Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-10-12
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! tiol' III tRe INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF TINS re-
public in conflict with the London con.
vention of 1884, by the extraordinary
strengthening of her troops i'm the
: nrishborhood of the borders of this
republic, has caused an intolerai,le
condition OF things, to which this gov
ernmcnt feels obliged, in the interests
moi only of this republic, but also OF
ali South Africa, to make al, end to as
soon as possible, and this government
/ feels itself called upon and obliged to
press earnestly, and with emphasis for
an immediate termination of this state
OF things, and to request her majcsty's
government to give assurances upon
The following four demands
Display of War Spirit.
Whatever the official feeling may be
there was ito MISLEADING the signiti-
canoe of the great manifestation Of the
war spirit and the spirit of imperial
solidarity that occurred in the streets
of London this morning when The New
South Wales lancers traversed the city
to embark for South Africa. Tens of
thousands assembled to do homage to
the little handful Of soldicry repre-
senting the empires loyalty.
From the arrival of the squadron at
Waterloo station to their embarking
ON the railway train at Fenchurch
street station, tlmultous scenes of
wild enthusiasm marked the route
travefsed. Bands were allowed to
play nothing but Soldiers of the
Queen "Rule Britannia and God
Save the Queen"
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come was ever witnessed In London.
There was an incessant roar of cheer,
and song until the mansion house. the
official residence of the lord mayor of
London, was reached. Here traffic
WAS completely blocked by the surg
ing throngs, and it was only with the
greatest difficulty that the lord mayor,
Sir John Noce Moore, i'm the full robes
of office, restrained the singing and
vocifcrous cheering, while he adj
dressed the colonial troops, wishing
them Godspeed i'm espousing the in
terests of the country and i'm their
heroic determination to assist in as
sorting the imperial authority i'm South
Africa
Sir John Moore said: 81 hope there
will not be war, but the necessities of
the moment require a demonstration
of authority"
The inspiring scene closed with the
singing of the national anthem. the
lord mayor leading.
\ similar demonstration took place
Mt Fenchurch street later. Reports
from all military centers show mobil-
ization orders have been received with
fI.. rt. ~
Krueger has crossed the Rubcon and
taken the irrevocable step of issuing
an ultimatum.
Krucgcr's Hand Forced.
The only wonder is why, if Kruger
is resolved upon fighting, he has wait
cd so long. The explanation seems to
be that his hand has been forced by
the fact that the Beers have got out
of his control, or that. if he awaited
the arrival of the British army corps
the chances of military success for
him would he of the slimmest posi-
bic character. The expiration of the
time limit of the ultimatum, tomorrow
evening, does not leave Great Britain
much time to strengthen her present
military position, although there
~ y sum ~ wv SiOOl'S at IIul Doll3 wa
tai, available for dispatch to the
doubtless adopt the suggestion to form
the refugees from the Transvnnl and
from the rand into volunteer regi-
mcnts, thus, while relieving their dis
tress, utilizing excellent material
Outside the momentous news of the
nltimatum nothing of moment was re-
ceivcd this morning from the scene OF
action except the announcement that
the l,oers had constructed forts COM
manding Laings Mex. and that guns
had been mounted on Mt. Pogwane
and Mt. Prospect.
The effect of the ultimatnm upon the
stock exchange was steadying. Katfirs
are firmer, in the belief that the most
gigantic gold industry in the world
will be incorporated as a British col
ony as the outcome of the war.
The diplomatic circumstances sur
rounding the presentation of the ulti-
matum are probably without precc-
dent. Ordinarily Il foreign power,
when addressing pcremptory demands
to another, sends them through its am.
bassador or the minister accredited
its adversary.
The Iransvaal. however, has no dip
lomatic representative recognized by
Great Britain, Montague White, Trans
vaal consul in London. would not be
received by either the foreign or CO.
lonial office. Consequently Kruger
was reduced to- handing his ultimatum
to Conyngham Greene. at Pretoria,
who, i'm turn, wired it to Sir Alfred
Miner, British high commissioner to
South Africa, by whom it was trans
mitted to Chamberlain, who thus be-
comes the first secretary of state for
the colonies to receive an ultmatum,
AS the communication is translated
from the cipher i'm which it was trans
mitted, Chamberlain will forward it to
the foreign office.
Ordered To L:dysmith.
a dispatch from Durham, Natal, dat.
ed yesterday says:
The Gordon Highlandcrs and all
troops that arrived from India today
have been ordered to Ludysmith.
Coal seized by the Orange Free
State authorities has been released,
the officials explaining it was seized
because they thought the Transvaal
mines were likely to Close
A special from Bloemfontein, cap-
tai of the Orange Free State, notes diff
ticulties in working the railroads, ow-
ing to designations of employees. The
Orange Free State authorities are al
ready borrowing engineers from the
Transvaal
The action of the British third class
cruiser Ihilomel i'm interceptinp the
British steamer Gueloff. fran South