The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-10-10
THIN BRITISH RADICALS
Expected to Oppose the Govern
ment's South African Policy.
ONLY FIVE THOUSAND RESERVES

WIN Re Retained with the CoIors-The
Authorities Have Contracted For
Eight Months supply of Bread and
Other Military Requisites.
London, Oct. 1O.-The dearth of news
since yesterday afternoon from the
Cape, on which all attention is rivet-
ted, is poorly compensated for by the
mass of minor details published con-
cerning the preparations for the dis
patch of the army corps and specula-
tion as to the length and character of
the debates when parliament meets.
In official circles there is said to be
apprehension that the radicals will
offer protracted opposition to the gov
ernment's policy in South Africa,
which will possibly make prorogatlon
and Christmas near neighbors.
Lord Salisbury's whip to the lords,
issued last night, says parliament will
deal with matters of grave moment.
The latest dispatch from Lourenzo
Marques, relating to the chasing of the
the steamer Guelph by the cruiser
Philomel, caused some stir, especially
as 1t was announced that the Guelph
/ had landed at Durham Ala cases of am
munition for the Beers There is a
pretty general feeling that ammuni-
| tion ought not to be allowed to be fur
warded. The Pail Mall Gazette, re-
ferring to the matter, says:
There is some hope that the am
munition will be seized at Durham, as
Natal possesses a ministry whose 10y
| atty is unquestioned. Had not the
Filipinos been given arms by Ameri-
| cans with which to fight Spain, Gen
| eral Otis would long ago have been
enjoying his ease at home. Similarly
with the Beers, we may have to pay
heavily in blood for the apathy the
Cape government has exhibited In this
| matter"
Lord Vantage, president of the Brit
isb Red Cross society, will shortly is
sue an appeal for contributions to aid
in the work of the society, which, he
says, will provide two hospital railway
trains and hospital ship. The Duke
of Westminster and Lord Vantage
have given 1000 each, and Baron
Rothschild has raised G11,000 among
his friends.
Some indication of the war Office
estimate of the duration of the cam
paign is given by the fact that the au-
thorities have contracted for eight
months supply of bread and other
military requisites rendered necessary
by the absence of the bulk of the army
service corps, whom the war office thus
evidently calculates will be at home
again by the beginning of May.
1t appears that although the war
office called up $4,000 reserYists, only
the pick of them. some 5000, will be
retained with the colors. The authori-
ties are pleased at the application of a
number of reservists belonging to the
unmobilized classes who are volunteer
ing for foreign service. The war Of
flee announces that wives of reservists
will get six pence and each child two
| pence daily while the husbands and
fathers are retained with the colors.
The scarcity of news from South At
rica appears to be due to a heavy
block on the telegraph lines, which
may mean that the lines are occupied
by official dispatches, and that nego-
tiations are being actively carried on
From Durham 1t is announced that nc
code messages will be accepted for any
part of South Africa without the pro-
duction of the codes.
The Daily News this morning pub
fishes the report of an interview with
Bertram Milford, the South African
novelist, who spent rs years among
the Cape Dutch, in which Mr.. Milford
predicts that victory will only be at
tanned by the British after a long
bloody and costly war He says: ''The
Beers will fight like devils. The Jane
son raid reused them. and ever since
they have been preparing for war and
practicing shooting, and they will re-
sist to the bitter end ! don't believe
the Beers will incite the natives
against England, but it is impossible
to say what the natives will do. The
Basutos are loyal to the queen, but
hate the Free State. Though it would
be a bad thing for white supremacy
if the Basutos were to rise and con-
quer the Free State. yet it would be
hardly possible to prevent them. The
Swazis are equally bitter against the
Transyaal, and it would need little en-
couragement to lead them to attack
the republic. / don't think there is
any danger from the Zulus, but the
Matabele and the Nashonas might try
to repeat the horrors of 1896. All the
published estimates of the fighting
strength of the Beers are exaggerated
1t does not exceed $1,000 at the out
side"
Advices from Pretoria say the
Netherlands railway management as
serts that over 800 carriages anC
trucks belonging to the Transvaal are
now in the British colony. According
to these advices the burghers are still
arriving at Sandspruit, and it is esti
mated that 1900 are now concen
trated there. They are becoming very
much dissatisfied because of their in.
activity, and heavy rains and bitterly
cold weather render the conditions
very trying for horses and men.
= President Kruger, in the course o.
an interview yesterday, said he re-
garded the situation as very grave
and considered it very difficult to pre-
dict coming events, The landing O.
British reinforcements in Natal, hi
said, did not trouble him. as he haC
full faith in the Almighty.
President Kruger is celebrating hi
18th birthday today.
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