The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-25
". T. STEAD
Assumes in England Position
Simular to Our Own
Atkinson.

Atkinson
tCopyrigh 1899 BY the Associate Press) |
London. Sept. 2s--Never at any stage Of |
the rransvaal crisis have peace or war
ros ted so ontirely within the hands OF
President Kruger The longer he delays !
precipitatlng definite issue the better
are th, ohances for peace lie now knows
to what oHtrn. he can rely on sections OF
South Africa to uphold him. ho realizes
that the British Will, u pos-ioie, avoid
q conflict until the last transport lands
her men and he Is too willy O. leader not
~ know The military advantage that
comes TO the aggressor Ius appeals TO
the foreign powers to intervene have APP
parently been hopeless. but his efforts 10
drag In the Orange Free states have been
successful ami if be honestly intends 10
defy Great Britain he never viii have Is
better opportunity II IS such reasoning
which is uppcrmost Ia the minds of the
thinking British and which p.Jnlt, them
60 fear that before next wee. ta blnet
meeting the Beers Will have passed over
Natal frontier If they have not there
viii be much ground for bbeleving Presl-
dent Kruge' intends an ultimate back
down though whether he is strong enough
90 carry his people with him in such ac-
tion is open TO great doubts. The cabinet
council merely verines the logical <up-
position that Great Britain will issue no
hostile ultlmatum until she Is in a position
TO back it mp
tn impression that war is inevitable.
which is now fairly general. is based al
most solely upon the belief that the Beers
Will not submit, while # Is impossible for
Great Britain 10 recede from the position
which the sectary of state FOR the col
onics. JosepA Chamberlain brought about
The recent negotiations upon the part
of the colonial secretary have not tended
TO appeaee he peace party I'm England
The Speaker declares that "to fight over
n question ot chronology naturally i'm
possible" by lich the paper refers TO
suzerainty as the whole base of he dis
pute. The speaker and some Of tine other
liberal papers take the view that Mr..
Chamberlain has made it as hard as pos
sible for President Kruger 10 accept Is
| terms
Sir Edward Clarke, the former solic-
ltor general, writes to the Times that he
sees no casus belli, and hopes parliament
VIII be summoned so that the whole az
fair may be explained to him and other
| conservatives
srEADs PAMPHLET.
Mr.. w T. stead. Nj. Chamberlain's
bitter opponent. is bringing out pampn-
let Shall I slay my Hro,lr Boer? An
Appeal to the Conscienccs .trcat Brit
nin,' in which he reiterates his accus-
nrons OF Mr.. Chambenain's completely
IN the Rhodesian conspiracy Of 1885 and
declares thar "wor would be n stain upon
Great Britain's cscutch7on as foul as
that by which the Dreyfus case has sui
He'd the fair name Of France."
lie compares Mr.. Chamberlain TO Cen
eral MERCER and tho South African com
mitt which tried the james IN raiders to
the Rennes court martial. But such dia-
tribes do not represent the popular feel
ing. II President Kruger ccldes to hold
hia ground with the only means az his
disposal. {. e. almost immediate hostn-
tiles he viii find he has gu, small sym
pathy from any class OF British
III Transvaal negotiations are now 40
long drawn out that though the papers
devote great space 10 them, popular inter
est seems tagging The government or
gans, while regretting the action Of the
Orange Free State. point out that its
| open hostility win eventually prove add
vantageous In Kidding Great Britain OF
tue annoyance OA HdNluE a PIcHuflAnhlY
neutral bur really hostile, power so close
10 the scene OF action and enabling Great
Britain to add the Free State to her pos
sessions without encountering foreign
protests or ACCUSATIONS OF inhuman ag-
grandizcment
The Statist commenting on The flnan-
cial position brought about by the Trans
vaal crisis, and the New York stringency
say: "The competition for gold during
the next few weeks promises 10 be great.
No gold is available In Australia Tor
exportexport and we may have to send
gold TO the cape instead Of receiving n.
and also meet the demand for Egypt, TO
pay for the cotton, as wen as South Am
erica Beyond these considerations we
have the probability that America and
Germany viii cndeavor 10 obtain gold
at home The usual autumnal drain con-
sequently win further advance the ON
clal minimum. re appears nearly prob
abhls that our own government VIII re-
quire to raise a considerable loan, prob
ably by the use OF treasury bills Such.
loan would, OF course, give the Bank
OF England control Of the market, enab-
ling II TO keep It's rate effective, whatever
It might be.
Dreyfus and Guerin have practically
passed out OF the pubbhlie mind here,
bbut echoes OF the case. congratulations
and otherwise, OF the Frencn govern
ment, appear with the English weeklies
Excepting these topics and the Transvaal
there Is a dearth OF interesting matters
The church fight drags along The b,sA-
ops Issuing Of orders 10 their episcopates
meeting with compliance, except IN
few cases, and none Of these being very