Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-10-12
AN Ill T|MATUN
TO ENGLAND
IrahsvaaI Demands Withdrawal of
British Troops From Re-
pubIic's Borders.
NOTE HANDED CUNNINGHAM GREEN
Requests Also the Withdrawal From
Africa Of Reinforcements
Recently Landed.
GIVEN 48 HOURS TO ANSWER
Failure to Reply Within the spcci.
fed Time Will Re Consiu-
cred II Declaration
of War.
GIVEN 4a HOURS TO ANSWER
London. Oct. 11.--lt cannot be dou1

London, Oct. 1l.--lt cannot be doubt.
ed that Englands reply to the Boer lll-
timatum will be Il fiat rejection OF
President krucgcr's demands and that
ut ): ID o'clock this afternoon. English
time, state OF war win exist.
Fridays cabinet council will have to
deal with the military situation and
parliament will have little else to do
but sanction thu necessary credits.
Speculation as to the outcome of
the crisis has now given way i'm the
newspapers to the discussion of mill
tary and strategical matters.
AS the British troops continue land
ing in South Africa and advancing to
the front ii is quite possible, according
to The terms of the I'ocr ultimatl,m.
that hostilities have already com
menced, as krucgcr has everything to
gain by an instant advance Until the
arrival of the army corps, it is prob
able that the British will everywhere
remain on the Defensive.
Cape Town, Oct. 10.-The Transvaal
has sent an ultimatum to Great Brit
ain.
London, Oct. 1o.-A London news
agency publishes the following dis
patch from Pretoria, filed here last
night:
AN urgent dispatch has just been
handed to Cunningham Greene, Brit
lsh diplomatic agent, requesting an eN-
pllclt assurance of the withdrawal,
within forty-eight hours. of British
troops from the Transvaal borders. as
we'll as the withdrawal of all British
forces landed i'm South Africa since the
Bloemfontein conference"
News Startlcs London.
The more peaceful tenor of this
mornings news and comments had
scarcely been digestcd, aronsing
the hope that INrncger's birthday
would also mark the dissipation. or the
commencement of the dissipation, of
the clouds hanging over South Africa.
when the sensational announcement
that the Iransvaal had handed detin-
lite nltimatum to the British diplo-
matte agent i'm Pretoria caused rapid
slump in the hopes of those who be-
lleved diplomacy would yet save the
situation. Apart from this, today's
news tends to show that as long as the
Beers remain inactive Britain will CON
tlnue to adhere to persuasive methods.
1T is understood from The movements
OF ministers and the activity i'm gov
eminent offices that important devel-
opments are imminent. although
whether they are pacific or warlile.
remains an enigma. The officials of
the colonial office worked all night
and Chamberlain arrived early i'm the
morning. In some quarters it is init
mated the government has received
notification of the Bocr ultmatum and
ARE relieved in consequence, as the
government considers the Beers are
now placed in Il position of having
forced on a war.
The Ultimatmm.
The Iransvaal ultinat,m concludes
with the following demands:
u. That all points of mutual differ
encc be regulated by ii friendly re-
course to arbitration, or by whatever
amicable way may be agreed ON bv
this government and her maiesty's
governments
=. All troops on the border of this
republic shall be instantly withdrawn.
). All rcinforcemcnts of troops
which have arrived i'm South Africa
since june /, 1899. shall be removed
from South Africa With a reasonable
time to be agreed ON with this govern
ment, and with mutual assurance and
guarantee on the part of this yoycrn-
mcnt that no attack upon or HOSTILE
Ties against any portion of the posses
sions of the British government shall
he made by this republic during fur
ther negotiations, within Il period of
time to be subsequently agreed upon
between the governments, and this
government will, upon compliance
Herewith. be prepared to Withdraw
the armed burghers of this republic
from the borders.
a. That her lnaiicsty's troops which
are now on the high seas shall not be
landed in amy part of South Africa"
Prompt Answer Asked.
To these demands is an appended
time limit for the reply, as follows;
This government presses for an i'm
mediate affirmative answer to these
four questions, and earnestly requests
her majesty's government to return
answer before or on Wednesday. De-
tober III, 1899, not later than ) ID. m.
ut desires further to ada that in
the unexpected event of an answer NOT
being received by it with
in the interval, it will. with great re-
gret, be compelled to regard the action
of her majesty's government as a for
NAL declaration OF war and will not
hold itself responsible for the conse-
4uence thereof, and that. IN the even.
OF any further movement of troops
occurring within the above mentioned
time, i'm Il nearer direction TO oui. Dor
''ers, this government will be com
PEELED to regard that also as formal
declaration of war;