Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-29
Beers Now Take This View Of
the Situation.
AXE UP IN ARMS
Intense Excitement Prevail. at Pretoria
British Troops Hurried to the Fror-
tier Fortiffcations VIII be
Thrown Up at De Aar.
tBN Telegranhl

(By Telesraph)
| LONDON. Sept. 2S.-'rhe decision of
/ the Eollsraad of the Orange Free State
to join with the Transyaal in the event
Oh hostliities, although fully expected
IS lhe leading news .oday ana will,
! naturally, stiffen the Eoers ndepend-
| ent attitude. The Raaus resolution has
| made the brotherhood OF arms between
the lransvaal and the Orange Free
state Of which, hitherto. there was
only a strong probability. an absolute.
certainty. and the British Will have u
face the situation.
| INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
Intense excitement continues to pre-
vail at Pretoria, where. apparentlv. il
is believed that there is no escape from
| "dr. Inc commission appointed to
CONSIDER the matter, reported today as
20 what offlclals are necessary to car
~ on the government in the event Of
war. and fixing their salaries
] The field cornet at Pretoria is again
serving out rifles, communicating is
actively proceeding and all prepara-
| lions are being made to take the field
An Englishnlan named Robertson
| mas been arrested at johannesburg
| charged with high treason. He is al
! ieged TO have enlisted recruits for the
imperial light horse.
BURGHERS UNEASY. ..
The Burghers are getting uneasy at
the contraction of British troops be-
tween Ladysmith and Laings Mex, es-
peclallE at Glencoe and Dundee The
| nominal reason for tha concentrate ton
| Is the protection of the Dundee coal
f. Helds; but the Burghers shrewdIy sus-
| pect that the real reason is the fOrnoa-
ton OF a force which will advance
across the Transvaal frontier at yrv-
ned, as soon as war is declared The
boers DO not intend to ne caught nap
ping. and are now massing around
NrNheid. not. however merely as a
protective measure. but to he prepared
unless the British. renforcemen;s
across the border cease to make a
.ash IN force through a portion OF
Lula!aEd. crossing the Buffalo river a.,
4. point below Bor<es Drift and then
seizlng the railroad cut off the British
supplies. In order to watch this por-
| ton OF the railroad exposed to :, Boer
incursion. a British pos! Will be estab-
l:shed al Rorkes Drift.
Up GO FORTIFlG ATIONS.
y British infantry detachment. with
some engineers. has arrived at De Aar.
southwest Of the Orange Free State,
and an important railroad innctiou
Extensive forsif5cati,,s u.,1, Va ,,,,..,,'.,
UP there and the town Viii ha n,ado
the base Of operations from maj IA,
against the Orange Free Stare or ~
T1ansvaal More troons viii shark,
arrive at De Aar
a cable disna1ch RI ira ,ri,,,e 49,,
Cape Town says:
The Beers would have taken the in
itiative by now but for the scarci.v CT
water, the rains not vet being sum
Gent. Probably there viii ba rra7r
difficulties in providing food SUPPLIES
Cor the peon,e ,emaini,. ., 1ah,,,a.
burg after hostilities have commenced
WAR NEWT Ni2I Il
Several responsible people here who
have long chung TO the belief in an
ultimate peaceful settlement, now re-.
gard war as Inevitable
The Birmingham Post SAYS two car
goes of arms and ammunition leave
Hamburg or Rotterdam Friday for rho
I>ransvaal. comprising $4,000 improves
Mausers. 100000 cartridges and several
| mortars for dynamite charges. AS the
second battalion of Grenadiers en-
| barked on a transport st Gibraltar for