The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-01
WAR NOW SEEMS CERTAIN.
President Kruger Can Concede
No More.
CAMPAIGN is PLANNED
VIII Operate Through Zululand - The
Main Offset of the English Troops
Win Be to Capture Pretoria-A
Far-Reaching Conspiracy.

Copyrighted 1893 by Associated Press.
| London, Sept. 30.-War now seems
| certain. The extraordinary delay OF the
Beers in taking hostile initiative, as
| pointed out in the dispatches to the
associated press Sept. %. is still a pa
| cific circumstance. But it has doubtful
| significance when compared with the
| genuine and far-reaching preparations
they are making for hostilties. AS fire.
| quently mentioned in these dispatches,
the attitude Of the British government
in always insisting on imperial govern
ment has undergone no change in the
negotiation. Every stage has depended
on President Kruger. If he would not
back down when the British demands
were less sweepingly expressed he can
scarcely do so now when they are
| formulated with almost brutal frank
| ness. The negotiations according to
| President Kruger's statements and
! judging from all the available informa-
| ton, seem to have reached an impasse.
| Rumors of the interference of foreign
power continue to crop up, but the most
| sanguine scarcely believe this would
turn the British from their determine
ton evident from the first to attempt
| to compel President Kruger to submit
| absolutely to their terms, though specu-
| la ton as rife regarding the awkward
complications which might ensue by
German or Russian diversion in various
parts of the globe.
| Bereft of the countless confusing
| phases, due to secrecy regarding the in
tentons Of the governments involved
| and the contradictory reports from the
troubled territory, the most probable
solution of the situation seems this:
| The Beers, who evidently must see the
efforts of the English government to
| avert hostilitfes until the arrival OF re-
| Inducements, having weeks ago
planned a campaign. will put in action
| perhaps as early as this week. They
will probably avoid engagements, devot-
| ing their energies to the destruction of
property and the capture of prisoners,
| perhaps a raid on Delagoa bay. 1t
SENS unlikely that they will attack via
Laing's Neck and other places of that
country for the simple reason that
| these points are so openly talked about
as their probably points of agrees
sion, keenest observers believing 1t to
be more likely that the Beers will oper-
diversion Of the $1,000 British troops
| now chiefly massed at Ladysmith or in
it's neighborhood.
In the meanwhile, or perhaps pre-
vious to this, British army corps
consisting of 10000 men or more will
be sent out. Parliament will be sum-
moned and no doubt the necessary
supplies will be granted, though there
will be some hot debating
Regarding the plans of campaign of
the respective armies, there is no re-
liable information, though it is the
general assumption that the main OBJ
| ject Of the British will be the capture
nf q mrs NJ
| flict Is matter of widest surmise,
| though the continental and British pa
pers do not express the faintest doubt
| that it will result in the defeat of the
| Beers and the addition of their coun-
try to Great Britain's colonies.
Were peace or war dependent merely
upon matters of suzerainty or the
franchise there might be some hope
| that hostilities may be averted at the
| last moment But the associated press
learns apparently there is truth in
what the peace party papers have often
limited at, that is to say, that the un-
| DERIVING motive actuating the British
( government throughout the negotia-
lions. has been the suppression of
| what they have reason to believe was
a far-reaching conspiracy for the es-
Establishment of Dutch faction from
the Zambesi to the Cape. The author
| ity for thfSsStatement is Mr.. Chamber
| lain himself. In conversation, so a
| representative of the associated press
! was reliably informed, the secretary
| of state for the colonies said that one
| great feature Of the situation which
! could not be brought before the public
| for fear that the governments object
| might be misinterpreted, was the cab
| inet's well defined understanding that
for months a carefully fostered plot
| had been in progress to form a Dutch
federation. He also referred to the ac-
ton of the Orange Free State and to
that Of the Afrikander members of the
Cape legislature, which somewhat con-
firms Mr.. Chamberlain's view, for it
is impossible to believe such impor-
| tant steps would result from mere
| spontaneity of sentiment on current
dispute. 1t has long been suspected
that the cabinet was prompted by
er rights and, If Mr.. Chamberlain is
| quoted correctly. it would appear that
Great Britain will not stop until re-
assured of the safety Of her suprem-
acy In South Africa
The Speaker. a peace advocate, ad-
mits 'regretfully that the war party Is
in the ascendant in Great Britain, and
| every London daily, except the Chron-
icle, supports Mr.. Chamberlain, with
every afternoon paper. except the
Westminster Gazette, the Star and
Echo. Among the country papers, how
| ever sonle OF tne lnHuentlal oppose the
| war. Their feelings are voiced by the
Speaker, saying:
I'VE seem fated to be plunged into
war for which the historian will be I'M
able to find adequate justification or
even plausible excuse"
The session of the British parliament
! is not expected to be. long or exciting.
and to be mainly devoted to voting the
necessary money and supplies The
| army board met after yesterdays cabi-
net council and discussed the various
questions. Opinions appeared to favor
the belief that the Beers would make
no serious invasion of Natal,
The prospect of stringency in the
money market occupies serious atten-
ton in financial circles. There has been
an immense drain of gold to South
Africa since the crisis. Altogether from
| London and Australia about $4,000. 600
| have been drawn, while it is imnossihle