Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-10-04
Says That the Beers are In the
Right and VIII
Win.
ULTlMATUM SENT TO ENGLAND
British Troops Must Be With
drawn Within Forty
eight Hours.

Paris, Oct. A number of paper.
say that the Beers have sent an ulti
matum to England demanding the
withdrawal of troops from the frontier
within forty-eight hours. The papers
congratulate President Kruger fol
coming to this decision.
London, Oct 4.-The most sensa.
tional news from South Africa this
morning is the reiteration of yester-
days report of the acquisition by
Transvaal authorities of G 500, 900 of
gold which was on the way to Cape
1own from johannesburg. Confrma-
tion of the story comes from two
sources. The Cape Argus asserts that
the Beers have made seizure at Veree-
nigeng the amount being the weeks
shipment of gold on the way from
Rand to Cape Town, and forwarded
the treasurer at Pretoria. The re-
port also confirmed by cablegram re-
ceived today by mining company in
London, from representative, which
is to the effect that the train upon
which he was travelling from Johannes
burg to Cape Town was held up and
looted by Beers.
There is nothing very tangible in
todays war news; but the situation
remains as strained as ever unless
hope may be derived from apparent
fact that the forces on the frontier
are regarded by both sides as wholly
defensive for the present. The Stock
Exchange was influenced during the
opening hours today by vague rumors
that Queen Victoria had cabled Presi-
dent Kruger and President Steyn hold
ing out the olive branch of peace and
by the report that the Beers had been
defeated in small engagement.
Both stories are dicredited.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the |
distinguished Liberal statesman and |
member of parliament for West Mon 4
mouthshire, has another slashing at
tack In todays papers upon the policy |
OF the secretary of state for the colo
nies Joseph Chamberlain. He reiter-
ates his original statement that Cham-
berlains' assertion that the Transyaal
refused to redress the grievances of
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insists that Great Britain is responsi-
ble for "slammng the door in the race
of President Kruger just when the ar
rangements were approaching set
tlement."
Pretoria, Oct. A more extended |
account of the speech of President
Kruger ct the adjournment ofrthe Raad
Yesterday is obtainable. According to
Trustworthy reports he said: EVERY
thing points to war because the spirit
of falsehood has overtaken other couh-
tries and because the people OF the
Transvaal wish to govern themselves.
Although thousands may come to at
tack us we have nothing to fear for the
lard is the final arbiter and He Will
decide. Bullets came by thousands at
the time of the Jameson raid but the
burghers were untouched. over
hundred were killed on the other side
showing that the Lord directed our
bullets. The Lord rules the world.
One of the two non-official members
of the executive council said he hoped
that when the raad were reassemDled
they would be without convention ana
he a free people. In the course OF
sneech he exclaimed: England has
refused everything even arbitration"
There are $4,000 Beers in the field.
Transvaal government has seized FER
reira mines and old fields. impress
sion is at Cape Town that unless boers
commence hostilities by Thursday
they will not fight, but yield to imper-
ial demands.