Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-09-06
v ILL SEND MORE MIN
Three I}rigades of British Infantry
Going to Cape Town.
NO CALL FOR THE RESERVES.
Beers Continue to Make Arrests For
Treason In the Trnnsvaal and
Are Trying to Stop the
Panic.

| London, Sept 6.-The st. James Ga
gette says that the war office will Sent
/ three brigades of infantry to Cape Town
The paper says that the regiments arr
under orders to leave on "a hours notice
and adds that in army service circles wal
is considered inevitable.
1t is officially stated that the story
that a proclamation calling out the re
serves was about to be issued is untrue.
A dispatch to The Times from New
castle, Cape Colony, says much uneasl
ness is felt owing to the fact that arrests
for treason continue to be made in the
Trnnsvaal despite the assurances to the
contrary given by State Attorney SHUTS
1t is generally believed that the arrests
are merely the beginning Of an aggressive
policy on the part of the Beers, which
although postponed for awhile, was not
abandoned. i he authorities are alarmed
over the panic that has been created and
are trying to allay the uneasness. 1t is
improbable. however, that the uitlander
leaders will return to johannesburg I'M
til the situation becomes clearer. These
men believe it would be useless to run
risks which would serve no purpose.
with the rush of people who are leaving
the Transvaal.
The indefinite character of the reply of
the Transvaal government to Colonial
Secretary Chambcrlain's last dispatch
strengthens the conviction that the Beers
simply aim to gain time.
Pretoria's View.
The Times Pretoria correspondent
says that the predominant view of the
situation is that the last dispatch from
the Transvaal government opens the way
for a moquS vivendi since Colonial Sec
rotary Chamberlain's proposals regarding
the right of franchise after five years
residence have been complied with.
a dispatch from Pretoria says that the
tension is apparently lessened, though
the reason for this Is not known. The
dispatch declares that it is not likely that
President Kruger will attend the Cape
Town conference.
A dispatch to the London office of the
Standard and Diggers News dated
Johannesburg says it was rumored there
that the Transvaal government has
agreed to the conference with the British
representatives at Cape Town
The Manchester GuardiFn's johannes
burg correspondent telegrAphs as follows:
'lhe state secretary and state attorney
inform me that the warro nts for the
arrest Of Editors Pakeman and NIony.
penny We're made out some time ago, to
be executed if the men tried to leave
j johannesburg. The local officials determ
ined the other day to serve these war
rants.
II is stated that the Swazis are ready
TO attack the Beers in case Of war unless
Great Britain forbds such action
Cape Town dispatches say that the Afri-
kander papers print what purports to be
a semi official account of the recent
pouTparlers. But as these credit Mr..
Conyngham Green, the British agent in
The South African Republic with saying
that Great Britain was willing to aban-
don the question of British suzerainty If
the proposals made Mt the Bloemfonten
conference by Sir Alfred Miner, the gov.
ernor of Cape Colony and British high
commissioner of South Africa. were ac
copied. they are not credited either at
)ape Colony or here.