The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-02
SILENCE SEEMS oMINOUs.
All Sorts of WarIiIxe Preparations
Are Now Being Made.

Are Now Being Made.
London, Oct. Mot the faintest hint is
allowed to escape as to what diplomatic
communications, If any, are passing be-
tween London and South Africa.
So far as the public is concerned. mat
ters have not advanced since Friday. 1t
is noticeable that not even the Brussels
agency of the Transvaal government has
yet issued Mr.. Kruger's latest note to the
press. The silence maintained on both
sides is regarded as ominous
From South Africa the news is wholly
concerned with feverish preparations for
hostilities. Commandant General Joubert
is reported to have said that he has TO-
00O men on the Natal border and that
Commandant Cronje has 5000 on the Be
chuana side.
The British camp in the vicinity of Dun
dee consists of 5000 men, with twenty
four guns in strong positions
The Orange Free State is actively com
Wandering. The Tranvaal government
has virtually taken over the Netherlands
Railway for military purposes and Natal
trains are being turned back Telegraph
wires between Natal and johannesburg
have been cut since Friday.
1t Is Chaotic in Pretoria,
According to dispatches from Pretoria,
complete chaos reigns there. The govern
ment has declared a mora torium ian emer-
gency act of legislation authorizing a gov
ernment bank to suspend specie payments
for given period, c.osed all the courts
and suspended English papers. 1t is said
that there win be nearly 10000 burghers
along the borders by this evening Mon
day).
In Johannesburg warrants have been Is
sued for the arrest of some fifty prominent
Outlanders and Journalists, but all receiv-
ed timely warning and got safely away.
An uncontirmed rumor has reached Jo
hannesburg that the first portion of the
Indian contingent has arrived at Durham
Natal.
The special correspondent of the Daily
Mail at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, describ-
ing train journey with Boer commando
says:
1.-The burghers were hilarious, insulted
the passengers and fired from the car
rages at two burghers, thus killing each
other. Their firing also broke the te e.
graph wire, thus facilitating the escape of
fugitives from JOHANNESBURG. They are
now preventing the receipt of kilograms
by ordering their detention at Volksrust
1.-THE Basutoland natives have been en-
gagged for week or so in pracliclng
witchcraft, preparing to go on the war;
path. The ceremonies consisted in slowly
torturing to deatb oven renresenting the
Roers and the british These sacrifices
accordine 70 Tho native renorts indicated
,bat tba Roers would he voctorions !"
There Are 10000 on the border.
ne siqet9 So Iaai descrihin9 G tbo
flight from johannesburg, says:
THE train occupied nearly twice its
usual time, owing to stoppages to allow
precedence to trains going with burghers
to the front The passengers suffered
great inconvenience. particularly the wo-
men and children. being unable to get
enough food. The men were drenched
with the rain in the open trucks.
"Brltish and Dutch were being COM
wandered when | left. and their goods
were being seized. So far as ! can learn
there are undoubtedly at least 10000 arm
ed Beers. well horsed, at different points
on the border especially in the direction
of Natal. They boast their intention of in
vading Natal on Wednesday next and Of
sweeping the British into the sea. 1t GER
tainly looks as though Natal would be in
vaded in force.
Ine oufgEels seem stufoy i9ih' 1ney ne
are dressed III YdiietS q siullles, ne
cnlet dettct dlscefuloi9 y 'iie laFse huil-
Der oI Ihclals OF lHleiiyr ys4Que W. 'e-
company me IooP9' luSaS - my -
prove a source q Weak,leSs, rom ON Jonau-
hestufs % o-AsIust 'iie sle@'sst e''iiu
asm seemed 70 prevail
IT IS ostmatea that -9'OVV beers, WIN
Itid suns nov ,I 'i 7, tne iii9 So
Cba,iest town
Young ana ola Win Flght'
The Daily Telegraph publishes a dis
patch from Pretoria giving the Bocr view
of the situation. Its correspondent says:
young and old are al. fully determined
to fight, whatever may be said 10 the con
trary Large numbers OF IT, 5nglsh Z ana ,l