The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-06
General Lord WOlseley Giving His
nected with the Army.
ANXIETY At JOHANNESBURG
UITLANDERS STILL FLEEING FROM
THE CITY TO CAPE COLONY.
News from south Africa Conflicting
of British Troops ON the Border.

LONDON Sept 6.-The premier, the
Marquis of Salisbury. will come to London
to-day "wednesday from Walmer to confer
with the secretary of state for the colonies.
Joseph Chamberlain, and Cabnent council
has been summoned for Friday. urgent
messages having been sent to all the min
listers requesting their attendance.
There is great activity at the Admiralty,
the War Office and the Colonial Office
Numerous kilograms from South Africa ar
rived at the Colonial Office yesterday CTues-
day., but their contents have not been made
public General Lord Wolseley, field mar
shall and commander in-chief, Is in daily
communication with the War Office, as are
also General Sir Evlyn Wood, adjutant
general to the forces, and Col. Hector Arch
ibad Macdonald, ad-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 departure, probably on
Thursday.
The Daily Mail expresses the opinion that
1.-The next move will be an ultimatum unless
President Kruger yields" 1t declares that
1900 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 received at The
Hague from Pretoria to the effect that
President Kruger will not give Mr.. Cham
berlain time to send an ultimatum but will
take advantage of the first suspicious move
Of the British troops on the border to as
sumo the offensive
The Morning Post has the following from
its Johannesburg correspondent, who is now
at Pietermaritzburg, capital of Natal: Il
inspected the country carefully on the way
from johannesburg. The Veldt is not yet
in condition for war operations. The town
of New Castle is utterly unprotected. To
seize 1t would assure the Beers possession
of Laing's Neck and compel the British to
do twenty miles of fighting over rough
country peculiarly suited to Boer tactics
| before they could begin the first real action.
The War Office wants waking up
EXODUS CONTINUES.
An Associated Press dispatch from Jo-
hannesburg says: Public anxiety shows no
abatement, and the exodus of the popula-
ton continues. The STATS of several large
| financial houses are leaving tonight 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 i'm.
| mediately upon a declaration of war, in
| trucks that were waiting at every railway
station. and he advised families to group
themselves and that superintendent be ap-
| pointed to take charge of each group
| The johannesburg correspondent of the
| Standard says: There seems TO be some
| ground for supposing the peace party al
Pretoria has gained temporary advantage
as the result of the influence of Mr.. Fisch-
er. the special representative of the Orange
| Free State
| The Boer organ here, the Standard and
| Diggers' News, yesterday printed dis
| patch from Pretoria, saying that the ten
sion there was apparently less severe and
| that it was believed arrangements for the
| proposed conference at Cape Town would
be completed. although President Kruger,
| of the Transvaal Republic, was unlikely to
| attend
The opinion Of those who regard the be-
| ginning of a war between Great Britain
and the Transvaai as only a matter of a
short time is voiced by the ST. James Ca
zette, which said yesterday: 1.-The news
| concerning the crisis is very grave. We
learn that three more infantry brigades
have been ordered to Cape Colony. includ-
ing the Gordons of Garda fame. one bat
talon of the Highland Light Infantry. the
second battalion of the Black Watch and
the second battalion of the Cameronians
| These regiments are under orders to be
ready TO leave at twenty-four hours no.
IArf~ 49,
at the prospects of active service. In serv-
| ice circles war is considered absolutely GER
tain. The Admiralty have a number OF
transports ready to convey troops TO Cape
Colony. The Beers. while procrastinatine
in regard TO their reply, have been making
every preparation for war and are contem
plating raiding the Natal frontier. Laing's
| Neck, which is the sole route from the
| Transvaal TO Natal, is undefended.'
The War Office has issued, as usual. a
denial of the report published by the st
James Gazette. that three more infantry
brigades had been ordered TO the Cape.
Cape Town dispatches say that the Afri
kander papers print what purports TO be a
| semi-official account OF the recent pour.
| parlers But as these credit Mr.. Conynghan
| Greene the British agent in the South
African Republic. with saying that Great
Britain was willing TO abandon the question
of British suzerainty IL the proposals made
at the Bloemfontein conference by Sir AL
fred Miner. the Governor OF Cape Colony
and British high commissioner of South
Africa. were accepted. they are not credited
either at Cape Colony or here
The gravity OF the news in regard TO tn.
trouble in South Africa had decidedly de-
pressing effect on the Stock Exchange yes
terday. all departments sympathizing.
The Times. which comments EDITORIAL,