owing
Go The unprotected state " the town.
especially ~ Boor signaling Il plainly
N.lh'r on the adincont mountains.
There was q serious disturbance IN
tg market square N johannesburg on
saturday afternoon, A meeting called
bl "a labor uEltutor named llnln, 60
condemn British policy ana 10 enroll
volunteers 20 fight Tor the Hoora. led 10
H'r'pua fights with the police. lasting
couple NJ hours Many persons were
injured, among them the recently no.
Nn'nH Dr. Matthews. who made n
a
Al Immense crowd singing "Rulc Bri-
office
THE BoER REPLY.
Pretoria. sept i7.-Thc reply OF tho
government NJ the South African Re-
public TO tho latest dispatch. dated
september 18th. 20 the British secretary
or state Tor the colonies. Joseph Cham
l.flaln, after acknowledging the rec
,r,l1 NJ the British note. proceeds IN
part ua follows; THE government
deeply regrets the withdrawal, as the
government understands It, of the IN
Niaiiun contained In the British dis
lalrh " August 2lrd, ana the substi-
luton, In place thereof, Of an entirely
new proposal
THE nroposals now fallen through.
contained In tho Trnnsyaal dispatch of
August 2lHt. Were elicltod from this
government by suggestions made by
lho brItIeh diplomatic agent In Pre-
I.H1 tConynrham Grccno), To the
IunHyaal state secretary a. w
N'.l1li euEgestlona which THE govern
ment acted upon In good faith, and
ullnf specially usccrtnluiug whether
lhaF would be likely 10 prove accept
hN.' 20 the british government This
government had by no means an In
fhllnn 60 raise again ncodlcsHly the
question Of Ito political status. but act
81 with the sole object of cndoavoring
ny the aid Of the local Brltlsh agent to
pui ON end to the strained condition
N affairs
This was done In the shape OF a
proposal which the government deems,
both ua rcgnrdH IT, spirit and form,
70 Poe so wOricd as, relying upon intl-
nations 20 this government, would
sluHfy her mnlesty'H government.
This government saw u difficulty a. TO
tha acceptance of these proposlla by
me people and legislature Of the
Trnnsvunl, ana also contemplated
possible dungors connected herewith,
nut rlHkcd them ON account " eln-
o'ro desire 90 secure peace, ana hecAuHe
assured by Mr. Chamberlain that such
PROPOSALS would not be deemed re-
tlsll Of HE proposals. but would be
settled on their morlts.
AS regards the Joint commission, the
Trnuavnal ndhcree TO the acceptance
~ the invitation thereunto given by
her mn1eaty's government, and cannot
understand why such commission,
which before was deemed necessary 90
explain the complicated details OF the
seven years' law should now be deemed