Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-09-21
The Beers Stand by Seven Year.
Franchise and Adhere to Con-
vention in London.
THE 4 CRISIS APPEARS CLOSE AT HAND.
A stubborn Resistance to the British
Il Is Apparently being Prepared For
& In the Transvaal-Reply to Note
s Will Refuse to Concede British
4 su.erainty. n ,5 II i@=@


Great Britain is now close at hand, and
not one in thousand of the Beers to-
day believes that war can be averted
The Transvaal's reply to Mr.. Chamber
lain's dispatch will be polite, but it will
be an uncomPromising refusal to con-
cede British suzerainty over the South
African republic. Decisive action is as
sured.
Resistance Will BE stubborn.
Preparations for stubborn resistance
are proceeding necessarily. Every At
rikander is making ready for the strug-
gle. Tt is true that the government six
months ago would scarcely have limited
at such constitutional changes and con-
cessions to the uitlanders as stand
granted to-day; but the limit has been
reached. Every man Of Fl ghting age in
the best families in the land, all the
members of the executive and the volks-
raad, along with seven sons and so
grandsons of President Kruger, are
ready to-day to take the field in sup
port of the governments ultimatum.
The Reply.
London, Sept. 1s.-The reply Of the
Transyaal government to Mr.. Chamber
lain's latest note is said to cover nine
pages. 1t is eminently Of the negative
and inconclusive" character, which Mr..
Chamberlain declared would compel
the imperial government to consider the
situation afresh. It practically repudi-
ates suzerainty, reverts to the seven
years franchise, and declines to give
equality to the Dutch and English Ian
guages in the volksraad. 1t says the
Transvaal government ardently de-
sires and gladly accepts arbitration, as
its firm intention is to adhere to the
terms of the London convention of
1884. The dispatch concludes by trust
ing that the British government, on re
consideration, may not deem it fit to
make more onerous or new proposals,
but will adhere to Great Britain's pro-
posal for joint commission of inquiry
as previously explained by the secre.
tary of state for the colonies to the i'm
perial parliament
Beers Mean to Fight.
London, Sept 49, The Morning Post
says: The Beers mean to fight. That
is the plain English of it. The Stand.
ard says: The Transvaal note is I'm.
satisfactory and, indeed, a dangerous
composition. It might be going too fal
to say that the last hope Of peace thas
vanished or that diplomacy has said
its final word, but it is idle to deny tina,
the rulers of the Transvaal have
brought their country very close to the
brink of disaster which the British
government has done its best to avert
The Daily Mail says: President Kru.
gers defiance has terminated a LONG
period of unrest and uncertainty il
South Africa, for, whatever may be the
issue of the present situation, one thing
is certain, that dualism in South Africa
will end forever. The Daily Chronicle
says: We regret that the Beers, by
rejecting a fair offer made in fair Ian.
guage, have taken a line giving fresh
point 70 the argument of their enemies
that President Kruger is a shifty and
.impracticable politician, fit only to be
spoken TO across a line of bayonets
These extracts fairly represent press
opinion in London.