Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-05
CLOSES THE SALOONS.
Dom Paul Guarding Against Lawlessness
Conditions at Pretoria.

Pretoria. oct. "A more extended
account Of the speech of President
Gruger al the adjournment Of the
Ra;td yesterday. is now obtainable.
According to trustworthy reports. he
said
Everything points to war because
Il spirit If falsehood has overtaken
other countries and because the people
of the Transvaal wish to govern them
selves. Although thousands may COM.
to attack us. we have nothing to fear
for the Lord is final arbiter and he
will decide. Bullets came by thou
sands at the time Of the jameson raid
but the burghers We're untouched
over ZOE We're killed on the other side
showing that the Lord directed Oh"
bullets. The Lord rules the world.
Mr. J. NJ \. Wolmfarand. one Of tn
two non-official members of the eXecu-
tive council. said he hoped that when
the Raad re-assembled they would b.
without u convention and would IL 4
free people In the course of his
speech ht exclaimed: England has
refused everything. even arbitration-
Orders have been issued from p!
toria closing All the saloons in the gold
fields.
The Transvaal government has taken
over the Fcrreira mines and all the
mines in the gold fields. a group of
i've of the Eckstcin mines have been
closed Additional transports with
troops from India arrived. this morn
ing. at Durban. Natal. and will pro-
coed 10 the front Immediately. II is
rumored there that the Beers are with
drawing from the Natal border. owing
To- lack Of forage.
MI Montague White consul general
Of ;hr South African republic in Lon
don. Informed The Associated Press.
this afternoon. that the Tranvaal and
the Orange Free State agreed some
DAYS ago. to present a j int demand {"
Great Britain to withdraw her troops
from the frontier; but he asserts that
ne advised against its presentation and
80 far as he knows. the demand mas
never reached the British foreign Office
Mr.. Calvin Brown CLARK. Liberal
member of Parliament for Caithness-
shire. who telegl aphed to Pretoria por-
tior.s Of the speech delivered. last sat
urday. ut Manchester by The Lord
President Of the council. Duke IF DeN-
oushire. which Mr.. Clark thought al
fnrded an opening for q pacific settle
ment. has received a reply from Pre-
-nr.ia under date of October J. The ca
Biz says:
..Tha government of the South Afri-
can republic are gratitied to learn that
powerfuI Influences are at work 10 Sc
cure q pcaceful settlement. Consider
;ng however. tn manner in which thei'
fiye-ycar franchise proposals We're rt-
;acted The government of the south
African republic do not feel at liberty
tberneelv,S To re- formulate the reject
ed proposals.
IF thc desire for peace be earnest
ard sincere. an excellent opening Is a.
fordeI BY the TransNahs acceptance
cr tba Joint commission. a proposition
c!napa(ing from the British govern
,aant. which. if carried out. would uh-
douhtt dIy bring 2 satisfactory ana nor y
Gl.,i,l- settlement
4 london news agency publishes the
following dispatch from Noiksrust,
Transvaal. Oct. 5:
"Au unconfirmed repor, is in circuia-
tion here that the time allowed the
British troops to withdraw from the
-T,rarsvoal border will expire at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. and that
failure to comply with the demand VIII
be considered tGntamount TO Il deciara-
ti0n of war.
Tho Rri.ish foreign office, at . O'Clock.
mic ,f,arnoon. assured The Associated
,,r.cs ,bat absolutely nothing was
,...cr-l III .rr of any TranS'ldl demand