The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-04
TROOPS ARE BEING
MASSED ON BORDER
- l1A9s
England Is Not Yet In. a Position
to Strike.
Rumors That Final Appeal to Pre-
vent Hostilities Will. Be Made to
Lord salisbury-Natives Said to
Be Committing Depredations In
South Acknowledgements Leaving
johannesburg Kruger May Act
On the Defensive.

On the defensive.
London, Oct 3.-There are no new
developments in the Transvaal situa-
ton. Arrangements for the dispatch of
war stores and men continue. "A guam
tity of balloon material has been sent
| to South Africa, the war office consid-
ering that military ballooning will
prove of the greatest value in the kind
of warfare expected in South Africa.
The chartering of transports is still
going ON. Five vessels of the Cunard
| line are now engaged.
| A telegram from Parss announces that
NJ. Arnaud president Of the interna-
| tional and arbitration peace league, has
| sent an appeal to-. Lord Salisbury, en-
| treating him. to choose a power to act
| with a power chosen by the Transvaal
with. the object of averting war.
A special dispatch from Pretoria,
dated Monday, says the meeting of the
Rad adjourned at IL o'clock in the
morning, and that only a legal quorum
of members was present.
President Kruger, addressing the
meeting, described the war as unjust
and unnecessary, and denied that the
Outlanders wanted the franchise. Lucas
Meyer. the chairman, said the real pur-
pose of the British was ''solely to gain
Naboth's vineyard"
Transvaal Reply Ready.
The Transvaal reply, it is reported,
is now ready for dispatch and only
awaits the receipt of the British note.
Continuing, the correspondent says:
ST understand that the landing of fur
Their troops will be regarded as a casus
belli Four members of the government
will take command of the coinman-
deers. Commandant General Joubert
started for the Natal border today with
his staff.
A dispatch from Newcastle, Natal,
reports that Commandant General Jou-
bert has gone to Vryheid. The PETER
maritzburg correspondent of the Daily
Mail says he believes martial law will
be declared in Natal with a view of
preventing the Natal Dutch from join
ing the Beers.
The Daily Telegraph correspondent at
Pietermaritzburg says Commandant
General Joubert's policy is defensive.
According to the Cape Town CORE
spondent of the Daily News, Mr.. w. P.
Schreiner, premier of Cape Colony, has
refused an application from Kimberly
that the inhabitants he allowed to form
a town guard, but Sir Alfred Miner
mas Tie dpplIGdLIOtl OfGI Tie
heads of the Cape authorities.
The correspondent also says the Free
State command invests Kimberly,
where defensive preparations are being
actively carried on, Boer commanders
are massed at Boshof and Jacobsdale,
both in the Free States, near Kimberly.
1t is believed, however, that in a few
days Kimberly will be impregnable,
provided there are sufficient troops to
man the defenses.
Boer Movement Arrested.
The Standards correspondent at
Newcastle, Natal, telegraphing. Mon /
day night, says: THE forward move
ment of the Boer forces, which threat
ened the Natal frontier, has been sud
denly arrested. A majority of the !
burghers who had gathered on the
heights northeast and east of Newcastle |
have fallen back on their original base
near Sandsfruit."
The staff of Sir General Redvers !
Butler, who is to command the British |
forces in South Africa, has been Off
cially gaZetted. 1t is the largest since |
the Crimean war.
While constant military orders are
being issued here, progress seems very |
slow, and it must still be weeks before
Great Britain will be in a position to |
strike, although it is believed the Brit /
ish troops now at the front or near it |
are sufficient to protect British terri
tory. The government is certainly not |
showing any signs of haste in sending /
an ultimatum.
This is probably due to recognition
that Great Britain is not yet ready to /
substitute force FOR negotiation, and |
the cabinet. therefore, is giving the
Transvaal every chance to accept the
latest proposals.
Propose Appeal to Salisbury.
Mr.. Montague White, consul general
for the South African republic in Lon
don, told the Associated Press this
that he telegraphed President I
Kruger yesterday urging him to make
a personal appeal to Lord Salisbury,
dwelling upon the iniquity of the war,
and proposing a. scheme as a basis of
further negotiations.
He said ne was momentarily expect
ing to hear that the. Transyaal govern
ment was sending an ultimatum to
Great Britain, declaring the dispatch
If troops casus belli, in which event
he would be compelled to close his
offices.
MIR. White added a curious statement
TO the effect that a representative of
one of the largest capitalists of the
Rand had called upon. him this morn
Eg and asserted that it was known in
capitalist circles that Lord Salisbury
mad determined that there should not
De war. and had instructed the secre7
AIRY of state for the colonies, Mr.
Chamberlain. to wire to South Africa
further assurances with regard to the
British desire to respect the complete
of the 4 Transvaal No
confirmation of this is obtainable in
official circles.
Europeans Leave johannesburg.
The latest news. received from Jo-
filed there yesterday, in
iicates that the last rush Of Europeans
o leave the town has occurred. They
crowded the. trains like sardines, oc-
,upying every possible inch on the
rucks. There is considerable anxiety
With regard to the few who remain be-
lind. as communication seems to be
hut off.
The mining commissioner stated Off
tally that the proclamation of Sept %.
elating to the protection of miners,
lad been withdrawn. and. he therefore
ldvised all Britishers to leave as soon
IS possible. The British steamer LaI-
now in the transport service.
lrrfved last evening at Durham. Natal. ,
vith field artillery, a hospital corps and d
stores from Indias The Ii
roops We're promptly disembarked. and j
ent by train no the country
The Natal authorities have announced. 4
hat no more mails will be dispatched 7.
o the Transvaal until further notice. 4