Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-10-11
PEACE IS DESTROYED.
The Transyaal Presents an Ultima
tum TO Great Britain.
THE MEANING IS WAR
Forty.Fight Hours Given England u
Reply-The Terms Are such
4 That Il Il Assumed England
WIN Reject Them.

WIN Reject Them. .
London. Oct i0 The text OF Tho
Transvaal ultimatum. Il Is understood
is on the way TO the British foreign
Office. According to the latest adyice'
the time limit expires at o o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. when, II the demand
Of the Beers are not complied with. FUR
ther landing or dispatch of troops viii
Be- considered an act Of war and host'h
ties will commence Immediately
The fact that the Beers have takeu
the initiative is regarded as rendering
the situation more serious and incTsas
ing the hopelessness Of avert'ng war.
In some quarters it is intimated that
/ the government has received notification
Of the Boer ulhmatum which relieves
tho consequence as the government COT
siders the Beers a. now placed In posi-
ton Of having forced on the war
Whatever the official feeling may hi !,
there is no mistaking the significance o.
tho great manifestation, combined with
a war spirit Of the imperial solidarity
that occurred on the sireuts Of Londos !
this morning, when the New South
Wales lanoers trayersed the city TO en-
bark for South Africa Tens Of thou
sands assembled 10 DO homage TO th'
little handful Of soldiers. representing
the empires loyalty.
From the arrival Of tho squadron Al
Waterloo station 20 the embarking oa
the railway train al Fenchurch street
i station. tumultuous scenes of wild en-
thu-iasm marked the route trayersed
Bands were allowed 20 play nothing but
soldiers of the Queen. Rule Bis
tania. and God Save the Queen.
y In which the dence crowds joined. y
il doubtful II such irenzied welcotf
was ever before witnessed In London
There was an incessant roar ot cheer
and song. until Mansion house. the ON
Z cial residence q the lord mayor o
! London. was reached Here traffic wa
completely blocked by surging throns
and II was only with the greatest din
Guilty that the lord mayor In full ro6
y Of Office. restrained the singing an
yociferous cheering while he Addresses
the colonial troops, wishing them Go
speed and expressing the interest OF TIA
4 country In their heroic determination
assist in asserting imperial authority !
South Africa.
Reports from all military ceniers sho'
mobilization orders have been receive
4. with r-.hsSiasm. now that Presider
~ Kruger has crossed the Rnhicon an
- taken the irrevocable sie7 q issuing a
, ultimatum- The only wonder is VIII
n President Kruger has resolved upc
fighting. he has waited so long I'll
= explanation seems to be that bis bar
Z has been forced by the fact that q
Beers have got ont Of control, or that
= he awaited the arrival Of the Britii
Z army corps the chances Of military su
GEES for him will be Of the slimmesi p
: sible character
8 The expiration Of the time limit
. the ultimatum does not leave Gre
Britain much time 10 strengthen b
present military position. aithou
: there is still few troops at Durba
y Natal. available for dispatch to
. front. but the government will dou
Z les now adopt tho suggestion
= form refugees from Rand into volt
q teer regiments, this while relievi
= their distress will also be utilizing
cellent material
y Outside OF the news oi its ultimht
nothing Of moment has been recei'
y from the scene of action. except tho
" nouncement that the Boers have C
structed forts commanding Laings
aud guns have been mounted ou Mo
Progwaue and Mount Prospect
The Trausvaal ulimatum which
signed by + w Reiiz as secretary
state. concludes with Che follow
four demands
:. Thss ~ points 20 mutual diuera
b. regulated by friendly recourse
arbitration or hy whatever amic'
way that may hoarroed upaI by
government and her malcsiys gov
mcut
% That au troops on tha h"ricr
this republic %, instantly w.iidra
O. That an Ttiu.oroemoltH nt tr
which arrived n South Africa p
juno 1900 Boz uuor.l fom d
Atda within a roapmh .ua.
g. That hc- mli sfy'R troops ISL
sro now au tho h.l @ 1. uo
landed in any par. ot South A.r't
An immediate ani rtImHiv' an
Il requested not lnt .lan o.c.of
morrow ai'e noon lluat hnHc'
- The Irlu.yaai government H'h 81
tho notion a. % formal dcrIafah'