Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-06
Believed That Will Be Next British
Move In the Transvaal
Troubles.
Salisbury Comes to London and a
Cabinet Meeting Has Been
Called.
Warlike Activity In Army Circles
and Government Offices-O pin.
ion of Press.


confer with Joseph Chamberlain, the
secretary of state for the colonies, and
a cabinet council has been summoned
for Friday, urgent messages having
been sent to all the ministers requesting
their attendance.
There is great activity at the admiral
ty, the war office and the colonial Office.
Numerous kilograms from South Africa
arrived at the colonial Office yesterday,
but their contents have not been made
public. Gen. Lord Wolseley, field mar
shall and communicative chief, is in
daily communication with the war of
lice, as are also Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood,
adjutant general to the forces. and
de-camp to the queen.
| The Press Association asserts that the
officers of the Highland Light Infantry
| at Davenport notified their men last
evening to prepare for departure, prob
| ably on Thursday.
The Daily Mail expresses the opinion
THAT the next move will be an ultima
tum, unless President Kruger yields
1T declares that $4,000 men is the outside
number that the Transvaal government
can put into the field
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
Mail says:
Il learn from Boer sources that relia-
BILE news has been received at The
4 Hague from Pretoria to the effect that
4 President Kruger Will not give Mr..
chamberlain time to send an ultima
j tum, but will take advantage of the
4 first suspicious move of the British
Troops on the border to assume the Of
lfensiNe.
u The Morning Post has the following
from its Johannesburg correspondent,
who IS now at Pietermaritzburg capt.
4 tai of Natal:
\ Il inspected the country carefully on
/ the way from Johannesburg. The
lveldt is not yet in condition for war ops
Ierations. The town of Newcastle is ut
lterly unprotected. To seize it would as
J sure the Beers possession of Laing's
Neck and compel the British to do
i twenty miles of fighting over a rough
J country peculiarly suited to Boer tao
tics. before they could begin the first
Ireal action. The war office wants walk
5 ing up
The johannesburg correspondent OF
the Standard says:
Il There seems to be some ground for
: supposing that the peace party at Pre-
!. toria has gained a temporary advantage
: as the result of the influence of Mr.
Fischer, the special representative OF
> the Orange Free State.
The Times, which comments editorial
ly upon the gravity of the situation
that necessitates cabinet council al
such an unusual period says:
1T would be objectionable folly to
shut our eyes to the suspiciously dila-
tory character of President kruger's
; diplomacy and to the energy with which
he is simultaneously preparing for war
1t is We'll known that Gen. Sir Henry
Butler has been selected to command
: the British forces should war unfortu-
nately come, but it is the clear duty OF
The government to take other steps be
sides the choice of a commander"
a London, Sept 6.-The latest news re
ceived in this city from various points
! in South Africa is vague and contra
. dictory Nothing more is known re
garding the status of the negotiation
> between Great Britain and the Trans
vaal than that learned yesterday.
The officials of the British war offic
|
have been called out or that any step
have been taken TO that end.
The afternoon newspapers follow tn
lead of the morning papers in taking a
extremely grave view Of the situation
although the war office denial some
what tends to allay the wildly alarms
reports current late last night.
The Boer organ here, the Standar
and Diggers' News, prints a dispatc
from Pretoria saying that the tensio
in there was apparently less severe an
a that it was believed arrangements IL
the proposed conference at Cape Tow
20 would be completed. although Pres
dent Kruger of the Transyaal republ
was unlikely to attend.
The opinion of those who regard tn
beginning of war between Great Br
tain and the Transvaal as only ma
ter of a short time is voiced by the 8
James Gazette, which says:
THE news concerning the crisis
very grave We learn that three MOI
Infantry brigades have been ordered
Cape Colony, including the Gordons,
. Darpai fame: one battalion of TT
Highland light infantry. who fought
Crete: the second battalion of tt
BLACK Watch and the second battalio
of the Cameronians. These regimen
. are under orders to be ready to leave ;
=. twenty-four hours notice. The office
4 and men are delighted at the prospe
j. Iof active service.
!. I'm service circles war is considers
+ absolutely certain. The admiralty hay
!. a number of transports ready to col
i. yey troops to Cape Colony.
Z The Beers. while procrastinating
/. regard to their reply, have been makir
+ every preparation for war and are col
( templating raiding the Natal frontie
i. Laing's Neck, which is the sole rou
= from the Transvaal to Natal. is und
X Tended"
!. The war office later issued a denial
Z the assertion that three more infant
i brigades had been ordered to the Car
+ Cape Town dispatches say that Il
!. Afrlkander papers print what purpor
\. to be semi official account of the r
Z cent pour parlers. AS these credit NJ
]. Cunningham Greene, the British age
i in the South African republic. with sa
+ ing that Great Britain was willing
Il abandon the question of British suze
. ainty If the proposals made at t
s.A Bloemfontein conference by Sir Afr
Z. Afilner, the governor of Cape Colol
@ and British high commissioner of Sou