Arizona republican., 1899-09-21
England is Stirred With Prepar-
alton for Var.
HARDLY A SIGN OF PEACE
EV. rVfhIcd Nav be Said TO Depend
on a rieefing at BIoemfoHtein
Today whose nembers Have
Already Agreed to Take Their
Chances with The TrdnSVaal
Government.

London, Sept. 2O.-DeSl0tte all OUT
ward show of calm, Great Britain is
in practically the same condition today
as was the United States a few weeks
before the opening Of war with Spain.
Beneath fne crust of diplomatic re-
serve military officials are working
night and day preparing for the signal
to- begin hostilit:.es whether th3t
cones or not. England is net going
to he caught mapping any more than
the Transvaal While Lord Salisbury
is quietly at his home in Hatfield
House. Mr.. Chamberlai is buried in
work at the colonial cffice and double
forces at the Royal arsenal and dock
yards are straining every nerve to
equip and transport troops TO the
Cape.
1t may be set dawn for certain that
Great Britain will do nothiing 10 pre-
cipita'te matters, and the colonial Of
fee is far from admitting that the case
is hopeless. The report that Great
Britain had demanded the dismantle-
ment of the fort at johannesburg, to-
gether with a material reduction in the
armament of the burgheIs, the colonial
office t-iday would neither confirm nor
deny. although it is much doubted
MearrW' lille the Marquis of LanIIJwne,
secretary of state for war, has held
long conference with General Lord
Garnet Wolsley. the field marshal. and
General Sir Evelyn Wood, adjutant-
general tc the forces, and activity at
headqua1 ters is reflected in the contract
supply and the transport departments.
The departure of the British trans
pert Jeltunge for the Mediterranean
today with LOO trcop5 was witnessed
by a large and enthusiastic crowd. Al
Woolwich activity increases daily,
and especially in the ordnance Depart
ment where Maxim guns lyOdite
shells, balloon equipments, gas resar- |
voirs, wagons for limelight apparatus,
water carts, ambulances, army wagons
and other paraELernalia CT modern
warfare are being hurried forward.
While runners Of the reassembling CT
parliament are current, the fact is re-
called that in the Afghan war in 1878 |
Great Britain declared war first and !
then assembled parliament This
evening the Marquis of LansdOwL3 !
issued a strict order to the staff of The |
war office warning all subordinases to |
refrain from giving the press any in !
formation whatever without the au
thority CT Their supariors. Advices
from Cape Town are to the effect tIlt |
the Afrikanders declare that the |
TraEsvaaI will not yield further, anc |
that if the imperial government does !
not recede from its present position !
war is inevitable.
The South African News SUPPORTS
the contention of the Transvaal that |
the convention of 1884 abolished the |
suzerainty. According tc ether ad-
vices the burghers are rapidly gcing |
into Lager, while the exodus from |
johannesburg reached 1000 persons
yesterday. Tha stock exchange at Jo- |
hannesburg has resolved to close the
moment martial law is proclaimed, but |
all current contracts will be carried |
out until a proclamation suspending
all business is issued. In the mean
time merchants are ere1ting barri-
cades in front of their shop windows.
At Pretoria interest seems to be CEN
tered in the meeting of the Orange
Free State volksraad tomorrow. which,
it is hoped, may somehow suggest a
modus vivendi that would save the
situation. On the other hand, adviC3s
from Bloemfcntein announce TIE ar
rival there Of a large number of the
members of the Iaad, adding that the
result of tomorrow's sitting is already
agreed on, as the Orange Free State
will throw its lot in with the Trans
vaaI, all the Free State burgners being
fully armed and ready to start at
moments notice. A special dispatch
from Johannesburg says $50 persons
left by cne train today.
The Care Town correspondent of the
Daily Mail says: president Kruger
has cabled strong personal appeal to
the queen teseeching her to intervene
to prevent bioodshed."