Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10
WAR FEELING IN ENGLAND.
Possibility Of Hostllities the Only
Topic Of Interest.
ARE CONFIDENT OF vICTORY-IT
IS ADMITTED, HOWEVER, THAT
THERE WILL BE HARD FIGHT
ING, AND THAT IT WILL RE-
QUIRE CONSIDERABLE TINE TO
SUBDUE THE BURGHERS.
Copyright. Associated Press.l

week in the United States which inn
mediately preceded the outbreak of the
war with Spain. Dreyfus and other
topics sank into obscurity, patriotic en-
thusiasm has been at fever heat, and
the slightest sign of preparation for
war has been seized upon by the press
and public as an indication of the status
of the crisis. The difference between
the state OF affairs here and the situa-
ton in the United States in April, 1898,
is merely that the projected campaign
is military instead of naval. Accord
ing to reliable statements, the army is
ready. The papers TEEN with descrip-
tons of the troops who are expected
to do the fighting, with accounts of their
equipment and method of transport,
and even the relative killing properties
of the bullets. The particular pet is
now a bullet known as Mark A." It
is claimed that its lead core is harder
and less fusible than any tried hereto
ped to Cape Town.
Though mobilization has never been
strong feature of the British army it
is now believed that system as near
perfection as possible has been prepar-
ed. The commander in chief, Field
Marshal Lord Wolseley, Sir Evelyn
Wood, Gen. SIR Redvers-Buller and
other generals have been working
strenuously on it for months. Many
new features have been introduced,
several of them being based on the les
sons learned by the American troops in
the war with Spain. Among the lat
ter is the extreme usefulness of mules
in such a country as the Transvaal.
The British officers who have been in
the United States, Spain and South
America selecting punches of these ami
mails have now been ordered to close
their purchases and ship the mules as
quickly as possible to the scene of the
probable hostilities.
All these things, 10 say nothing OF
the splendid moral population Of the
regiments selected for the Cape, indi-
Gates that if war comes it will be waged
relentlessly and strongly, and that
there will be no abatement until South
Africa is flooded with British troops in
such numbers that organized resistance
by the Beers will be impossible. Be
fore the main British body of troops
arrives, it is thought possible the Beers
may score some decided successes, and
that even after being overcome by the
force of superior numbers they may
continue the war, in guerilla fashion,
for many months. But conservative
opinion places six months as the out
side limit for the capture of Johannes
burg and Pretoria.
| If another Majuba Hill marks the an
| mails Of the possible war, it vii, lot be
/ due to lack of caution Oh the part o.
1 the British. The SwaZis are expected
! to give Great Britain considerable aid,
and with the exception OF the Pondos,
| the whole body of blacks between Cape
/ Agulhas and the Zambesi, it Is claimed,
will rise against the Transyaal. The
/ Boer plan of mobilization IS said to be
! purely defensive, embracing IL, 900 men,
who would occupy strategic points in
/ their own country. But, rlis is not
( likely to prevent d raid upon poorly
/ defended Natal. The greatest dangers
| the British contemplate facing, apart
! from the Beers steady hand and Maui
ser rifles, are climate, lack of forage
! and the scarcity of ammunition owing
| to the difficulties of transport. Pre-
| cautions have already been taken 10
avoid the last two, but there is no doubt
! that if the campaign occurs many
/ British lives will be sacrificed to en-
! teric fever.
| Mr.. Montague-Wh consul general
| of the South African Republic in Lon
\ don, said IF the Burghers will not
yield to hysteria there is no casus belli.
/ We decline responsibility for what 9TH
! ers have muddled. Suzerainty is not
i the question. This war, if war must
come, is not going to end with flash
/ in the pan. The struggle will be from
/ Pretoria to Cape Town. Even suppos-
ing the existing Boer regiments are
annihilated, no force can beat down TIE
/ Afrikander and Dutch strength of South
/ Africa He who declares war on the
] Transvaal lights the torch Of revolu-
! ton. The Transvaal will not precipi-
J tate matters. The BuTghers will go
{ out to defend their homes and country
: when tie note of alram is sounded.
( Thai is no menace. Lord Salisbury has
/ Yet TO be reckoned with. He will not
/ be driven by personal feeling or quiD-
7 bic. We believe the British sense OF
I fair play will prevail"
! Former Congressman James H.
/ Lewis. arrived here this week, and, on
Friday, presented his credentials at the
4 United States Embassy and ne was cor
I daily received. Mr.. Lewis is here to
press the claims for compensation To
the American miners who were convict
/ ed in the Atlin District of the North
west Territory by the Canadian Govern
ment The matter of the American
miners claims against Canada has al
ready been taken up but no action viii
be taken until the arrival OF Sir Louis
Henry Davies, the Canadian Minister
( of Marine and Fisheries, who is coming
here to present the other side of the
{ case. BY that time the United States
Ambassador, Mr.. Joseph Choate. will
] have had the briefs OF Mr. Lewis under
consideration. The lawyer urges that
the claims be included In the general
/ arbitration by the High Commission
Minister Davies viii object to this
maintaining that such methods viii 90
stFuct the boundary solution
Referring to the Philippine islands
Mr. Lewis remarked: The Demo-
cratic party Is intensely American. My