Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-09-16
Ready to Fight.
Transvaal Troops Prepared
For Immediate Action.
Awaiting Britain'S n'SReply
President l>ruoer Insists that
England Must Submit Dis
puted Points to Arbitration
Including the Question of
Suzerainty.

London, Sept. 1G. A dispatch from
Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal,
says:
1.-The substance Of the reply Of the
Transvaal government to Great Britain
as agreed upon by the volksraad, Is that
Great Britain may hold what inquiry she
| chooses into the franchise question, but
that all other questions, including that
of suzeranty, must be submitted to arbi-
| traton."
Whether the Transvaal refuses or ac-
cepts the British terms, the war office
will place 25,OOO men in South Africa.
When the British diplomatic agent at
Pretoria. Conynyham Greene, demanded
| reply to the British proposals within AZ
hours the Transvaal representative, ac-
cordng to a Pretoria correspondent, re-
piled that the Beers would be ready to
| fight in 4S minutes.
The Times Pretoria dispatch outlines
| the TransvaaPs reply as unfavorable.
| It says the Beers are ready to move on
| the frontiers as soon as the reply is sent
| to London.
A dispatch from Ladysmith, Natal,
says:
"All wives and children of soldiers serv-
ing in Natal have been ordered to return
! to England"
blue Book on Transvaal.
A blue book containing the last Trans
| vaal dispatch of the colonial secretary,
| Mr.. Chamberlain, relating to the mat
ters which led up to it's being sent, has
| Just been issued. The text Of Mr.. Cham
berlain's note is identical with the cable
dispatches printed Sept. 13. The only
;y,, r+np ~ foe f1,po pnvop Iad ic tQIpUrH m
from the British high commissioner, Sir
| Alfred Miner, dated Aug. 81, referring to
| the commercial distress and saying:
81 am receiving representatives from
many quarters to urge the imperial gov
ernment to terminate the suspense. Brit
ish South Africa is prepared for extreme
measures and is ready to suffer much
more in order to see the vindication OF
British authority. 1t is the prolongation
| of the negotiations, endless and indeci-
sivc. that is dreaded. fear seriously that
there will be a strong reaction Of feeling
against the policy of the imperial govern
ment if matters drag. Please under
stand that invariably preach confidence
and patience. and not without effect. But
| If | did not inform YOU Of the increasing
difficulty of doing this and Of the unmis-
taxable growth of uneasiness about the
present situation and of the desire to see
1t terminated at any cost, should be fall
ing in my duty"
Other lengthy dispatches from the Brit
ish high commissioner are published. but
they only reiterate the uitlander claims
regarding the franchise and the commls'
sioner's ideas regarding the propositions
already made.
The blue book throws no new light on
the situation as it is today, except tc
show the commissioners patience has
reached the cbbing point.
An Interview With Kruger.
A published interview with President
Kruger said to have taken place at Pre-
toria, is far more important. lie Is quot
ed as saying -,
II have tried all along to place the
aliens in the Transvaal on the same FOOT
ing politically as the burghers. MT
Chamberlain says l have not kept my
promises. This" thundered President
Kruger, 81 deny" .,
Continuing, the president Of the Soutf
African Republic is said to have added:
"The aliens of the Transvaal have tn
same commercial rights as the burgher'
and have always enjoyed them wlthou
interference. | wanted to let them have
the same political rights. but they woul(