Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-13

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In johannesburg war was declared
yesterday. The formal declaration oc-
CURED at 10 o'clock In the morning
a Pretoria dispatch dated October
I'm, Hgnt Via Lorenzo Marques. ns
trlcafaphic communication between the
cape ana Natal IL undoubtedly inter-
fuptrd, ruyai "conyngham Greene
this afternoon said goodbye To prrai-
dent Kruger and his officials In n pri-
Nntu capacity. lie and his stan Will
lcayr tomorrow by two special trains"
Martial law was proclaimed at g
O'Clock this afternoon In Pretoria. nud
British reHldontH without permits
must leave the TrunHvaai within eight
days
\ dispatch from Kimberley states that
the artillery stationed there have been
out pfncticlng ut dummy force al "a
range or from 1900 Ca $500 yards The
practice showed excellent results. Ac-
cording Co the same dispatch defcnses
have been erected iu uli directions. and
the garrison declare they are quite
ready 10 meet the tortoise and give him
warm reception when he puts his
When the cabinet meets NJ noon to-
day u u evident the Bper advance will
De IN full swing. Judging from pres
ent appearances, the Bocru nrc propnr-
INK for n simultaneous Invasion az i've
separate points, Lainga Nok. klmbor-
Icy Nryburg, Mafcking and Lobatsl
Therefore 10 n almost impossible to
guess the plan Of campaign.
A dispatch from Durham. dated
Thuuduy morning az o'clock. an
nuuntcH that the Beers seized Atbcr-
tina station aud demanded the keys.
which were delivered 10 them By tho
station MASTER who reached Lady
smith ON trolley car. The excitement
AZ q a..
troops are ready 10 act at a moments
notice.
rhr Daily Mails correspondent AT
PlvtormafitzhurE says IL ~ rumurcd al
Newcastle that the destruction Of docu-
menth discriminating President Kruger
and other members ~ the executive
has commenced at Pretoria.
The Daily Mail correspondent at I.o-
hntHL tglegruphinE on Wednesday.
says; ''Thc Beers are on the border
preparing To cross az Q O'Clock today
\ messenger sent TO the Beers asking
them TO spare the women and children
has been detained"
Il " now definitely known that the
British government sent no nnni pro-
puHula "a Pretoria The Trnnsynni ul-
tlmntum forstuilcd that Intention.
There ~ no abatement In the anti
English feeling on the continent. The
Times Berlin correspondent declares
NNNNNN wv" AANN nun NMNNNM MM 20 whole NM
unfriendly Ia England. and that there
would b. rejoicing on an sides " Eng.
land should nufler disaster or damage.
Just NJ the people were ready 10 re-
jolcc had America suffered defeat at
the hands on spain.
Adviccs from Vienna report that at
an anu-Scmltlc meeting there Hurgo-
master Lucgcr Included both tho United
States and England In a charge OF
ruthlcasncss and thirst for gold cHpe-
clally critlclslng America IN her eco-
nOmic dealings with Europe Herr
Lucgcr IN tho course 81 his speech
paid homngc to the patriotism and love
" liberty displayed by the Beers.
Following IN the text OF the British
reply To the Roor ultlmutum.
chamberlain TO Miner High COM
missioner Sent 1915 y. M. oct. 10.
lSp9.-llcr nateaty's government has
received with great regret the percmp-
tory demands ~ the South African Re-
public, conveyed In your telegram Of
october gth You will inform the gov
ornmcnt ~ the South African Republic
Ia reply that the conditions demanded
by the government of the South Afri-
can Republic are such na her maiesty's
government deems Il impossible To dis
cusa"
The morning papers are discussing at
come length the author Of the docu-
monta which have recently cmnnatsA
from President Kruger's Fovernmr
Dr. Loyds, the European representa-
OF tho South African Republic. IL goa
orally credited with tho authorship OF
the ultlmutum.
The Daily NAH Gays; Certainly
neither President Kruger nor state
Secretary Reltz drafted the message to
the New York World. ana u IL more
probable that Mr.. Smuta Estate attor-
ncy) u the author OF this and the ultl-
matum."
safe conduct OF Mr.. Greene through
the Transvaal and Orange Free State
territory TO Natal.
President Kruger IL credited with de-
clining 60 Quit Pretoria, declaring that
like faithful captain he VIII remain