The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-05
LONDON WAITS FOR NEWS
War Office Denies That Re.
serves Were Called OUT
Situation Very Grave.
[By cable to rhe Assoelatea press.I


LONDON. Sept. 5. 1Ss9-The latest
points in South Africa is vague and con-
Trajectory. Nothing more is known re-
garding the statute of the negotiations
between Great Britain and the Trans
yaal than what was learned yesterday
The officials of the British War once
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 taxing as
extremely grave view OF the situation.
although the War Once denial somewhat
tends to allay the wildly alarrnist reports
current late last night.
The Boer organ here. the STANDARD ana
Diggers' News" today printed a despatch
from Pretoria saying that the tension
there was apparently less severe ana that
1t was believed arrangements for the
proposed conference at Cape Town woula
be completed. although President Kru-
ger, Of the Transvaal Republic. was nm
likely to attend
The opinion of those who regard tha
beginning Of war between Great Rr,t-
ain and the Transvaal as only q maffer
OF a short time IS voiced by the ..Sr
James Gazette, which saws today
The news concerning the crisis IS verv
grave. We learn that three more ipfan-
try brigades have been ordered to Cane
Colony, including the Gordons Of Darrat
fame, one battalion of the Highland r5rht
Infantry who fought in Crete, the second
Battalion of the Black Watch. ana the
Second Battalion Of the Cameronians-
These regiments are under orders Ia he
ready to leave at twenty-four hours, na-
tice. The Office and men are delighted
at the prospect of active service.
In army service circles war Is eons.a-
cred absolutely certain. The Aarnfrarfr
have a number OF transports ready to CON
yey troops to Cape Colony. The Boars.
while procrastinating in regard to their
reply, have been making every preparn-
lion Tor war and are concentrating
raiding the Natal frontier. Iaing,s
Neck, which is the sole route from The
Transvaal to Natal. is undefended."
Cape Town dispatches say that ths
Afrikander papers print what purpots to
be semi-official account of the recent
porparlers- But, as these credit Mr..
Conynham Greene, the British Agent 4.
tne south African Republic. with saying
don the question Of British suzerainfy ff
the proposals made at the Bloernfonfein
conference by Sir Alfred Mflner, the Cow
ernor of Cape Colony and British High
Commissioner of South Africa, were ac-
cepted.r they are not credited either az
Cape Colony or here
The second edition OF the "Times's
issued tnis morning: contained despatch
from Pretoria uunder date Of September
4. saying
The predominant view Is that the lase
despatch opens up the way to q modus
vivendi in. asmuch as the proposals a
Mr. Chamberlain. british Secretary of
State of the Colonies relating to the
seven years franchise have been prae-
tically complied with, This Is the re-
suit of the influence of Herr Fischer. (tha
Special Agent Of the Orange Free state)-
with the Raad's S
This despatch, however, is at variance
with the editorial views on the matter
expressed by the Times" this morning.
The gravity of the news in regard to
the trouble in South Africa had dey
cidedly depressing effect on the Stock Ex-
change today, all departments sympathiz~
ing