Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-21
Sends a Personal Request for Her
to Prevent BIoodshed,
BRITISH HURRY FOR WAR.
u,ey. arc Ready Liberal Lender In
England says There IL ~
Casus uclii.

vaa the United States few weeks
,.fs-s the opening OF the war with
sBs.n. Beneath the crust Of diplomatic
,.ssr,o. the military officials aru work
irr n.zht and day preparing for the
.rnal 20 begin hDsuutl1s. whether
and comics or not England Is not go-
Irr to be- caught mapping any more
than che Tunsynni.
while Lord salisbury is quietly at
home ln Hatfield House. Air. Chamber
n.n 10 buried In work at the colonial
one. and double forces nt the royal
arsenal and docsyurds are Htruinug
every nerve 10 cquip and transport
troops to the Cape.
It may boz set down for certain that
Uraat britain Will do nothing 60 pro
g.ptate matters and the colonial of
fse De- FAR from admitting that the case
D hopeless. The report that Great
britain had dcmnndgd the Dynamite
uDnt " the fort NJ johannesburg, to-
r,thcr with material reduction In tho
armament Of the hurrhcrH. the colonial
oiirs today would neither confirm nor
deny. although Il Is much doubted
Meanwhile the marquis ~ LnnH-
d5wuc secretary Of state for war.
who returned this morning FROM Dub
Inn. has held long conferences with Gen.
lord Garnet Wolsolcy. held marshal,
and Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood. ndlumnt-
general 20 the forces. ana the activity
at headquarters " reflected In the con-
tract. supply and transport depart
Thg departure ~ the british trans
rart Ieluuge Tor the Mediterranean to-
lay with 100 troops was Witnessed by
% large AMI enthusiastic crowd.
AZ Woulwlch activity increases dnlly
and especially On the ordnance depart
mont whorv Maxim guns, Lyudlte
fhea. balloon equipment. gnH foser-
y0iu. wagons for limclight apparatus.
wHterWurkH, ambulance prmy wagons
ana other pnrnphCrunliu NJ modern
warfare arc being hurried forward.
While rumors ~ tho rDusscmbllng OF
Parliament are current the fact u re-
called that IN the Atghnnisinu war NJ
1si, Great Britain declared war nrHt
uHl then assembled Parliament
This evening the Marquis Of Lnns-
d0wuo issued strict order 20 the stan
OF the war office warning all ruburdl-
Mates 10 refrain from giving the press
any information without the authority
VI their HuperiorH and calling attention
90 previous breaches OF duty ln this
respect which the order says Will be
no longer tolerated.
Advices from Cupotown are 20 the
effect that the Afrikanders declare that
and that n the imperial government
d0as not rccedc from It's present POSI-
tlun war ~ inevitable.
The South African News supports
tho contention Of the Tranavunl that
tho convention u 1854 abolished the
fuzeralnty. According 10 other adyices
tho hurghofs are rapidly going into
LANCER, while the exodus from johann
npHhurg yesterday reached 900 persons.
The stock exchange at Johannesburg
has resolved TO close the moment mar
tlnl law Ia proclaimed but all current
contracts viii be- carried out until the
PROCLAMATION auHpcndlng All business.
Do the meantime the merchants are
erecting harrlcadoa In front OF thulr
chop windows.
At Pretoria. the interest seems 20 DO
conferred lu the meeting ~ the orange
Free state NOlksraad tomorrow
Thursday, which Il IL hoped may
somehow suggost a modus viyendl that
would save tho situation.
un the other hand advlccs from
liIu0mfontcln announce the arrival
There % a large number OF members N
tha RGI1. adding that the result of to-
Unrrow's sitting 81 already agreed
upon ns tho orange Free state Will
throw iu lot with the Transvaul. all
ihH Free State hurghcrs being fully
armed and ready TO start at a moments
notice
a special dispatch from Johannes
burg says $50 persons lot by one train
lught Hon. sir William Vernon Har-
court, liberal member Of Parliament
Cor West Monmouthshire and former
leader ~ tho liberal opposition In the
House ~ Commons, In the course " an
address "a his constituents this oyon-
NIX lr Ncw Trrdcgnr, said he could not
toil the persistent attempts OF the war
piy's To aggrnyate the Transvanl stu
alton without indignation.
Great BRITAIN said the speaker.
cannot claim general sovereignty In
VI. Tuusyunl when she has only par
lal auzoralnty, and President Kruger
cannot clulm for the Transvnnl the
position NJ an international sovereign
state Both Sides therefore have made
allegations which cannot be maintained
by either" Sir william declared therr
was no casus bolll and expressed the
hll, that shameful catastrophe
WlFht be hNcrted.
The johannesburg correspondent Of
ihg Morning Post says;
The Boer preparations are Ms
complete ms the government can hope
10 make them. II iH believed that mar
u1l law win be proclaimed on Thurs
duy N no reply has been received from
ENGLAND by that time,
VT u understood that tho dispatch
lhE N British troops 10 South Africa
YIN be regarded as casus bell, The
hN.r officers are urging the govern
mont 10 begin huslilitlCH forthwith. II
irli that the Orange Free state can
j. host forced 10 action by q success
tll military denomination on the part
NJ ihe Trnnsvnul
The Cnpctown correspondent Of the
DAILY Mail says; president Kruger
pos onbled u strong personal appeal 10
pc queen, heicCchinF her 10 Intervene
% prevent bl0odshed. II IL about "a
column In length, and II intended to
CARLY the conscience OF the unCo guild
whom published.
Sir Alfred Miner has written a
Courteous message TO President Stcyn,
assuring him that the uorthward
march Of tho British troops ~ not
meant no menace 20 the Orange Free
STATE, ana requesting 20 be Informed
f'Enrflng the lattcr's attitude.
helahlo Information has been re-
.iVed here that n large command Of
rec state hurghors has been conceU-
rating near Boshof. near the l<lmber-
ny border. Two hundred burghcra
were dispatched 10 that point from
lilocnfonteln during the week past, II
ne Free State Joins the Tranavanl, the
nrai battle In likely 70 be fought nj
The Cape cabinet has determined TO
prolong the session Of the assembly In
definitely, so that Il may be sitting
when hostilities begin,
a Capetown special says; Sir Alfred
Miners dispatch 10 President Stevn
Informs him that the British and tho
lransYnnl governors are now hopeful
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