Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13

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THE TaANsv rRoUBLE.
The Situation Daily Growing More.
I'll SeriOus-Actiy.ity.i In the British
Admiralty and War Onces.
London, Sept. The premier, the
marquis Of Salisbury will come to Lon
don to-day from 1Valmer to confer
with the secretary Of state for the col
onies, Joseph Chamberlain. and cab
met council has been summoned for
! Friday, urgent messages having been
sent: to all the ministers requesting
their attendance. There is great ac-
tivity at the admiralty, the war Office
and the colonial office. Numerous tele-
grams from South Africa arrived at
the colonial Office yesterday, but their
contents have not been made public.
Gen. Lord Wolseley, field marshal and
commander-in-chief, is in daily commu-
nication with the war Office, as are also
Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, adjutant general
to the forces, and Col. Hector Archi-
bald Macdonald, aid-de-camp to the
Queen. The press association asserts
that the officers of the Highland light
infantry at Davenport notified their
men last evening to prepare for de-
parture, probably on Thursday.
The Daily Mail expresses the opinion
that the next move will be an ulti-
matum unless President Kruger
yields" It declares that $4,000 men is
the outside number that the Transvaal
government can put into the field.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Daily Mail says: II learn from Boer
sources that reliable news has been re-
ceived at The Hague from Pretoria to
the effect that President Kruger will
not give Mr.. Chamberlain time to send
an ultimatum, but will take advantage
of the first suspicious move of the
British troops on the border to assume
the offensive
Berlin, Sept. 6.-The Nueste Mach
richten, commenting upon the news
that the Germans in the Transvaal are
forming league to help the Beers.
says: I'VE fear that this offer will en-
tice the Transvaal government to carry
their resistance against England fur
Their than is advisable" Other influen-
tial German papers continue to warn
President Kruger that he need not hope
to receive the least help from Europe.
johannesburg, Sept. 6.-Public anx-
iety shows no abatement, and the ex-
odus of the population continues. The
STATS of several large financial houses
are leaving with their books for Cape
Town. At public meeting held at
Boksburg the field cornet guaranteed
the safety of all the residents of the
district. He announced that the natives
would be transported Immediately
upon declaration of war, in trucks
that were waiting at every railway sta
ton, and he advised families to group
themselves and that superintendent
be appointed to take charge of each
group.
Magdeburg, Sept. 6.-The Magdeburg
Gazette says that Queen Wilhelmina of
the Netherlands has written to Queen
Victoria appealing to the British SOW
peace in South Africa.
London, Sept. 6.-The latest news re-
ceived in this city from various points
in South Africa is vague and contra
dictory. Nothing more is known re-
garding the status of the negotiations
between Great Britain and the Trans
vaal than that learned Monday.
The officials of the British war office
emphatically deny that the reserves
have been called out or that any steps
have been taken to that end.
The afternoon newspapers follow the
lead of the morning papers in taking
an extremely grave view of the situa-
ton, although the war office denial
somewhat tends to allay the wildly
alarmist reports current late at night.
The Boer organ here, the Standard
and Diggers' News, prints dispatch
from Pretoria saying that the tension
there was apparently less severe and
that it was believed arrangements for
the proposed conference at Capt Town
would be completed, although Presi-
dent Kruger of the Transvaal republic
was unlikely to attend. +
The opinion of those who regard the
beginning of war between Great
Britain and the Transvaal as only a
matter of short time is voiced by the
St. James Gazette, which says:
1.-THE news concerning the crisis is very
grave. We learn that three more infantry
brigades have been ordered to Cape Col
ony, including the Gordons, of Dargai
fame: one battalion of the Highland light
infantry, who fought in Crete, the Second
Second battalion of the Cameronians.
These regiments are under orders to be
ready to leave at "a hours notice. The Of
ficers and men are delighted at the pros
pect of active service.
TN service circles war is considered alb
solutely certain. The admiralty have a
number of transports ready to convey
troops to Cape Colony. The Beers, while
procrastinating in regard to their reply,
have been making every preparation for
war and are contemplating raiding the
Natal frontier. Laings Neck, which is the
sole route from the Transvaal to Natal, is
undefended." ~r.>5..@.. ..@.s
OldestsActress Dead.
Philadelphia, Sept. 6.-Mrs. Sarah A
Baker, who has just died at Forest
Home, was the oldest American actress