The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-30
Brush Ministry Again Deliber-
ties and, It Is Said, Formu.
lates New Demands.
hr ger Gives 1t Out That War
IS Certain Unless the Brit.
ish Recede.
NJ ,anwhile Preparations for the
Conflict Proceed With In
creasing Haste.

LONDON, Sept. 3O.-The meeting OF
the British cabinet, on whose delibera.
tions, practically hangs war on peace
in South Africa began at l o'clock.
President Kruger's reply to the last
note Of the imperial government had
now been received and was the pivot of
the days discussion. A dispatch from
Cape Town, cabled to the Associated
Press is given the leading place in the
afternoon papers. While it is too brief
to give an adequate idea of the Trans.
walls attitude, the impression it pro.
duced vas rather favorable than other.
wise.
The crowd began to gather in the
vicinity of the foreign Office as early as
II o'clock. The home secretary, Sir
M a White s9!s Ridley: was a the .si first to
arrive. at l1:l5. Mr.. A. ]. Balfour,
first lord Of the treasury. came down
from Scotland. and Lord Salisbury
came from Hatfield. They reached
Downing street shortly after noon. Mr..
Joseph Cham berlain drove to the colon.
ial Office at l2:l5 p. m. AZ he passed
through the crowd assembled in White.
hall. he was greeted with cheers which
were renewed when he slighted. A
large force Of police vas stationed about
Downing street but perfect order was
maintained.
The cabinet adjourned at 3:l5 p. m.
The ministers were heartily cheered by
the waiting crowds.
The Pail Mall Gazette says it under.
stands that Mr.. Chamberlain submitted
. dispatch to the cabinet council con.
tanning the following demands on the
Transvaal:
l. Five years franchise qualification.
without hampering conditions.
2. Municipal self-government at 10.
hannesburg on q freely elected basis.
from the executive and its independence
of the volksraad.
4. The abolition of the dynamite
monopoly.
5. The removal of the fort dominat.
ing johannesburg, though the d~efenses
at Pretoria may remain.
.. The teaching the English Ian.
guage in the schools.
An official of the foreign Office told q
representative of the Associated Press
that the cabinet in the absence of the
Transvaal's reply had agreed to draft a
dispatch formulating its W proposals.
which will be communicated tc the
Transvaal government in q few days.
Parliament will be called shortly to
consider the situation. The govern.
ment declines to furnish the exact in.
formation at present regarding the
military movement.
Excitement at Fever Heat.
in the meanwhile, dispatches from
The the Cape continue the story Of mill. |
tary activity in the Transvaal. Natal
and Cape Colony. The Beers are con.
celtrating in the country contiguous to |
Natal, where the first outbreak of hos.
'lhtles is likely to occur. Large con.
t,ngents of burghers are converging |
from various parts to this probable bat. |
tleheld.
The excitement continues at fever
heat. The c~ommandant general has
Issued a notice calling the commanders
to assemble at a specific spot on the
Natal border. The commanders from
krugersdorf, whose burghers check.
mated the Jameson raiders, will en- |
bark on trains for the frontier. There
Is great activity at the war office at |
Pretoria. The artillery reserves nave
been called out; the arrangements &c |
defend the frontier are now complete
and the work Of equipment is proceed
ing rapidly. The burghers are congre.
eating IN the towns ready to join thei, |
commands, which, however. have strict |
orders not to approach too near the
frontier and to avoid a collision with
the British forces.
lhe Boer forces are gathering at their
bass Of action, a short distance from
the border, such as at Harrismith,
Nolksrust, Vryhied and Bremersdorp.
Telegraphic communication between
Cape Town and Pretoria has become
strangely delayed during the past
couple Of days.
Military Appearance At Prot oria.
A telegram avs two battalions OF
field artillery and 500 burghers have
started for Volksrust and that another
800 men go there at once. The streets
at Pretoria present a scene Of great mil.
ltary animation. Armed burghers and
artillery men are riding about. the field
comets being engaged in warning the
burghers to be in readiness at a mo-
ment's notice.
A quantity of ammunition for Maxim
guns is reported to have arrived at Har.
rlsmith, and the bufghers at Breners.
dorp received rifles and unition.
The men are practicing with the Maxim
guns.
A number Of young Beers, who have
beer studying ut Cape Town, nav.
started for home. The volksraad, il
session, has passed a high treason
bill, providing for the confiscation OF
the property of burghers who refuse
A proposal was submitted to
the confiscation retroactive 10 as
to include certain milliOnairas Int il