The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-06
WAR MONEY And MEN
British Chancellor Sanctions
Expenditure of 63,ooo,ooo.
War ONCE Increases Corps For Services
In South Afrioa-Boers Score the First
Coup by Selling British Gold-Rumor
of Boer Ultimatum.

H4H1. HEN1E
In South Africa-Boers Score the First
Coup by seizing British Gold-Rumor
of Boer Ultimatum.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-The most interest.
Ing announcement in connection with
the Transvaal affair today is that the
~chancelloro of the exchequer, Right Hon.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, has already
sanctioned the provisional expenditure
OF 100000 and that the government
will not exceed that limit without au-
thority from parliament, which will be
asked to vote a sum not exceeding e.
600, 900.
A meeting Of the war board discussed
and drew up arrangements to insure
the route from Durham to Laing's Mex,
SO that large bodies of troops may, on
Decentralization, be rapidly forwarded
up the country to the front without
confusion or crowding at the base. 1t
is stated that the war Office has decided
that the army corps for service in South
Africa shall be much larger than origi-
nally estimated and that it now consists
OF over 10000 men. The preparations
for thed dispatch of this force, including
the dispatching of British liners, is
steadily and satisfactorily proceeding.
Ultimatun to England.
The press association learns that the
dispatch drawn up by the cabinet on
Friday is still unsent. On the other
hand a telegram from Brussels gives
from a we'll informed source the news
that DR.. Leyds, the representative in
Europe of the South African republic,
has received confirmation of the report
that President Kruger has addressed an
ultimatum to Great Britain, demand
ing the withdrawal of the British forces
from the frontier within 48 hours, and
that it was delivered on Monday. This
report still lacks official confirmation.
The confidence of the military author
tiles at the Cape is shown by a dispatch
received from Cape Town, which states
that at a conference between the mill
tary authorities there and General Sir
Stewart White, @. O.. who will COM
mand the British forces in Natal, and
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick
Walker, held to consider the situation,
General White expressed himself as
confident that the British would be able
to present a force sufficient to repel any
attack.
A line steamer left Lour-nzoM MARQUEE,
Delagoa bay, yesterday with 1000 Rand
refugees. Large numbers were left
behind and all trains are crowded with
%hoco 40 liz, - ,oo,,k ~, %l,a orol,~ En1.,
the Transvaal.
A dispatch from Volksrust says the
Boer camp on the Natal border now
comprises 5000 men and is growing
daily. The camp breathes a religious
fervor. The commissariat arrangements
the dispatch says, are defective. One
Of the largest corps lay in the veldt
without shelter during a heavythunder
storm. Commandant General Joubert
is momentarily expected to assume
command Of the Boer forces.
A special dispatch from Newcastle,
Natal, says: The Beers have left the
lager at Volksrust and are moving
toward the frontier. The situation is
most critical. The magistrates and
municipal officers have assembled in
the town hall to concoct measures for
the defeuse OF the town against an ex-
pected attack. AL the women and
children have been ordered to leave for
the interior of Natal.
Miner Against War.
It is understood that Sir Alfred Mil
ner has not abandoned hope that the
powerful interests now at work in Pre-
toria and Bloemfontein may lead to the
arrest Of mobilization of troops on both
sides and open the door to a peaceful
solution.
Other kilograms indicate that a Boer
attack on Natal is expected at any time,
but assert that Commandment General
Joubert has threatened to shoot any
man who moves without orders.
The London morning papers are in
cined to regard the seizure of gold by
the Transvaal as an act of war.
No confirmation is obtainable that a
{ Boer ultimatum has been presented, but
the news comes from what is usually
a good Boer source.
A dispatch from Johannesburg says
that State Secretary Reitz Of the Trans
vaal informed a correspondent of the
Standard and Diggers' News that the
proclamation of martial law is peina
delayed. In Cape Town the opinion
prevails that the delay of the Beers in
assuming the offensive points to a will
ingness on the part of the Transvaal
government to allow political counse
to override military ardor.
Lord James of Hereford, writing to a
correspondent, expresses a fear that the
maintenance Of peace is now impossible.
Sir Edgar Vincent, speaking at Exc.
ter yesterday, said he understood that
Sir Redvers Butler did not expect the
war to be a short one.