Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-05
ENGLISH WAR MONEY
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be was travelling from Johannesburg to
Capetown was held up and looted by Beers,
who secured 100000 in gold the amount
pelng considerably less than the original
estimate
Ihere Is nothing very tangible In today's
war news, but the situation remains as
strained as ever, unless hope may be de-
rived from the apparent fact that the forces
on the frontier are regarded by both sides
as wholly defensive for the present and
from the staement that Mr. ]. H. Hofmeier.
the Afrikander leader in Cape Colony, is
Still prepared to endeavor to secure the ad-
hesion of the Transvaal government to the
''irreducible minimum" proposed at the
Bloemfontein conference ,toc President
Kruger, by Sir Alfred Miner, the British
high commissioner, if the imperial govern
ment will stand by the high commissioners
original proposal.
Rumors Affect stock Exchange.
The Stock exchange was influenced during
the opening hours today by vague rumors
that Queen Victoria had cabled President
Kruger and President Steyn holding out the
olive branch. and by report that the Beers
had been defeated in small engagement
Prices rose, but there was a speedy relapse
when both stories were discredited.
guished liberal statesman, member of Parlia-
ment for West Monmouthshire, has another
sashing attack in today's papers upon the
policy of the secretary Of state for the
colonies, Joseph Chamberlain. He relterates
his original statement that Mr.. Chamber
lains assertion that the Transvaal refused
to redress the grievances of the outlapders
is the reverse Of the case, and he insists
Rrit 10 for cIo
ming the door in the face Of President
Kruger just when arrangements were ap-
preaching settlement"
Everything Points to War.
PRETORIA Oct. A more extended ac-
count of the speech of President Kruger at
the adjournment Of the Raad yesterday Is
obtainable. According to trustworthy re-
ports he said:
Everything points to war because a spirit
Of falsehood has overtaken other countries
and because the people of the Transvaal
wish to govern themselves. Although thou
sands may come to attack us, we have moth
ing to fear; for the Lord is the final arblter
and He will decide.
Bullets came by thousands at the time OF
the Jameson raid, but the burghers were un-
touched. Over a hundred were killed on
the other side. showing that the Lord di-
rected the bullets. The Lord rules the
world"
j. NJ. A. Wodmarans one of the two non
official members of the executive council
said he hoped that when the Raad assem-
bled they would be without a convention
and would be free people. God, he de-
clared, had often used England to bring the
burghers back to the faith OF their fore
fat thnn1 Ia h. Ii, 1.
claimed:
England has refused everything, even ar
bltration."
General White Moves In Haste.
Adyices from Capetown announce that
General Sir George Stewart White, " c..
who Will command the British forces in
Natal. Will proceed to Durham today. On
his arrival at Capetown he found the situa-
tion on the Natal border so grave he wired
for immediate transportation for himself
and stan to Durham, and the British second
class cruiser Forte was placed at his dis
posal
A London news agency publishes the fol-
lowing dispatch from Volksrust, Transvaal,
dated October 81
IAN unconfrmed report is In circulation
here that the time allowed the British
troops to withdraw from the Transvaal bor
der will expire at o'clock tomorrow after
noon and that failure 10 comply with the
demand will be considered tautamount TO
a declaration OF war"
The British foreign office this morning In
formed the Associated Press that absolutely
nothing was known there of any Transvaal
demand for the withdrawal of the British
troops from the frontier,
meeting Of liberal members Of the House
OF Commons, including several former mem
bers Of liberal cabinets, was held this
morning at the private residence OF the
leader OF the liberal opposition in the house,
Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman. The sub.
Jet under consideration was the govern
ment's South African policy, and the meet
ing resolved to support the government on
the reassemblng Of Parliament even at the
expense of placing the present official lead
ers Of The liberal party in cOnaict with their