The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-12
IRAESvAAl EXODUS IS on
The People Are Getting Away 10
a Hurry.
ACTUAL WAR SEEMS TO BE ON.
france and Germany sse Ssid to De el.
ehasgisg Sea:-0 fcial Csom,s casiccs
o. u: Sit at,ea.

London. BY Cable.-The most inter-
cstirg announcement In connection
with the Transvaal crisis is that Chan
eellor Of the Exchequer. Right Hon.
Sir Michael Hicks-Reach. has AREA
sanctioned the provisional expend-
iture OF 5000, ,0c0 pounds. and that the
government will net exceed that
amount without authority from Par.
Lament, which will be asked to vote
sum not exceeding 5000. 600 pounds.
A meeting Ut the war board discussed
and drew up arrangements to insure
the safety Of the route from Durham
to Laings Mex. 50 that large bodies OF
troops may. on Decentralization. be
rapidly forwarded up the country to
the front without confusion or crowd.
Ing at the base. 1t is stated that the
War Office has decided that the CORPS
for service in South Africa shall; be
much larger tnan originally estimated,
and that 1t now consists of over 4O,-
900 mex. The preparations for the dis
ter Of big ocean liners, is steadily and
satisfactorily proceeding. The press
association learrs that the dispatch
drawn up by the cabinet on Friday,
was still unsent. On the other hand
telegram from Brussels gives, from
"well-infcrmed source" the news
that DR.. Leyds. the representative in
Europe CT the South African republic,
has received confirmation CT the re-
port that President Kruger had ad-
dressed an ultimatum to great Brita n
demanding the withdrawal of the Brit
ish forces from the frontier within 4S
hours, and that was delivered on
Monday. This report. however still
lacks official confirmation.
The confidence Of the military au-
thcrities there and General Sir George
Stewart White. V. c., who will COM
mand the British forces in Natal, and
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick
Walker, held to consider the situation,
| General White expressed himself a.
confident that the British would be
| able to present force sufficient to re-
pei any attack. General White, who
intended to go to Durham on board a
warship. has now. in order tn awe
| time, abandoned the idea and will 60
by train tonight.
A lire steamer left Lourenzo Marquo
Delogca Bay Wednesday, with 1900
| refugees. Large numbers were left
behind and all the trains are crowded
with these taking part in the exodus
from the Transvaal A dispatch from
volksrust says that the Boer camp on
the Natal border now comprises 5000
men, and is growing daily. The camT
breathes a religious fervcr. The com.
missarat arrangements, the dispatch
says, are defective. One of the larges,
corps lay in the Veldt without shelter
during heavy thunder storm. Com
mandant General Jouber, is momentar
lily expected to assume command ol
the Boer forces.
Confirmation Of Tuesdays report o.
the acquisition by the Transvaal au
tho-ities of 500, 900 pounds in gold
which was on the way to Cape Tow,
from Johannesburg, was received here
The Cape Argus asserts that the Boer'
made the seizure at Vereeniging, tn,
amount being the weeks shipment o
gold on the way from the Rand Il
Cape Town. and forwarded the treas
ure to Pretoria. A London news agen
cy publishes a dispatch from Pari
saying 1t is rumored there taat ;
semi-offic'al exchange Of views is pro
ceeding between Russia. France, ant
Germany with reference to the Trans
vaal crisis.