The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-30
IN ALARMING 1vRll
II the Controversy Between Eng
land and tho Tfansvaal.
TO RESIST BRITISH DEMANDS.

Bosr Government VIII Concede Re
forms Only ON Conditions Already
Reported Women and Children Flee.
ing From johannesburg.
London, Aug. 30.-The Pretoria cor
respondent Of The Chronicle tele-
graphs: Events have taken an alarm
Ing turn. Great Britain, at the request
Of the Uitlanders' council, has enlarg-
ed the original demands Of Sir Alfred
Miner, the British high commissioner.
and Is adopting the view Of Cecil
Rhodes that President Kruger will
never Withstand IN ultimatum. have.
however. high authority for asserting
that President Kruger. the volksraad
and the nation will unitedly resist an
unconditional demand for giving effect
to the Miner program, but will con-
cede reforms on the conditions already
reported.
The Times, referring editorially to
the statement of William P. Schreiner,
the Cape premier, that in the event Of
war he would do his best to keep the
Cape Colony aloof from the struggle,
says: "This Ia a startling miscon-
ception of duty. When the govern
ment Of the queen declares war 1t is
the duty Of all loyal subjects, what
ever their position, not to keep alOof,
but to do thor utmost to bring the
struggle to a successful end"
ThA members OF the progressive
party in the Cape house Of assembly,
according to q dispatch from Cape
town, freely declare their dissatisfac-
ton with the speech Of the premier, w.
P. Schreiner, In the debate precipitated
by Right Hon. Sir John Gordon
Spriggs' motion to adjourn as CEN
sure Of the policy Of the government
with respect to the transit Of arms in
tended for the Orange Free STATE. They
announce their intention Of organizing
public meetings to protest against Mr..
Schrsinor's course in the matter.
Dispatches received from Pretoria
and Durham show that the Uitlanders
are suffering greatly from the strain
involved In the political crisis. Many
ladies are leaving Pietermaritzburg,
capital Of Natal. The women are pre-
pairing a petition to Queen Victoria in
favor Of peace, which will be sent to
all parts Of the colony for signatures.
The Capetown correspondent Of The
Daily Mail says: A pitiable scene was
witnessed at the railway station to-
day on the arrival from Johannesburg
of $50 children whose parents are too
poor to come themselves. 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 people have left the
Transvaal since the crisis began.
In the house of assembly today the
government announced that 1t was
proposal to afford greater
facilities for women and children to
leave Johannesburg.
Bechuanaland is in a state of fer
ment, owing to the fears of Boer
raid. Colonel Baden-Powell's forces
there are wholly inadequate to protect
such an extended frontier, and the
Beers appear to be quietly concentrate
ing in the western part Of the Trans
vaal. A Boer spy has been arrested III
camp, in British
The Standard and Diggers News,
Of johannesburg, credits General Jou-
bert, the COMMUNICATIVE OF the
Transvaal forces and vice president
Of the republic, with the statement
that, although he is personally DESTROYS
to do everything to preserve peace. the
situation is such that the republic
must be prepared for war.
The johannesburg correspondent of
The Morning Post says: President
Kruger, in the course of an interview
the crisis, said he considered
the Boer position best defined by
Psalm SO.