New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-15
TIE rElNSrAAL SETTLEMENT.


o... .ss,,,,,tions Of Yesterday concerning inc
nnrnort Of the British note to the lr.'nsN"''
aro oxactly confirmed to-day Our LONDON GU,
RESPONDENT in the special cable d'Si'"''"
we nrint on another page or ulS P"P'''
Eliminates in n most convincing i"i'''''
.a.,,,r - tho british demand. the way in when
II is regarded in London and should lo-lciiN To-
in pretoria. and the probable subsequent pro-
.o.d;nos" Uo shows. as we have argued, that
.,o ;,,medlato terms of the demand are merely
49, e,lfln,ont If the Transvaars OWN Cfler
If . fcw weeks ago. with. possibly. the addition
- ,,orr,;seon for English-spcakng members
of rho Volksraad to use their own tongue Ill
that body This latter was not we p'l'''' -
oerorod nv the Transvaal Government. But u
Is too reasonable demand for re1ect'on Sce'.E
+bot q is only what Great Britain grants 10 ire
Dutch at the Cape and to the trehch III 'al''"
All other matters are deferred 10 conference
n no held hereafter at Cape Town
DESPITE some scare dispatches from Sou,h
Africa. il IS 10 be expected that the ire'o''"
Government will accedc to these proposals. u
demands and that without unreaSon1Dle Ccia!.
To do otherwise would be illogical ana sell
strltifvinc. Moreover all influences make III
thot direction The Afrkander Bund 81 cape
Colonv the greatest Dutch organization III
Africa has formally advised and urged ire
Pretoria Government 10 do 50. Inc Vraiee
FREQ State is said by some to hold 'le
kev Of the situation II is not conceivable thal
= will decide for rejection by the lranSvaal OF
conditions which il has all along freely granted
nc q matter of course. Nor IS that state likely
IA hack its bigger neighbOr in war in when
Il would itself have all to lose and nothing to
cain. For while the Orange state Is now IN
denondent and is recognized as 50 by Great
Britain and Is practically sure Of maintaining
thot hapnv condition. its independence would
NOT no worth 2 straw if II went to war with
Great Britain.
The real crux will come. as Mr.. Ford points
out. in the conference; and It will probably come
on the question Of the johannesburg forts.
Rovond doubt the Outlandcrs will demand, as
a guarantee of lasting peace. not the disa'ma-
mont Of the Transvaal. but the abatement OF
its offensive ornaments directed against IFS
own citizens Hitherto johannesburg has been
treated as a belcaguered or an insurGent CITY.
Forts have been built around il. with their
Guns nointing in upon IT, The excuse has been
Of course. that it was inhabited by aliens mere
mr. loss hostile 10 the republic. who were likely
Of anv time TO rise in revolt and who must
therefore he kept under guard. like a saug OF
convict laborers. The Jameson raid and the
attempt 70 organize a simultaneous uprising N
Johannesburg gave. beyond doubt, much
ground for this attitude of the Beers. But now.
II those aliens become citizens Of the Trans
vaal. there will be a powerful demand for The
removal Of those Notifications. Upon the
Transyaals answer to that demand much Will
depend.
In the mean time il becomes daily more evil
dent that Great Britain is in thorough earnest
She means to settle the whole controversy AZ
once and forever Her offer TO the Transvaal is
emnentlv peaceful but she does not IN the
least abate her military preparations she j.
sending to the Cape some of her ableSt generals
and most effective troops. She has TO-DAY
enough troops there TO hold all the Beers IN
check Rv the time the conference meets She
will have enough to crush the Iransvaal as SIZE
did the Kafa at Omdurman. should tOere DC
need Of so deplorable course. II Is an ap-
Dlication Of the good old rulc-an American
,ule too-that the best guarantee OF peace IS
readiness for war Great Britain Is as we sald
the other day. going TO show in South Africa
UNSURPASSED readiness for war. We shall hope
with renewed confidence that II will prove an
effective guarantee Of peace.