The Portland daily press., 1899-09-19
Beers Said To Be Mass
ing Artillery.
Orange Free State Hopes For
American Intervention.

London. September 19.--M9. Chamber
lain came to London from Birmingham
yesterday afternoon and spent the even
Ing at the Colonial office. While there he
rsceived despatch from Lord Salisbury
who Is at Hatfield House and sent a speo-
ial messenger, without dispatches to the
premier. There has been a lively inter.
change of dispatches between the foreign,
war aud Colonial offices. but no sum-
mons has yet bean issued for a cabinet
council. Long dispatches were sent last
evening to the Vice Hoy of Indla, Lord
Curzon of Kedlessons, and to the Brit
ish High Commissioner in South Africa,
Sir Alfred Milrer.
General Lord Wolsey. field marshal and
commander in -chief. returned to London
yesterday and Immediately repaired to
the war Office where he Inained busily
employed the greater part of the day.
War risks on consignments to the
Trarssaal were quoted at premium of
dfty per cent yesterday and all the mar
kets were very sensitive and sxcited. The
Daily Chronicle points out this morning
that slthe Orangs Free state would prob-
ably better serve the Transyaal by re-
naming neutral than by active assist-
ance because the easiest route tor march
ing troops to johannesburg and Pretoria
lies batween Orange river and vaal
river"
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says: "It is reported
here that Mr.. Conyngham Green, British
diplomatic agent at Pretoria. fears that
an attempt win be made to dynamite the
British agency"
AMERICAN INTERVENTION.
London, September 19-The Cape
Town correspondent OF the Daily Mail
says:
'fhe Unitsd Sites consul in Cape
Town has gone to Bloemfontsin, at the
requeit of the government Of the Orange
Free stat,, to confer regarding the crisis
The Orange Free. St.t, executives ara
anxious to secure American Intervention.
"Boers spies infest all the border towns.
Two thousand troops viii be despatched
to Kimberly within a week. Five hun
dred ftaIt tonight and others will go
forward tomorrow.
BoERS MASSING ARTILLERY.
London, September 19.-The special de-
spatches from South Africa confirm the
report autographed yesterday that the
Hoers are massing artillery in positions
commanding Laines Mex. Small Boer
detachments occupy positions above
Buffalo river. The member of the Afri.
kander Bund in Caps Town intend to
convene the Bund in Congress to oonsid-
er the situation.
A Bioemfontsin paper reports the dis
missal of several Englishmen from the
Bloemfontsin police force because Of their
refusal to promise to serve on the com !.
mand.
TRANSvAAL UNANIMOUS.
Pretoria, September Is. The Transvaal
state secretary, Mr.. II. w. Reitz, In the
course Of an interview today, declared
that the government, the Volksraad ana
the people, we're unanimous regarding
the attitude which the Transvaal mad
assumed and that there was no founda-
tian what. yer for the reports Of differ
enoes.
MIR. Reitz also asserted that the Trans
walls decision was arrived at in conjunc-
tion with the Orange Free State.
MINING ARTICLE RE-ADoPTED.
Pretoria, September 1s-The Volksraad
today readopted the mining Article in the
gold law, eliminated iass year, empower
ing the government to confiiscate the
fclaims and mines belonging TO peop.e
convicted OF treason or conspiracy against