The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-09-02
Curt Reply by the TransyaaI Gov.
eminent to Chamberlain's
Last Proposition.
wllL MAKE NO MORE CONCESSIONS
Great Britain Informed that the
Beers Adhere to Their
Recent Offer.
SITUATION LOOKS VERY wARLIKE
Burghers Arc Getting New GUM
and ~ Large. Amount Of Ann
munition Has Bccn
Imported.

cape Town, Aug. 3O.-Repiying to
the latest proposition of the British
secretary of state for the colonies, MIR.
Chamberlain, the government OF the
Iransvaal has notified him that it adj
heres to its latest offer and will not
make any further concessions.
According to reports from johannes
burg the burghers are everywhere ex-
changing martins for mausers. \
heavy load of ammunition, including
800 mausers, arrived at Johannesburg
on Friday from Utrecht, the Neither.
lands.
The Cape house of assembly is again
debating the question Of the transit OF
arms intended for the Orange Free
State and presumably the Transvaal.
Evidently a state of extreme tension
exists. as every speech made yesterday
VISA received with almost absolute
silence in the chamber.
The resolution to support the motion
for adjournment was by Rt. Hon. Sir
John Gordon Sprigg, the former pre-
mier. Sir John, who repeated the ar
guments he had used in the previous
debate, asked the premier what action
the Cape cabinet proposed taking in
the matter. He said that the recent
speech of the British secretary of state
for the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain,
at Birmingham, England, had forced
all to the conclusion that South Africa
was on the brink of wal unless the
Transvaal met the British demands. In
his opinion the Cape government ought
to follow the example of Portugal at
Delagoa bay and refuse to permit the
transit of n1.nS &C lrpr nc tb, ,rirfc
lasted.
After Sir John Gordon Sprigg had
finished q pause occurred, the house
waiting for the premier's reply. Final.
ly Mr.. Schreiner arose and declared
that under the customs convention the
Orange FreerState vas justified in i'm.
porting arms through Cape Colony and
he did not intend to tear up that con.
vention, knowing us he did that there
would be no war. I'm the event OF
war; he said, II would not lack the
true imperial spirit"
Mr.. Schreiner then read n letter
from President Steyn, of the Orange
Free State. denying any intention cr
the part of that government TO take uI
arms in any aggressive or offensive or
der against the British government or
Cape Colony. 1t was the final policy OF
the Orange Free State, Presiden,
Steyn stated, never to take ur
arms except in it's defense or in sup
port of the constitution. The member.
dwelt on the purpose of Importation Of
firearms. and Mr.. Schre:ner promised
in case of further importations. to con.
suit Sir Alfred Miner. which he had
not previously done. He also asserted
that the Cape Colony would maintain
neutrality in the event of war.
Mr.. Schreiner described Sir JohE
Gordon Sprigg's motion as a party
dodge and said he declined to be die.
tated to or to be driven into a hysteri.
cal policy. Eventually Sir John Cor.
don Sprigg withdrew the motion for
an adjournment.
To Surround tho T%ransvaal.
London, Aug. 3o.-The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Chronic.s
says:
British troops will be Immediately
concentrated at Laings Neck and
Mafoking, and it is believed that the
British program will be to surround
the Transvaal and then to negotiate o
new convention"
According to the Daily Nails Cape
Town correspondent the belief is still
entertained there that the BRITISH
government is opposed to extreme
measures, and it is reported that Pres
ident Kruger is so well aware of this
that he has just cabled eountermand
ing conditional orders for large meat
supplies.
Though lot definitely known. it is
assumed here in London that Mr.
Chamberlain had the reply of the
Transvaal government before he de.
Evered>th birmingham speech. IL Is
also believed that on the receipt OF
President Krueger's offer of q Ave
years franchise and other concessions
Mr.. Chamberlain will reply that they
are unacceptable and suggest modif.
cations.
If this be so. and the reply to that
suggcstion-that the Transvaal gov.
will make no further concessions-he
President Krueger's final answer the
position is ominous. 4
The position of President Stevn's
letter to Mr.. Schre;ncr lies in the fact
that an offensive and defensive treaty
exists between the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State.
Dom Paul IL Serene.
Cape Town, Aug. oo.--Replying to
The latest of the propositions of the
British secretary of the colonies,
Chamberlain. the government of the
rransvaal has notified him it adhercs
TO its latest offer and will not make
any further concessions.
P%retoria.~ Aug. a9.-'The reports Of
Joseph Chambcrlain's speech 4: Bir-
mingham last Friday have been culm-
~ received here. President Kruger
said: Let the newspapers bring what
ever they like. cannot say whether
they report Mr.. Chamberlain correctly.
When he speaks to me direct l shall
listen, and shall know how to reply
Commandnnt General Jonbert, in the
course of an interview, declared that
the whole republic would resist like
one man any interference with its in
dependence.
London, Aug. 29.-The st. James Ga.
aette says that it learns that an in
spection by General Joubert commnn-
tler-in-chief of the Transvaal forces,
disclosed the fact that nine-tenths of
Tie reserve shells and cartridges in the
Pretoria forts were inefficient and that
IN Immediate order 10 renaw fh.. sn,,.