The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-05
"sINEWs OF WAR,
Expenditure of $15,OOO,OOO Sanctioned
and $4,000, 900 More wanted.

Expenditure of $15,OOO,OOO sanctioned
and $780, o More Wanted.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-The most interesting
announcement in connection with the
Transvaal this morning is that the cham
cellor of the exchequer, Rt. Hon. Sir Mi
chael Hicks-Beach, has already sanctioned
the provisional expenditure of e3,00O,00O and
that the government will not exceed that
limit without authority from Parliament,
which will be asked to vote a sum not ex-
ceeding sS,OOO,e0o.
A meeting of the war. board yesterday
discussed and drew up arrangements to in
sure the safety of the route from Durham
to Laing's Mex so that large bodies of
troops may, on Decentralization, be rapidly
forwarded up the country to the front with
out confusion or ~crowding.
1t is stated that the War Office has de-
cided that the army corps for service in
South Africa shall be much larger than
originally estimated and that 1t now con-
sists of over 10000 men. The preparations
for the dispatch of this force. including the
chartering of big ocean liners, is steadily
and satisfactorily proceeding.
The Press Association learns that the dis
patch drawn up by the Cabinet on Friday
was still unsent up to last evening. On
the other hand a telegram from Brussels
gives from a well informed source the
news that DR.. Lyds, the representative in
Europe of the South African republic, has
received confirmation of the report that
President Kruger had addressed an ultima
tum TO Great Britain demanding the with
drawal of the British forces from the from
tier within forty-eight hours and that 1T
was delivered on Monday. This report,
however. still lacks official confirmation.
The confidence of the military authorities
at the Cape is shown by a dispatch re-
ceived tonight from Cape Town, which
states that at a conference between the
military authorities there and General Sir
George White, ". c., who will command
British forces in Natal. and Lieutenant
General Sir Frederick Walker. held to con-
slider the situation, General White expressed
himself as confident the British would be
able to present a force sufficient to repel
any attack. General White. who intended
to go to Durham on board a warship in order
to. save time, abandoned the idea and went
by train last night.
RAND REFUGEES.
A line steamer left Lourenzo Marques.
| Delagoa bay, yesterday with 100 Rand ref
| rgees. Large numbers were left behind and
oil lIdlaiS ~ iOWNC ~ euoSC tanning
part in the exodus from the Transvaal.
A dispatch from volksrust says the Boer
| camp on the Natal border now comprises
5000 men and is growing daily. The camp
breathes a religious fervor. The commits
sariat arrangements, the dispatch says, are
| defective. One of the largest corps lay in
the veldt without shelter during a heavy
thunderstorm. Commandant General Jou-
bert is momentarily expected to assume
command of the Boer forces.
A London news agency publishes a dis
patch from Paris saying it is rumored there
that a semi-oficial exchange of views is
proceeding between Russia, France and Ger
many with reference to the Transvaal crisis.
The Stock Exchange was influenced dur
ing the opening hours yesterday by vague
rumors that Queen Victoria had cabled
President Kruger and President Steyn hold
ing out the olive branch, and by a report
that the Beers had been defeated in a small
engagement. Prices rose, but there was a
/ speedy relapse when both stories were dis
credited.
The various announcement regarding
Boer movements seem to indicate their prob
able plan of campaign in the event of hos
tilities. Their chief force, apparently. would
surround the narrow stretch Of national ter
ritory jutting into the Transvaal, thus
threatening Laing's Mex, Charlestown and
Dundea, while the Orange Free State COM
mander from Harrismith is expected to op-
crate near Van Reenan's pass and threaten
ing Ladysmith.
BRITAIN WILL HOLD HER OWN.
Military critics are confident that Great
Britain will hold her own in Natal. The
Free State commanders appear to be moving
slowly. 1t is probable the government has
loaned a portion of the Free State artillery
to the Transvaal. The only concentration
at present is at Harrismith, in the north
eastern section of the Free State, and at
Boshoff, northwest Of Bloemfontein, a posi-
ton threatening Kimberley and fourteen
streams at Rockville. where the burghers
expect the aid CT the disloyal portion of the
farmers. and at Saliwal North, in Cape Col
ony. Lichtenberg Is the base of
ant Cronja's movement on the western
border, menacing the Mafeking Railway be-
tween Mafeking and the Vryburg I'm Bech-
uanaland. There is a well-authenticated re.
port that a large force of Beers is assembled
at Selik at the junction of the Crocodile
| and Pongolo rivers, evidently with the object
Of destroying the railway. The northern
command. whose base Is at Petersburg, con-
fronts Plummer's column, which will move
nearer the border to-day.
The report regarding the extent of Boer
artillery is probably exaggerated, as it is
believed the burghers possess few field guns
and it is unlikely they would dismantle their
forts in order to send garrison pieces to the
front. The military authorities estimate
there are now 1900 Beers in the field.
Late advices from Cape Town indicate a
widespread impression there that unless the
Beers begin hostilities by Thursday they
will not fight, but yield to the imperial de.
mands when formulated.
The Cape House OF Assembly has agreed
to a motion instructing the Cape govern,
ment to demand the speedy return to Cape
Colony Of any and all rolling stock now In
the Orange Free State or the Transvaal.
A special dispatch from ~Johannesbur
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